And the back:
Look who's enjoying his freedom - happy to be back up on his perch and enjoying the view of these beautiful changing trees.
I did manage to finish the binding and label this HeartStrings quilt pieced by Marianne that will go to Alycia's QOV project - she's well on her way to her goal of 400 Quilts of Valor in 2009. If you'd like to help her out - she's accepting tops, finished quilts, and pillowcases (made in patriotic colors preferably) to present the quilts in.
Is anyone participating in Judy's Quiltathon this weekend? I'm piecing more letters and working on a binding. I've done 4 sections so far and Strings is the one I like best - besides there being too much space between the letters in Heart, I think the letters in Quilt are too thin and then overcompensating, the letters in Project are too fat. I really thought I was on a roll last night.
I debated redoing Heart after finishing Strings but am just going to go with it. I'm becoming a little less rigid and my spacing is a little tighter too - not all letters have a spacer and the ones that do have a narrow 1/4 inch strip. I sewed some thicker seams on Heart to decrease some of the space there but I'm not going to redo it.
The original plan for this quilt included free form pieced letters (like Tonya's) but I was debating whether or not I wanted to take time to do them (and whether I was capable of making them look decent). They're a little *rigid* looking but I think they may just work - I'll continue on with them as I start assembling the blocks.
This background fabric is not as pinky as it looks in this photo - it's more like a medium/light burgundy which is suitable for a fall theme postcard. I still have to finish the edges but I've got plenty of time before the November 25th due date.
I mentioned that I was going to do some knitting on my trip. The night before we left, I knit a few lines of the shawl pattern I wrote about a few weeks ago and just like the review - I found it very easy to knit but didn't have enough yarn here so I started a prayer shawl. I can't wait to find/order some yarn for the other shawl but I'm going to wait a while so I won't be tempted to put this one aside to work on the other one.
Chesty has an appointment today for an x-ray and then will see the surgeon. Cross your fingers that his knee has healed and they lift his restrictions.
I got this binding stitched down this morning too. These blocks were made by the Quilting Queens, a local guild here in the Minneapolis area - I assembled and quilted it with freehand hearts. You can see I borrowed the sash border from Barbara's quilt although I used half blocks for mine.
21+ hours of travel and we're home. Chesty gets picked up first thing tomorrow morning and we certainly won't do much the rest of the day but I'm looking forward to getting back to work on Monday.
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