In many ways this year has been speeding, it feels like I just arrived in South Dakota and within a week I will be on my way home again.
Old Business
The winners of my giveaways:
Quiltin'LibraryLady got the pendant and Kristyn (who does not have a blog) got the free pattern by Tweeting my link.
Where in the world is Henrietta?Lori and I took her Green Princess down to the manufacturer in Wichita last week. Kenquilt have made several improvements since we bought our machines including a re-think of the tension assembly (yippee!) to a simpler clutch mechanism and modifications to the needle bar and wheel which reduce vibration to almost zero. Think Cadillac instead of Jeep and you will get the idea, the ride is a lot smoother and less tiring, not that it was all that rough to begin with compared to other similarly sized machines I have tried.
On my design wall (which is really Lori's of course) the monster I am making for my son, the pattern is
Yin Yang designed by Daniela Stout of Cozy Quilt Designs. This is the second half of it taking up the whole wall. Rows waiting to be stitched together and two rows of blocks waiting to turn into rows.
This is the completed first half draped over the long-arm because there is no more room on the design wall. I don't usually 'do' king size anything! This has truly been a labor of love but I believe the end is in sight. After finishing the body piecing I have a lot of pressing plus two borders to cut and add.
The lovely little Singer 15-91 I use at Lori's, a younger sister (1948) to my beloved Miss Lily (1934) at home. Although she is older than I am she is still faithfully producing a perfect straight stitch. This was one of Ken's farm auction sale treasures a few years ago, she came complete with bench and cabinet. If you had not already guessed, green is Lori's favorite color.
Most of the hard to find light and neutral batiks I used were a gift from Lori, Timeless Treasures Tonga Treats in the Meringue colorway, still available
here. The others were from my massive collection of batiks. Can you spell A D D I C T I O N?
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The monster quilt is completely pieced. I finished stitching the last border early this morning. The border fabric, shown on left is a persimmon Hoffman batik in a tree pattern. I love this fabric. I didn't want to cut it, but I did.
