I thought and I thought and I thought, and then I decided on hand quilting for "Trick or Tree." Machine quilting is very stressful for me. And I'm never satisfied with the results. Since this is a small piece, I believe I can hand quilt it by working in small blocks of time. So I basted it this morning and will start quilting this evening.
Look what came in the mail.
I saw Bonnie Hunter's "Talking Turkey" quilt on Pinterest and decided I wanted to make a version of it to hang in my foyer. I did a bit of research and found that the directions were to be found in her book String Fling, so I ordered a copy from Amazon.
My version will have only four or nine blocks. I don't know for sure yet since I have to measure the space where I plan to hang it and see how big a quilt will fit. I'm hoping nine blocks will fit. I believe that will be the prettier quilt.
Bonnie Hunter is coming to Birmingham Quilter's Guild in, I believe, March. Anyway some time next year. It turns out, she will be teaching this very block in a workshop then. But I hope to start my piece before the workshop, I'm already collecting red fabrics for the turkey tracks and cream and tan fabrics for the backgrounds.
Anna is downstairs cleaning, so I'll be in the sewing room for a couple more hours. I think I'm going to create some binding for the two quilts that are at Lena's for quilting. They should be coming home soon.
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On 10/19/2016, Jane said ...
I'm also tempted to try hand quilting but I always give up and machine quilt. I love machine quilting. I saw where a woman did primitive hand quilting using embroidery floss and large, noticeable stitches. She wanted the quilting to show up and give movement to the piece. Gonna try that! Happy quilting, Susan.
Jane
Your Birmingham Quilters Guild sounds like a good one!
On 10/20/2016, Sue, a Florida Farm Girl said ...
Bonnie's quilts are lovely but all those little pieces drive me nuts. Or maybe I'm just a coward.
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