Yeah I know. It was supposed to be a Christmas present. Between not having time and not really sure how I wanted to quilt it, I have been procrastinating on it. I have been keeping up with customer quilts. Just not my own.
I spent most of this past week at the Machine Quilters Expo in Manchester, NH. I got a ton of great ideas for some of my own quilts. I wished I had taken these classes before I started working on Ellen’s quilt. But I can still incorporate some of them. I still have the borders to complete.
In the half square triangle blocks, I quilted a quick loop. The path of the quilting accentuates the barn raising setting of the blocks. After taking the classes, I got the idea to add something in the middle of the two loops. I just haven’t decided what. I quilted a nice swirling feather in the green sashing.
I need to get this quilt and one other that is a king size quilt done by April 30th. I have entered them in a couple of local guild shows. Ellen’s will be on display at the Hannah Dustin show in Hudson, NH. Along with Josh’s neck tie quilt. I have two others that I have entered in the Merrimack Valley Quilters show in Plaistow, NH. For more information about these shows, use the web site links I have listed on the right.
Hope to see some of you there.
C