This is what happens when my other half leaves...
07-01-2023, 06:06 AM
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This is what happens when my other half leaves...
Seriously, he's barely been gone 24 hours to Theo and after taking an eight hour snooze, I woke up yesterday evening, got to my sewing corner and finished a couple hours ago. I got a really bad stinging headache around 2am, couldn't for the life of me figure out why or where it came from, powered through for another hour, then realized I hadn't eaten anything since I woke up, so I stopped for some food, but then went right back at it.
The first picture is my sister's quilt top, it's finally done. I managed to get the last blocks finished a couple nights ago, then put them together last night and added the border. The blocks came together quick, so when I was finished, I thought what the heck. It's a five-inch border and I'm glad I went with a solid black instead of the accent black in the blocks, I think it would have taken away from them had I used it.
Second one is my niece's quilt top, I finally decided that I wanted a nice six inch border on hers and since I was on such a roll, I pulled the fabric out, cut it down and put it on real quick.
The funny thing is that I had pretty much decided that these two were going to get done during this month's VQW - oops! That's okay, though, now that I'm free and clear of these two, I can go back to my GFG and I got some rulers this week that I can play with for filler. This morning though, I'm treating myself to a Mocha Iced Coffee, clean my machine really good and put her to bed for a little bit, I think she's earned some R&R. I have long scraps to contend with, but I'll do those this evening when I wake up, I just don't think I have the bandwidth left in me to work on those this morning.
Overall, a super productive night and I am over the moon happy with how they both turned out. Woo hoo for the other half being gone for a while - LOL!!!
The first picture is my sister's quilt top, it's finally done. I managed to get the last blocks finished a couple nights ago, then put them together last night and added the border. The blocks came together quick, so when I was finished, I thought what the heck. It's a five-inch border and I'm glad I went with a solid black instead of the accent black in the blocks, I think it would have taken away from them had I used it.
Second one is my niece's quilt top, I finally decided that I wanted a nice six inch border on hers and since I was on such a roll, I pulled the fabric out, cut it down and put it on real quick.
The funny thing is that I had pretty much decided that these two were going to get done during this month's VQW - oops! That's okay, though, now that I'm free and clear of these two, I can go back to my GFG and I got some rulers this week that I can play with for filler. This morning though, I'm treating myself to a Mocha Iced Coffee, clean my machine really good and put her to bed for a little bit, I think she's earned some R&R. I have long scraps to contend with, but I'll do those this evening when I wake up, I just don't think I have the bandwidth left in me to work on those this morning.
Overall, a super productive night and I am over the moon happy with how they both turned out. Woo hoo for the other half being gone for a while - LOL!!!
07-01-2023, 07:49 AM
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I think you did well choosing the black border on sis’s quilt. I like that pattern, does it have a name for the blocks? Also pretty chain quilt for your niece. Speaking of hubby’s leaving. I could always get more housework done the minute he left…,pity it’s been a while since he got off anywhere-lol
