Sunday, February 10, 2013

UFO Sunday

I have not posted in awhile because I often do not take pictures of my quilts and projects until they are finished. My new quilting machine has been fun to learn on and so I finished a Husker Cow for my grandsons birthday. It gave me a chance to play with different threads before putting "Express Your Love" on it.


 I love the buttons on the utter.  My grandson has a things for cows which no one knows for sure why, and of course he loves football and the Huskers.  He has a great sense of humor and should find the buttons on the utter very funny.


Here is the progress on my Goddess. I did the micro zippling in the brick as Leah suggested. However I still am not ready to try Boomerangs. Just not happy yet with my practice samples. But I had to laugh at myself because it took me a week to get over the fear of trying McTavishing and put it into the quilt. I was on a thread mission at the Road to California Quilt show last month and found this beautiful variegated Isacord thread called Saffron. I love that it has just enough white in it that blended in so nicely with the white that was used in the outline.




Today I am tacking the concentric circles.  I chose to do these in Isacord: Autumn Leaf. It picked up some of the color in the Saffron.

I am enjoying this quilt so much and it is giving me so much practice on patterns that I have never tried. Thank you Leah Day.

8 comments:

  1. Very nice work. I love the color thread you used. I will have to get some.

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  2. How fun to see someone's quilt making such great progress! I've been so busy on a couple of quilts with deadlines that I haven't gotten back to my Express Your Love. Maybe next week. Thanks for taking the pix and sharing!

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  3. Beautiful work! What is your new quilting machine? Is this domestic or longarm?

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  4. Your FMQ is just gorgeous and your phrases REALLY stand out, so perfect!! Love it!

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  5. @Unknown: I have a sit down mid arm. I love it.

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  6. Thanks for your answer, I have been struggling with the need to go to a midarm. I have a beautiful bernina with large harp space but I am still greedy for more room and better visability. Your work is a great check for the"pro" side. I will keep in touch. Marisa from Washington state.

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  7. The Goddess quilt is turning out beautifully! I love the colors on black. Makes me want to open my crayon box.
    The moo-cow background made me giggle. You do manage to find the most entertaining fabrics. ♥♡♥

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