I have a lot of UFO's. Some dating back 20 years. Or more. Not just quilts, but some knitting projects and cross stitch as well. I ditched the cross stitch to my daughter a few years ago. I was never going to finish the set of Christmas stockings I had started. One was 3/4 finished and none of the other 4 started.
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| Basted |
I believe it was 2003 (maybe 2002) that I took a class from Jackie Robinson in Sacramento at the guild. It was the Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass class. I did get my top finished that year. But it had a pouf in the middle section so I had picked out some of the stitching and took off the two edge pieces to trim the larger pieces a smidge. Then it went into time out. I have since moved 2 times, once across state lines back to Utah. The project would surface now and then. But one of the edge pieces I had taken off was missing. Back to time out. Sometime in the last year I had pulled out that box and decided I would just have to make new piece. It sat in the corner of my cutting table for a month or two. I was digging through another little project tub to see what was in there, and WaHoo! The missing piece was there with another UFO from the same era as when I had taken Frank apart all those years ago.
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| Finished |
I sewed Frank back together and got it basted. Because I used a multi colored batik for the background, I really had to use invisible thread to quilt the glass sections. I have a lot of brands of invisible thread. No matter which I use, I dislike it thoroughly. Yes, I did way loosen the tension. I just don't like working with it. But this project needed this thread. I made it through and I am happy with the result. I have a little art niche in my front room. I always have a quilt hanging there and also use it to photograph finished wall hangings (
note the graduation quilt) but sometimes they are longer than the space. It works for a finished photograph and then it either goes to storage or in this case, to its permanent location.
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| Final Hanging Spot |
It still amazes me that I had selected these colors way back when in Sacramento and they are the colors of where I live now in Kanab, Utah! When I had pulled the project box out I knew that this piece would work well on this wall in my hallway. It is just the right size, length and width.
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| Maine Quilts |
A few weeks ago
Sarah Ann Smith had a drawing for a new book that has some of her quilts in it. She drew my name! "Maine Quilts 250 Years of Comfort and Community" by Laureen A. La Bar. It is a wonderful collection of historic and modern quilts and their stories. I haven't read the entire book yet, just the first couple of chapters. But I love these types of books!
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| Cactus flower |
And my pretty photograph for this week. This cactus blooms this time of year, but the last couple of years it has not. The first year it did. I just adore the beautiful color and the shape of the petals. Like all cactus, the blossoms only last one day. I should get a couple more in the next week before it is done with its show.
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