Time for binding!

Even though I lost that hour of time this weekend as we turned our clocks ahead, I was able to fit in the final big stitches  to finish my RSC 2014 Pickle Dish quilt.  I usually name my quilts but this one just remains my pickle dish.  I am very pleased with how the big stitching on this turned out. It is such a graphic quilt and the big stitching just emphasizes it.  The backing on this quilt was a piece of fabric that my mom treasured for years.  She grew up in Austria and lived thru WW2 and lived a very frugal life.  It reminds me of a head scarf she used to wear.  It is a bit bohemian in my book and so I thought it really was a great fit as the backing to my pickle dish quilt.

To finish it off I added a  polka dot binding.  Now to add those final stitches to hold the binding down. I always enjoy those final stitches. A time to reflect the journey of making this quilt.  It definitely is a bit outside the norm for me.  But, it was fun to play with the bright fabrics and the bold graphic design in this quilt. Hopefully, I can then turn my attention to my TATW project. It has been a bit neglected and needs some attention. Working on round 15, each round taking a bit longer! It is fun to see how each round changes the quilt. I am using fabrics from my stash that just never seem to make it out of the closet, so the combinations are down right crazy.  Still, I am loving it more with each round. So I hope you will enjoy some slow stitches today and come join the other slow stitchers at Slow Stitching Sunday.

polka dot binding

backing fabric

Ready to start stitching!

WIP Be Gone

I am turning the final corner on my RSC2014 pickle dish quilt!  My hopes were to finish this quilt over the weekend,  I had high hopes of finishing the last three pickles this afternoon. But, my husband slipped on the ice this am and came home from work about 10 am and you know how that goes.

Well, I can't blame all of this on my husband, after all for some reason when I get close to finishing I often start procrastinating!  I have never really figured out why, it's not like it is the last quilt I will ever make ! Geez,! There are already four in process so that can't be it.  Do you ever start procrastinating?  So my solution is to link up with WIP Be Gone and put in my ear buds and do some stitching. I can still make my goal if I get to it!

Big Stitching Progress

Not much time has been spent behind the hoop this week. I have focused most of time on a  new projects, more about it later.  But with big stitching, it doesn't take much time to make some progress. I have completed the center of this quilt and started to stitch the last round of pickle dishes. So today, I hope to focus on my hand work and complete a few more pickles.



I also added an inner border to my compass quilt.  I am machine piecing this quilt, but love that there are elements of it that will use some hand stitches.  I love having several techniques going so that my hands don't get stressed by one technique.  So, after a few hand quilting stitches I hope to get a good start on adding some applique stitches to attach these circles to the border. Hope you can enjoy some slow stitching today!