...because "up to 5 inches of late afternoon snow" sounds so much better than "Horizontal, freezing rain starting 30 minutes before rush hour."
One of my favorite things about living in Colorado is the snow. Growing up on the Central Coast of California snow was a rare and magical treat we usually only saw after hours in the car. I feel blessed that, even though I drive in it 4 months out of the year now, snow has never lost it's magic for me.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Two Finally Finished & Snow
I've been doing a lot more sewing the last couple weeks than I had time for earlier in the fall. I'm 98% finished with my Christmas sewing and that's freed me up to quilt.
This quilt finally got it's binding and first wash. It still doesn't have a name as I rarely name them. These are the first set of blocks from Bonnie Hunter's Orange Crush mystery. It hung on the back of my quilting frame fully quilted for a long time. Until I washed it I really didn't like the batting I used. It was unpleasantly stiff and weighed too much for the relatively small size of the quilt. I finally bound it with store bought navy blue binding just to finish it and then after it was washed I fell back in love with the quilt. It softened up, got some drape back and then puffed and crinkled just right. It was also my first attempt at a pantograph. Next time I will mark better for more even spacing of the rows of quilting. I'm also considering a free hand stipple between the rows next time. I really like the texture that comes from closely spaced quilting when it's washed.
Here is a close up of the corner with the extra blocks. I don't like the way the purchased binding is wider than the seam allowances elsewhere and covers a portion of the design. It is convenient to not have to press my own, but I need to either allow for a wider final border or suck it up and turn on the iron.
I also finished this baby quilt in time for seeing her again on Thanksgiving. I misplaced the intended peach backing fabric in my pig sty of a sewing room and ended up backing it with white flannel and am really happy how that turned out. It is quilted with random stippling and loops. The flannel back also stretched a bit during quilting which allowed me to work around the very less than flat edges. This is a Bonnie Hunter pattern also, but I completely skipped the directions on how to do the borders so they didn't make waves like that since the edges of the blocks are on the bias.
My sister called me from Hawaii yesterday, on her way home from days & days of snorkeling. I'd call her something nasty, but it was good to hear from her even if it's going to snow here again today. Our part of Denver got it's first snow in November. it was token snow that melted by lunchtime and was the latest in the year for "first snow" since I moved here. We got some more serious snow last week and it was beautiful, movie set snow, all fluffy and sparkly. I'll hope for more of the same for this afternoon. The picture is the morning of the first snow, I had taken the day off as the boys were out of school and we visited the Celestial Seasonings tea factory up in Boulder.
Next on the table in the sewing room is a quilt that actually has a name. I'll leave you with that teaser......it's name is "Doggie in the Window." (Now you know why I don't bother to name them.)
This quilt finally got it's binding and first wash. It still doesn't have a name as I rarely name them. These are the first set of blocks from Bonnie Hunter's Orange Crush mystery. It hung on the back of my quilting frame fully quilted for a long time. Until I washed it I really didn't like the batting I used. It was unpleasantly stiff and weighed too much for the relatively small size of the quilt. I finally bound it with store bought navy blue binding just to finish it and then after it was washed I fell back in love with the quilt. It softened up, got some drape back and then puffed and crinkled just right. It was also my first attempt at a pantograph. Next time I will mark better for more even spacing of the rows of quilting. I'm also considering a free hand stipple between the rows next time. I really like the texture that comes from closely spaced quilting when it's washed.
Here is a close up of the corner with the extra blocks. I don't like the way the purchased binding is wider than the seam allowances elsewhere and covers a portion of the design. It is convenient to not have to press my own, but I need to either allow for a wider final border or suck it up and turn on the iron.
I also finished this baby quilt in time for seeing her again on Thanksgiving. I misplaced the intended peach backing fabric in my pig sty of a sewing room and ended up backing it with white flannel and am really happy how that turned out. It is quilted with random stippling and loops. The flannel back also stretched a bit during quilting which allowed me to work around the very less than flat edges. This is a Bonnie Hunter pattern also, but I completely skipped the directions on how to do the borders so they didn't make waves like that since the edges of the blocks are on the bias.
My sister called me from Hawaii yesterday, on her way home from days & days of snorkeling. I'd call her something nasty, but it was good to hear from her even if it's going to snow here again today. Our part of Denver got it's first snow in November. it was token snow that melted by lunchtime and was the latest in the year for "first snow" since I moved here. We got some more serious snow last week and it was beautiful, movie set snow, all fluffy and sparkly. I'll hope for more of the same for this afternoon. The picture is the morning of the first snow, I had taken the day off as the boys were out of school and we visited the Celestial Seasonings tea factory up in Boulder.
Next on the table in the sewing room is a quilt that actually has a name. I'll leave you with that teaser......it's name is "Doggie in the Window." (Now you know why I don't bother to name them.)
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