The third Saturday in March is National Quilt Day. It’s not even 3 PM and I’ve been doing all sorts of quilty stuff. Naturally I worked on the wedding quilt. I only got 2 rows done yesterday.
While I stitched out the next row, I logged into the Guild’s Zoom Sew Day. I was only able to stay for 30 minutes before a customer arrived. She brought me 5 quilts to quilt. Guess what I’m doing next week.
I then went to a quilt sale. I don’t need fabric, and in many ways I don’t want fabric. Don’t get me wrong, I love fabric, but when it comes to quilting my “eyes are bigger than my stomach” so to speak. That is to say I have so many ideas and not enough time to do them all – not to mention where am I going to put it. Generally I can contain myself, but I had a gift certificate…. The top piece is large enough to be a backing. I counted folds and apparently miss-counted, or simply didn’t remember the count when I said “I’ll take the rest of the bolt”. 6 1/4 yards. I just love the stripe. 3 yards so I don’t have to piece a border — if that’s what I decide to do with it. Then next 3 fabrics are from the same line. 2 yards of the paisley and a yard each of the other 2 prints. The orange I only bought 1/2 yard.
When I got home there was more quilting. As you can see from the picture at the top of the post, the end is near. I had to stop and wind a bobbin, so I think I’m done until later tonight. I’m guessing not more than an 1-1/2 hours of quilting is left. Then I’ll need to make miles of binding — nearly 500 inches.
As for the rest of the afternoon it’s either a nap or doing the data entry for the Quilt Festival. I’m leaning toward a nap.
Hope you had a quilty day on National Quilt Day.
