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Archive for January 10th, 2008

Construction Zone

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

I just spent a couple of hours unquilting the new piece. I started quilting it this afternoon and then hated it. Fortunately, the Misty Fuse took the unsewing better than WonderUnder.

fusingfabric.jpg

Here is the final composition, some of the outer edges will be trimmed back after it is quilted.

summerdreamscomposition.jpg

Here is the thread audition and the winner:

threadaudition.jpg

threadwinner.jpg

This is the third piece I have done with the uneven edges. I did the pillow case finish on the other tow, but it requires some extra work to make the corners come out right so this time, I am going to do a facing.

We had weird weather today. It was quite warm when we went for a walk. So warm, that I took off my jacket and tied it around my waist. Last night I was so darn cold, I had to throw a quilt over the down comforter. I guess I am losing my insulation. Anyway, back to the weather, a tornado touched down across the state line in Vancouver, WA and caused quite a bit of havoc. We were under a sever thunderstorm alert for a while. The local TV stations covered it from 12:30 until the regular news came on tonight. You can tell that we don’t get wild weather that often here in the NW.