Samuel sails along on a Thousand Ships

After I neglected to snap a photo for the finished product, the recipient's father kindly obliged and sent this from London.

All bound and ready for a pre-delivery wash

The binding has added another 160 minutes to the count - and is all done. While I was working on it, I found myself getting increasingly worried as to the well-being of the intended recipient. We knew the baby would make its arrival in early November .... and we already were weeks into the month.

Therefore, I am glad to report that Baby Samuel and his parents are doing very well and are ever so pleased with one another.

I myself am pleased as well, with myself for guessing the gender correctly, finishing the quilt "in a day" - approx 640 minutes plus washing, ironing, wrapping, packing and shipping. Ten hours forty minutes does qualify as a working day, a short one, around these parts.

Quilting finished: Zig-zags showing up nicely

Another 160 minutes on the clock ... argh, I was slow the past two evenings - paying too much attention to the Brothers & Sisters Season One DVD set.

Now onto the binding ....
480 minutes on the clock.

Sails of a Thousand Ships

I am making good progress on the quilting and another evening session should see the rest of it finished plus the binding started. The top is a bit wavey where I pulled to reveal corners, but there is notably less bunching and pulling than in the previous one.

320 minutes on the clock.

a Thousand Ships Sail the Sea

My quilt in a day top is done, quilt sandwiched and what I didn't manage to snap a photo of last night: one half is almost completely quilted in a pin-striped inspired pattern.

200 minutes on the clock.

Quilt-in-a-day 2 in production

Minutes after gift-wrapping and packaging QIAD 1 to be sent to England, I started my second one. I made really good progress on it and after 1 hour 20 minutes had quite a lot done, not least thanks to this brilliant tutorial: Zig Zag Tutorial.