I actually had quite a productive afternoon. I suspect my Mojo is creeping back slowly! First up, the back for my City Scapes quilt. I decided to piece it as I didn't have the full 5 yards of one fabric that the pattern called for. I used royal Kona on the top and navy Kona on the bottom using the colors from the front to make the pieced strip. I like how it came out. Check that off the list!!
Next I cut all the binding for that one and sewed that together. Awesome!!
Then, PTM and I had exchanged quilts in the gym parking lot. I gave her one from LTW that needed binding and she gave me back the HUGE Dragon Lone Star that I had made for my DD1 for Christmas with all the binding turned and sewn down. She really is a life saver!! My hands thank her!! Unfortunately I can't open it up enough to get a good picture of it today. I will bring it with me to Wed night quilting and open it up and get some great pics then. In the mean time I will show you some up close of the quilting done by LTW. Since the dragons look Chinese I wanted the quilting to have a Chinese feel about it. This shows an outside border.
Here you can see the outside border next to the corner of the inside of the Lone Star.
LTW quilted Chinese dragons on the actual arms of the star but you can't see them very well because the fabric is so busy. I will try to get some photos of the star and the entire quilt on Wednesday.
I have decided that I am less excited about added labels. I don't like how they break up the back of the quilt so I have decided to avoid this whenever possible and write directly on the back of the quilt. I also am using the pinwheel stamp to mark that the quilt was made by me.
As I was trying to take pictures I had a helper...
He always has to be where the action is! I had just stepped away for a few seconds to do something and found him laying there. oh cats!!
I can actually cross this off my list and this is my first finish for 2010!!
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*ooof*
that is my sympathetic work-out moan-sigh.
Great work! I love doing the weights (leg presses are my favorite thing ever).
I love the back to your City Scapes quilt and the quilting done on your Dragon Lone Star is beautiful!!
Yay for Finish One of 2010!! And yay for a happy WW weigh in! :)
i think that i need to buy some of that dragon fabric the next time it is on sale - i love that quilt - so if DD1 decides she doesn't want it...
your workouts wear me out just by reading about them - sheesh
Love seeing pictures of your helper. He looks so much like Red. Congrats on the weight loss!
Girl, check you out - I never would've gotten up this morning, lol. Love the back for City Scapes! LTW did an AMAZING job on your quilt, can't wait to see better pics!
Love that quilting.
Don't forget that your body needs rest periods to recover from all the working out. You should really have a day off now and again
Love and hugs Gina xxx
Hooray for the first finish in 2010!!! Keep up the good work at the gym!!
Crispy
Wow! You certainly are going full throttle at the gym and with the weight loss. You make me feel like a lug. I'd better get moving too. Your latest quilt is awesome. I just love the quilting on it. And I don't really like labels either but I like your idea of just writing on the back. And your stamp too. It makes it very personal.
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