Thursday, April 12, 2007

Small steps and small stitches


I've been under the weather for some days and feeling the need for small arm movements.
A day without needle and thread is not a good day, so I turned to hand quilting.
I would love to have the Watermelon quilt finished before this summer and every thread done is a thread closer to completion :-)
As you see I have worn my pink Clover pencil all down and am now starting to use the blue one.
It looks like the markings wear off with handling, so I am marking only one fan at a time.
The pencil says that the chalk is water soluble, so whatever if left of the markings when I am done with the hand quilting will go off when I wash the quilt. I read somewhere that a good vacuum also will remove markings.
The cold symptoms are wearing off now, and I am happy about that, as I have several things on my to do list.
I think I will try to do some hand quilting every morning, with my cup of tea by my side, like I did when I hand quilted my Dear Jane quilt. It is a good way to start the day. The morning light is good now too.
I love the early hours of the day :-)

4 comments:

  1. Nice to "see" you,Hanne. I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well. Take care!

    Love that quilt and your quilting is incredible!

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  2. Hanne, sorry you aren't feeling well. The idea of starting the day with some tea and hand quilting sounds so peaceful.

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  3. Du skal ikke tro alt du leser når det gjelder fjerning av quilteblyante r- den blå er grei, den rosa mere vrien, jeg tok litt "nylonvask" på en liten klut og fjerna farven med.Lykke til

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  4. Hei Hanne! Jeg er på utkikk etter denne sjablonen, hvor har du fått tak i den? Jeg skal quilte denne på det blå og hvite sengeteppet jeg snart er ferdig med (på maskin)

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