Dragon on the Home Stretch

The front's looking good already, I will have to add some quilting to it to keep the wadding from slipping on the inside.



There are a lot of loose threads to take care of in the back, yikes, definitely one of my least favorite jobs.



Some of the quilting in the back ...



and the label is in place as well. Four evenings to go!

What to take on holiday?

I have been pondering this very existential question for weeks now. It's a toss-up between my crocheting and material for my Repetition class. Notice how neither are on the list of up-coming projects?

Currently I'm thinking my Repetition project might be more suitable for traveling because I would not have to take so much stuff in terms of volume and weight.

Blindly stitching

In my drive to finish Harrison's Friendly Dragon Quilt, I am blind stitching about a mile worth of border.



This is also an attempt at putting off the decision about adding some additional decoration like a name or some grass ...

I shall be soooo pleased when this is finished and I can move onto other things, namely finishing off my own kid's blankie.

All a girl needs

to feel like a princess is a massive pile of quilts!!!

This was taken from my elder daughters stationary. I wouldn't mind sitting on that many quilts, especially because that meant that I had realised quite a few of my ideas. In the meantime, I'll just continue planning.

I have to say though that despite enrolling in Tonya's summer class - with the best of my intentions - I have not done squat for it. I might take some material on holiday to work on it ... or I might take my crocheting.

Upcoming projects:

PIF

Coasters

Stashbuster Quilt for my God-Daughter

2 quilts in a day for new babies

a Big Zig quilt, based on Denyse Schmidt's pattern for yet another baby

Great Aunt Irma mini quilt from Stitchindye

Great Aunt Irma mini quilt - Originally uploaded by stitchindye



What a fabulous lay-out, a bit modern and crazy but definitely orderly enough to please *my* eye!



(OK, I'm slow, I only just realised that Flickr will add a blog post as a draft, not a proper post. Odd!)

Adding contour and personality

It's embellishing time for the Friendly Dragon:



I've finished quilting around all the spots and paws and am now adding little details and lines to give the creature more depth. I'm making quite good progress which is good because this quilt is supposed to accompany me to the US at the end of the month.

Not enough ideas yet?

in the knits.
Originally uploaded by sew-mad

Since I don't have enough projects pining for my attention, I'm adding another inspiration to my list. it's the storm scarf (top right photo, click on link for tutorial) that I'd love to make one day ... once I finish all the other things I want to be doing.