PUT A SPIDER ON IT

 I'm still doing improv quilting on the Quilters Playcation 2022 quilt.

And I put a spider on it.

QUILTED LADY

 I've been a bit worried about quilting Lagertha's hair.  I've been stalling.  But, I couldn't get much farther on the quilting until I got to it.  So, today was the day.

Here it is - it turned out okay, too.

I've been quilting the whole thing in an improv-style.  It's been terrifying and yet fun.

QUILTING LAGERTHA

 I've named the Quilters Playcation 2022 quilt Lagertha.   I started quilting on it today.  I only got about half of the first section done.

FINISHED THE QUILTING OF SUNRISE

 I've been working on the quilting of the Sunrise quilt the last few days.  And, today I got it finished.

I noticed after it was done that I had won the thread-chicken game.  There was only a few feet of the top quilting thread left on the spool.

 Yea me!

MEMORIAL DAY AT HOME

I got busy quilting on Coordinates early and worked on it until lunch time.  It's looking great!

Then at noon, it was time to join the Brave Patch Monday Sewcial with my friends.  I prepped the Pegasus t-shirt with interfacing then cut up it up and made a large rectangle (with inset 'patches') to use on the backing of the Pegasus Bars quilt.  

UNITED SQUARES FINISHED

 I finished up the quilting yesterday.  Today I trimmed it, made the binding and sewed the binding and sleeve onto the United Squares of America quilt.

It's all done and I can submit it to Quilting Mayhem's UFO Challenge as this month's quilt.

XXIII QUILTED

 I finished the quilting on the XXIII quilt today.  It has a mixture of computer programed patterns, free-motion and a lot of ruler work.

QUILTING XXIII

This month's UFO Challenge with Quilting Mayhem in Snohomish is #1, which is my XXIII quilt.

I had a backing already made.  The label said 2022 on it, so I added 2023 and loaded it onto the Q24, Erik the Bold a few days ago.  I'm using Dream Cotton Select batting and a cream colored thread by Wonderfil.

Here we go.  I want to do a combination of free-motion, ruler work and computer guided.  This quilt is going to be a test and practice quilt.

NEBULA OFF THE Q24

 Finally finished the quilting on the Nebula quilt.  It was touch and go there for a while.

IS IT CHEATING?

 I had tried to use a different colored thread in the 'shadow' part of the Flowers, but continue with the pattern.  That didn't work out at all.

So, I just quilted the whole background with the light grey thread.

Now, I'm going to darken the thread in the 'shadow' with a marking pen.

Is that cheating?

FLOWERS II QUILTED

 Finally, I've got the quilting done on Flowers II and it's off the machine.

FMQ STARTS

 I've started free-motion quilting on my Flowers II.  

NINE-PATCH PI QUILTED

 I finally finished the quilting on the Nine-Patch Pi Quilt.

It's fabulous!

QUILTING FM PI

 I finally decided on how to quilt the Nine-Patch Pi quilt.

I'm doing a totally free-motion curvy, loopy line from bottom to top.

P.S. we got this Monday off from Jury Duty for some reason, but it's back at it tomorrow.  I probably won't be able to get back to quilting this.  I hope I can pick up on the same rhythm and motion so it looks consistent.

HALF WAY MAYBE

 I've got the flower part all quilted.  There's a lot of background to do still.  And then there's the leaves.

It's coming along!

QUILTING ON AMITY

 More quilting - coming along great!

MORE QUILTING ON FLOWER

 It's slow going, I'm tying and burying the starts and stops as I go, which slows me down.  And, there's endless thread changes.  But, it's coming along nicely.

FUN WITH QUILTING

 This new machine, Erik, is a dream to use.  I'm having fun quilting on the big flower, Amity Baroque.  

LET THE QUILTING BEGIN

 I've been fretting over the quilting for the big flower, Amity Baroque.

Well, today is the day.  I got it loaded onto Eric the Bold and Big (where I discovered that one of the leaders has been installed backwards.  I called Ben and he'll come out after I finish this quilt and fix it).

But, first I had to applique the circle in the middle of the petals and removed the excess fabric from behind it.  Cutting into it was scary.  And, I got to use my new duckbill scissors that came with the longarm package.  

Then I got started on the quilting.  I'm happy with it so far.

NATURE PONY

 I made a copy of one of the Patchwork Ponies that Jo Avery made.  I saw it on her blog and fell in love.

I had quilted the orange panels the other day and machine appliqued the stem and leaves to the two sides. 

 [I actually cut out four sides from the quilted panel, but I made 3 of one side and only 1 of the other.  So I have parts for one and a half ponies]

I sewed it all together today - forgetting the ears and then having to pick out that part and insert the ears.  I cut up some more of the batting scraps I had laying around, stuffed it and sewed up the hole.

I want to take it to the local yarn shop and buy something really special for the mane and tail.