Wonderful, Wonderful Weekend Sewing

Oh boy, do I love the weekend !  

This weekend I get to work on this piece that you saw a little of before:

I am starting to really like this piece now - there's lots, lots more to do, but it is moving along quite fine. 

 

The kittens had a great playtime today with a little charity quilt I quilted for a friend...I put it on the floor to take a photo - and Mystic snuck under it and hid...

 

  and then jumped out !!!!

 and an enthusiastic wrestling match ensued.

 

Look who won!!!!  The Lady Miss Bit....

Lots more quilting planned at my house this weekend.


Hope you are planning a great weekend, too!

Kate

One Day in the Sixth Grade

Sixth Grade - the year my breasts grew...  and I was kissed for the first time. 

and the President was killed.

We were at recess when they called us in and told us he had been shot... it just couldn't be possible.

 

 

Oh, he was handsome, and smart - and rich... and Jackie was so beautiful and so talented.  But they were also good... they cared about people, we believed. 

 

 

The next four days I spent glued to the television, watching every moment of the pageant and the sorrow...

the muffled drumbeats and the clopping horse hooves down the silent streets...

 

the long walk over the bridge to Arlington

 

 

The heartbreaking step-by step procession down the steps of the capitol.

 

It was just all too sad... to this day I don't imagine how Jackie was able to even stand up, let alone lead her children, and inspire a nation. 

 

Such a sad remembrance. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning, and Happy Saturday....
I plan to have two fabulous quilty days this weekend.

I'm working hard on my quilts made from vintage linens...  here's a few updates:

The Madeira linen table runner is getting detail work... the cross-hatching around the edge - shown here...

 is becoming much more detailed, in the "Seven Treasures of Buddha" pattern - I just love how this looks...  much more to do... 

 

and the outside work on the gray  Radiance fabric, shown underway in this photo, is now finished.  Today I can make the binding for the piece, trim it up, and put on the binding, which is always a fabulous moment!

 

 

MEANwhile at the Ranch....  I started another project!  

This is a Damask table topper.  I am just doing the 'bones' work at the moment - outlining the original design (those colors are in the original piece).   Then I will have to figure out what else to do, and what to do on the underlayment...  this is the stage of each of these where I decide I don't like it - and then later I fall in love...  so, right now we are just reluctant daters!

 Hmmm, that center screams for something nice...  no ideas yet.......

 



MEANWHILE - this piece, called "Mystic Glacier", waits to know if it has been juried into the "Road to California" show - notifications on December 1.  This is also made from a piece of damask - this time a napkin. 

 

And the real "Mystic" watches from his favorite perch high above it all.   Not MY favorite place for him to be, mind you..  the Teddy Bears on the left were tucked up there to hide them FROM him, cause he tries to eat them... now I'll have to take down those ceramic pieces, cause this is a recipe for disaster...  but, if you know cats, you know nothing stops a climber from climbing! 

Well, I'm off to sew - a mix today of working on these very detailed pieces, and knocking out some small charity quilts that I love to sew on so very much...  let's see, I think I will send DH out to do grocery shopping, get the car tires checked, stop by the dry-cleaners, hmmm, what else can I put on his list?  

Off I go.  have a great day!

Kate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fourteen Thousand, Four Hundred Hexagons and one Kitten

One day, in the not so distant future,  this top will be finished...  I am just working on the outside edges now, putting on a couple of extra rows so there's room for the binding.  

With Kitten....

 and without kitten....

For anyone reading who hasn't seen this for the past nearly three years as it grew from the center out, those are 3/8 inch hexagons .   The pattern is adapted from a photo of a quilt in the British Museum that was originally made by a soldier in the 1800s, I think.  When I get it finished, I will look up the history of the original and include it on the label.  This is just part of the design - the original was even bigger, if you can imagine that. 

Let me go work on those edges.  I am really, really looking forward to proclaiming a finished top on this quilt!   The quilting??? oh, I will think about that another day. 

Happy Quilting,

Kate

Saturday afternoon progress pics

Hello all and happy Saturday afternoon !!!!

Things are good at my house today - kitties just went outside for a bit in their little tent, DH went to the farmers market, and I have been at one of the sewing machines for eight hours now!   That's my definition of a fabulous Saturday... 

I just can't help but give you a progress pic on my in-progress linen quilt...  so, here goes:

These photos were taken with my new Nikon DSL camera, which I am just about to learn how to use...  little by little.  There's still more quilting to be done - but it is at least headed toward the finish line.... 
Kitties had quite the adventure this morning.... Bit climbed up on my stash containers, and decided to play gymnast, walking on the garage door railings.........

 So, Mystic came running to the rescue.........................

 See how he is protecting her - he chased her off the railing and stood over her until she jumped safely down - how sweet!

Got to run - watching Apollo 13 - no matter how many times I watch it, I still enjoy it. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend...

Kate

oh lookie lookie

oh, my friends - the great fun of starting a new project!  There just is nothing like it... I know you understand.


Here it is...

This is a very beautiful Madeira table runner, and I am having a fabulous time quilting it (and quilting it, and quilting it!  

Stay tuned for more photos!

Kate

THESE ARE MAKIN ME HAPPY !

Two big finishes today ! - - well, what I call a "stage " finish, like finishing the top, or finishing the quilting... not the "finish, finish" - - but I celebrate every chance I can !!

The quilting is finished on this piece - Bonnie Hunter's "Pineapple Crazy" - - those are five inch pineapple square s - and yes, I went crazy.  Now just need to trim up and bind...  it weighs a ton!


Another milestone was finishing this top...  a great men's or picnic quilt...  The denim came from a giant "score" of denim from Cone Mills in North Carolina, gotten when I lived near there - I love using it mixed with cotton in these great cuddle quilts - heavy but not too heavy, snuggly - just perfect...  The four-patch blocks were gifted to me by someone - I have no idea who - so this is pretty much a cost-free top - and I love the way the green plays against the blue denim... next to quilt..

What a great quilty Sunday !   Hope everyone else had as much fun as I did!

Kate