Thursday, March 30, 2017

Did you hear my whoop of joy as I put the last machine stitch into my Celtic Crystals quilt? I knew I would get it finished today but it took a couple of hours longer than I expected. Early in the process Pat asked what I was going to do in the borders. I said the borders were borders and I wasn’t going to do any quilting in them – the batting didn’t require it and I didn’t think it needed it. But as I was finishing up the missed meandering I decided one of the borders should be done; I could have left it but I think I would have regretted it. I know I could go back and do it after it is finished if I thought it still needed it but my feeling is that when the quilt is done I’m done with it. There is lots of hand stitching ahead of me but that will be my evening project until it is done.

While I’ve been stitching this past week I’ve been rethinking my studio set up. One of the bloggers I follow has switched her room around so her machine is in the centre (mine is along an end wall). I’ve done some measuring and, although it will take away some of my walk-in space I think it will work; and even better, the extra room around my computer will be very much appreciated.

Maybe it’s a good thing that I never quite finished my last re-arrange!