Saturday, October 30, 2010

Finished Objects

I've had some time this week to cross some UFO's off the list.  The crazy strip project are now officially pillows and destined to be a Christmas gift.

Tic-tac-toe, Angels in a Row had stitching added around the angels and stars before it became a pillow as well.

But the BIG finish was Hillary's quilt.  I machine quilted it at the UFQ weekend and was continually frustrated with thread breakage.  I changed needles and tension...everything I could think of without success.  Yesterday, when I sat down at the machine, I decided that Guitar Girl's Halloween costume, made with fur, had probably linted up my machine.  Perhaps it was the 1/4 cup of lint I dug out of the depths might have caused the tension problem.

After much debate, I hand appliqued the hexies on after it was quilted and think that the pink centers really make the flowers pop!

Time for me to get back to UFO's.  The snowflake is in the drier and I think I'll tackle quilting the Broken Glass now that my machine is lint-free.

5 comments:

Oops-Lah said...

You had a very productive week! Love the quilt! And you are right, the pink hexagons make the quilt come together! The pillows are lovely too.

Oops-Lah said...

You had a very productive week! Love the quilt! And you are right, the pink hexagons make the quilt come together! The pillows are lovely too.

Penny said...

Love the quilt! Time for me to check on my UFOs too :)

Laurel H. said...

Um...there seems to be a proper noun error. Your BIG finish was Laurel's (not Hillary's) quilt. :)

syocom said...

I love that flower quilt! It is beautiful do you mind if i ask what is the patterns name?