Quilting Almondesque

Did you know? Good prep work makes machine quilting so much easier and so much more enjoyable! You did? And you never told me???

I painstakingly pinned the whole thing and then taped about a centimetre away from where I wanted to quilt. Then I practically flew through half the quilting ...



Now I need to strip the tape and re-apply new tape at a 90 degree angle. And I'm not holding out great hope that I placed my pins strategically enough.

Progress II

So I spend all evening on the floor with this:


only to turn it over ...

to find that I had scrimped too much ...

and now having to spend more time fixing my cheapskateness ...

Progress

QAL Carpenter's Wheel

This one looks interesting:

Night on the Tiles

I know I am doing things a bit backward but with all of the stabilising quilting done I addded the 9+ meters in binding ...

Almondesque - the top!

From a shoebox


to the finished top:

Making headway on the quilting ...

but it will not be done in time for the retreat. However I am getting very excited about my trip ....