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Plodding on .....



I've spent today plodding on with my rather large quilt. It wasn't meant to be this big. It started out as conventional Roman Stripe and should have been for a single bed. But, it didn't quite go as planned. The speedy construction method meant 2 edges of the block were on the bias and therefore not very square. So I had to stabilise the Stripe bit with floral blocks - so it's ended up at least twice the size I'd anticipated. I'm very pleased with how it's going, but hand quilting something this big will take some time - so don't expect to see it too soon as a finished project. Having quilted all of the floral blocks at least now I know I'm half way there and quilting in the middle of the stripes and the leaf template is fairly speedy and there's no bulk.




Encouraged by other bloggers I may be brave and go to Ikea tomorrow as I've heard they've got some very good linen at a good price.




I've attached some photos taken yesterday to remind us all that it was a sunny Bank Holiday....


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Michele Bilyeu said…
Thanks so much for your generous comment at my own blog. You have done a very nice job of beginning your own! I shall bookmark you and come back again! My youngest daughter is studying abroad in London, now...and I have been hoping to hear from some UK quilters and now I have heard from you and from Jane. How wonderful! Is a bank holiday just a day off that follows a holiday? And plodding along is the perfect description for large quilts that are more than we meant to take on! I shall remember that as I plod along, myself :)
10 April 2007 at 22:58
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