Another Project

Two years ago in February I enrolled in a quilting class at the Rossville Quilts.  Supervised instruction with someone who knew what she was doing in a place which specialized in this sewing process what just what I wanted...and needed.

Sure I knew how to sew.  I had made several quilts.  But most of what I did was self-taught, and I knew not much of anything of about quilting itself so I needed help.

I loved the class.  Three other ladies joined me in the class time and the instructor was an employee of the shop.  Not only did I learn about different blocks and patterns, I learned new skills and met new people.  I also felt like comfortable in the shop so that I could return and ask for help if needed.

One thing or another got in the way of my finishing the quilt after the top itself was completed.  It needed to be quilted, and I just don't do that.  Then with the move, the cleaning out of houses, and Gary's illness over the summer, I just didn't think about completing it.

A couple of months ago we cleaned out the sewing room, rearranged things, organized my fabrics and notions, and retrieved several quilt projects.  One of those was a baby quilt which was completed except for the binding.  Finishing that was easy except for my eyes giving out on me.  After the cataract surgery the handstitching was finished and the quilt gifted to Shelby and Caleb for Elijah.

Another project was this sampler quilt, which I wanted to make into a wall hanging.  I took it to Betty in Burnettsville before Christmas and asked her to quilt it for me---no hurry.  Yesterday she called and said she had just pulled it off the frame and it was ready to for pick up.

I just returned from the shop with the quilt.  It is ready for binding. When I made the quilt, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the completed project.  It is supposed to be a wall hanging, but the colors didn't match anything in our house and there was no available wall space for hanging it.

HOWEVER....there are four walls in the new sewing room that are just begging for something to hang on one of them.  The walls are an off-white, which is a perfect background for the colors in the quilt.

How long will it take me to make the binding, attach it to the quilt, and handstitch it on all four sides, plus add a heading so that a rod can be inserted for hanging?    Not sure.  But I know it will be finished before summer and in its new home!

Another project!  I am so excited!