I got up unnecessarily early this morning and resumed working on my Astrid quilt. I had about 20" left and I really was tired of working on it, so I figured I'd start early and knock it out this morning. I used 17 bobbins on this. Normally I would use 5-8 bobbins on a quilt this size. It is totally full of mistakes and I forgot from top to bottom how I had quilted some parts, so it has continuity issues. I didn't have the right size rulers for parts, so I had to attempt a smooth line on my own--didn't happen. I missed my marks or the machine slipped or whatever many times. Plus I had a difficult time staying within the lines and I am now so over quilting clams! I estimate I have 24 hours into it and it was on the frame for three weeks. But it is done. It looks good from a distance! ha ha
As a reminder, the pattern is called Astrid and is available from Tiny Orchard Quilts. The fabrics for the top are Tula Pink's Spirit Animal and Kona Snow. The backing is a Tula wide back, Freefall. Thread is Superior So Fine #50.
I also finished off my little snowman cross stitch last night. Now I have to mount and finish it. It will be an arched ornament. I have enough left over fabric to make a second. I'm not sure if I'm going to do that right away or do something else in between. Plus I now have a giant quilt to bind!
In other news, #getyourquiltywishesgranted4 on Instagram is alive and well for the holiday season. Last year I sent several people things, but did not ask for anything in return. This year I asked for selvedges or skinny strings because I want to make a knitted rag rug as a gift. I've been saving mine for over a year and it doesn't really add up very quickly. I also selfishly asked for some April Showers fabric and a few people are sending me some.
I am sending out this stuff to people so far. A few people are looking for sewn blocks for charities, so I am hoping to sew a few of those too.
We have three weeks left before FLL competition and are nowhere near ready. Well, I should say the boys are not ready. Anything I have to have done for them is done. It's up to them to finish it. I just have to nag them. I'm probably pretty good at that. 😏
Oh, and the mirrors we had made for the dressing table are finally done and I had my husband make finishing everything top priority over the weekend, so here is the finished thing....thirteen years after we got it.
I haven't been doing a whole lot of interesting sewing. A little bit of piecing over the weekend, but nothing worth sharing yet.
I've been trying to finish off this cross stitch in the evenings, and I'm really close. This is my first time cross stitching on printed fabric like this. Sometimes it's a little hard to get the needle through the paint. The worst part is that there is a partial dot showing above the lady snowman's head!
We are deep into FLL season now, with only three and a half weeks left until competition. We have practice twice a week and every weekend now.
And my father-in-law called last night to let us know that my sewing room cabinets are ready. He's ready to bring them and we can't actually have him come down until after the competition. NOOOO!😩
