I am making a Quilt.
This is the first block from the fabric I chose for my 2nd son.
I'm stitching it by hand.
Daisy from Cottage Creations and a Friend helped me pick out the fabric to go together.
I had no idea it could be so difficult. It took over 3 hours to decide on the fabrics! And I already knew I wanted the primary color to be red. And I knew what the pattern would be!
Who knew how many different reds there would be to choose from!
I think it was the feeling of a "long term comittment" that made me so picky.
They do go together well, don't they? I find that I love piecing them.
It's easy, mindless and soothing! I do it when my mind is too tired to work on my favorite stitching, which is baby clothes.
I call it Third tier stitching.
First tier is where you need to pay total attention to what you are doing or you are likely to have a mishap. Like machine construction and fine embroidery. I am permitted soft music in the background.
Second tier stitching is where I can listen to songs with words or books on tape (not too exciting, though). That would be easy embroidery and repetitious stitches. I can work Bullions, Featherstitching, Pinstitching, etc. and Smock.
Third tier stitching - well, I can talk, watch TV and listen to even exciting books on tape. I can do anything! It's just my hands going, not my mind. Some smocking is like that too.
Simply Soothing.
This is my oldest son's quilt -to-be.
I showed it to him and he liked it. I had already decided that if he didn't like it, I did. So I wasn't worried. Blue is his favorite color. And mine. I love the three fabric combinations. My second son asked for red. I like his too.
On Thursday evening (tonight!), I walk three houses down the street to sit and stitch on my quilt blocks with Bernadette (who is a Quilter). She does everything by hand which appeals to me.
Right now I am simply joining pretty pieces of fabric together with the Running Stitch.
It's what I like!
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My mother was a quilter, she made several hand stitched quilts for each of her kids and grandkids, then changed to machine sewing the quilt tops together, then hand quilting them. When she passed, I inherited a couple of her finished tops and all of her material. I had to ask my sister-in-law to show me how to hand quilt so I could finish the tops. Almost 10 years loter, I am still working on the large quilt she left, but I have learned so much while working on it and enjoyed so many memories that I am not sure I want to ever finish! :-)
ReplyDeleteThose quilts are going to be fabulous! I love the colours you've chosen and am in awe of you for hand-stitching the pieces together! I just finished a lap quilt a couple of days ago which I'd hand-quilted, but the piecing was done by machine. I couldn't imagine doing that bit by hand!
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