I like to hand Quilt while sitting in the sun.

After a busy morning (standing in line at the Post Office is probably the main culprit) my back started hurting. While my DH cleaned out the garage , & installed the new washing machine, I set up in the front yard with a folding chair ;back pillows; and a foot stool & hand quilted. It was 78 degrees, perfect. There was enough light that I didn't need my readers & didn't need to lean over to quilt. No extra back strain!!

I could talk to DH while he worked, wave at my neighbors, watch the birds, laugh at the cats at play... A perfect afternoon.

Here are some pictures of the quilt that I'm working on.

I started it for DFL. Now I do it in his memory.

Beautiful quilt, and lesson well learned. Wish our temps were good enough I could sit outside and quilt. Its already too cool here for that.

What a perfect way to spend the afternoon! Your quilt is baeutiful.

I've never quilted setting outside. I guess I should give it a try since I live in FL.
Your quilt is beautiful!

Such a patient lady. Beautiful work.

What a great memory, not only of your DFL, but also of the afternoon.

Beautiful! Sounds like the perfect day! I also hand-quilt, but never thought of doing it outside! Will have to try it! (But I don't think I could manage without my specs!)

A lovely quilt!

You are lucky to have such warm weather. We had our first snowfall Saturday night.

I have hand quilted and hand pieced while sitting outside at a campground. It was a nice way to pass the time and it was a conversation starter among other campers who were interested in what I was doing, quilters and non-quilters

Thanks you guys. I appreciate all your comments. We usually don't have our first freeze till Thanksgiving.

beautiful work, thanks for sharing with us

78F? That's summer weather temperature here!

What a beautiful way to spend the day! Your quilting is very nice :D:D:D

i neighbor - i live in Odessa, TX. i don't hand quilt, but sounds like you had a nice afternoon. and your quilt is great.
Donna

I love to bring my sewing machine out on the deck for a big project. Watch the birds while I sew. We rebuilt our deck this summer so did not get to do it much.

Sounds wonderful Im going to have to try quilting outside...I think I would like that.

What a beautiful, pleasant experience to sit outside and quilt! I will hopefully remember this for next summer...

Your quilt is beautiful and so are your stitches...

Sounds like such a relaxing,serene & happy day! The kind of day everyone should take now & then. Your quilt & quilting is gorgeous! I have never hand quilted but someday I would like to learn.

Beautiful!

What a lovely way to spend the afternoon with great results.

Great quilt!

Wonderful quilt and quilting work on this one!!

Beautiful job, lots of memories and most importantly you stopped to enjoy life, friends and family. Something I don't do enough of.

Love your quilt & the fact that you got to work on it while enjoying being outdoors. I have spread a sheet down on the driveway and then sat on it in my fav. lawnchair & quilted during the evenings, The sheet kept the quilt clean.

fantastic!

Makes me want to try hand quilting!

Like what Tinabodina said :-P

What a wonderful way to spend the day.

Great job...send some of that warmth our way

Your stitches look wonderful to me. I envy you your perfect Sat. too.

Lovely quilt.

I like the look of the bigger stitches! It gives it a more rustic feel. Great job! :thumbup: :D

Good morning Ladies (& a few guys)-
My stitches are bigger on this is because the printed dotted lines are closer together than I can stitch soo... I skipped every other stitch. I wish it was somewhere in between!

This is our fall weather. There was no way I could have quilted outside this summer with temperatures between 98 & 105 degrees! I hope this cooler whether lasts. I want to point out that we have low humidity this helps.

Hi Neighbor!

You guys are so sweet! I cant tell you how much all your complements mean to me!

Wow.. absolutely beautiful..

L ove the way you went around the little design. I hand quilt too and love doing it.

Thank you the little squares looked funny just sitting there but were worse quilted around. My stitches aren't that small. It took about an hour to figure this out.

Beautiful. Hand quilting is so relaxing.