LONGARMING!

 I cleared off all of the junk that I'd piled on top of my longarm and actually started quilting again on the Equinox quilt.  It's been months since I worked on it!

I was stymied about how to quilt it, thinking I wasn't good enough.

But, I've got to get things moving so I've got to do something on it.  

Let's just do it!

AUNTIE'S GARDEN QUILT

 I found this old (1996) quilt in storage, along with a few others.  I didn't make it, I think it was made by Terri Nussbaum as a class sample.  I'm not sure how I ended up with it.

It needed binding to be complete.  I used some Kona Solid to finish it off.  I washed it when it was done.  

It's a very sweet quilt made with Aunt Grace fabrics that replicate 1930's style fabrics, and quilted with a flower motif.

57/100

With another half day of sanding on the deck, he got it done.  Now we need to wait a few days for the sun to darken it up some before we put the sealer on.  We need some sunny days for that to all happen.

I finally finished the quilting on Motley Quad, the scrappy quilt.  

I also made the binding and sewed it on - the quilt is done.  It's very wavy.  I might wash it and see how that makes it look.

I got few more triangle blocks done, too.

55/100

Sunday - still a light drizzle this morning.  So, I went out and washed the deck, trying to get all of the dirt off in order to prepare it for sealing next week when the weather is better.

I went up to the studio to work on the quilting of Motley Quad.  Oh my, it's a lot of work going round and round.  Trying to make the circles (spiral) evenly spaced is not easy.  But, this is not a show quilt, so I guess it doesn't really matter.

I got three more triangle blocks made:

Victoria got a new kitten several weeks ago, she came up to investigate us today and spent some time playing with Jelly.

QUILTING BIRDBOX

I loaded Birdbox onto the longarm and got just one pass of a wave panto before dinner time.  I was having trouble with the Aurifil thread breaking.  

ALMOST

I was hoping to get the quilting on Starry Starry Peace done today, but It didn't happen.  I'm so close, just one and half rows to go, but I gave up for the night - it's too hot up here.

While Eduard was busy working on this quilt, I kept busy working on my Value Study quilt.  I gotta get a better name.  I was trying to incorporate the blocks I made for my design class into it.  I don't think that one on the bottom left is going to work - it's gonna get ejected.

The dogs were hot, too, and happy to finally leave the studio.

FINISHED TRINKETS

Finally!  I've been quilting on the Trinkets Six quilt.  Eduard put in almost 11 hours quilting.  I think that's the longest I've ever spent on any quilt.

This one was great for practice.  Every trinket square was quilted differently, giving me an opportunity to try out lots of different fills and motifs.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE

What a difference a day makes.  Or should I say a good night's sleep.  Yesterday I was wasted all day because of lack of sleep and didn't get much done.  I got a great night's sleep last night and was a ball of fire today.  I took the dogs on a little bit longer walk this morning, then did some shopping.  When we got home I did an extra good job of cleaning, even cleaning the laundry room.  Yea!

Then we went up to the studio and I finished off the Pub Path's quilting, including turning it so I could do the side borders with the computer.  That was the first time I've tried this.  I was surprised that the borders weren't square with the table.  That was a little bit annoying, but I was able to figure it out and get the border into the tilted border box.  And it turned out great.  

It was a beautiful last day of August!

Puppaccinos for everyone!

This is the digital design of bubbles for the borders.

All done - well, mostly. 

Just in time to go make dinner.

DONE AND DONE

 I finished picking out my Lexington quilt - there are threads all over the house.

The doggos and I went for a walk in Lincoln Park.  Today was the first day that the smoke from the BC fires was coming down to Seattle.  The air was a strange tint of orange.

The trees have ejected their leaves very early.  

We haven't had any rain in months.

Very interesting light.

Smoke on the water.

Afterwards, I finally finished the Frolic quilt and got it off the machine.  

The dogs had to rest up after the walk.

I also got the binding on.

 Then I even had time to make a couple more City Sampler blocks.

And this finishes off the stripes chapter.

SIX HOURS

I spent almost six hours quilting on the Frolic quilt. 

It was mostly the computer with me filling in the gaps with free motion.

I'm learning a lot about using the software.

THIRD BOBBIN

Before I started this Frolic quilt, I made three bobbins.  I figured that would be enough.  I put the third bobbin in today, and I'm not even done with the first row.  Guess I'll be making more bobbins.

The quilting is much more dense than I normally do.

While Eduard was working on his own, I got a couple of City Sampler blocks done.  Here is 49 and 50.

This block 50 has 30 pieces.  Yea.

TIRED HEAD

I got the backing and the top loaded onto Eduard yesterday.  I got out some batting - a twin sized Dream Cotton Select White.  It's 72" by 90".  Frolic is 75" square.  Hmmm.

Being the cheapskate that I am, I couldn't see using a bigger size bat.  I thought about stretching it out to fit - knowing I'd probably have troubles about half way into it.  Darrell came up and said,  why don't you add some to the sides?   Hmmm.   Good idea.  I don't usually do that, but I can't think of a reason not to.

So, this morning I cut two 5" strips off the bottom.  Took them over to the Bernina, sewed them end to end then brought the whole bat over and proceeded to sew them back onto the short side.   

That's what happens when you don't get enough sleep. 

So I cut it off, made double sure I turned the bat a quarter turn and sewed it on the side this time.  It was actually easy to tell, because the dimples were going in opposing directions.    Okay.

I got some good work done.

I used a computer motif for the corners.  It was too small and left some blank spots, so I free-motioned to fill it in.