Manic Quilting–Of the Best Kind!

This was Sunday’s Quilty Pleasure!

When The Hubster said he was heading out on a motorcycle ride with Martha’s hubby Don, I knew I’d have at least PART of the afternoon to myself.  My goal?  To get the Crooked Courthouse Steps log cabin quilt quilted and trimmed, preparing it for binding.

Could I be done by dinner time?  YES!

There is EVERYTHING in this quilt.

Every fabric genre.

Fabrics from 1980-something up to today.

Christmas, Halloween, batik, modern, calico, recycled fabrics, millennium fabrics, novelties, solids, plaids, stripes, dots – it’s IN here.  And I love it!  There will be a FREE tutorial coming up for this one, so please stay tuned.  It will find a home under the free patterns tab where you can refer to it again and again and again.  

I really did have the BEST time stitching this one.  No rules. No muss. No fuss.  Just fun – as much fun as one can have while recovering from THE PLAGUE of the decade.

Off the rails and all trimmed up!

Close up of fabrics and quilting.

I quilted on my APQS machine, computer driven by CompuQuilter.  The pattern is Whisper by Urban Elementz.  I used a straw/gold colored thread that blended well through both the light and dark areas.  Such great texture!

The word DREAD is really BREAD -

But will remind me of the dreaded bronchitis that hung on for 2 weeks.

Binding perfection – early 1990s print!

It’s a weird shade of eggplant/plum that I do love – an old VIP print that has lived in my stash for more than 20 years.  And amazingly it goes well with the Moda print I used as backing – which has also hung around because it is the strangest shade of yellow green and never was quite right with anything else.

There is no funky piecing in the back of this quilt – another “it must have been meant to be” moment as I had enough yardage of the backing fabric to do the back and the hanging sleeve with some left over.

Binding went on yesterday afternoon!

I am loving having 2 machines set up at the Quiltville Post Office – this Singer 15 with the potted motor just powers through weight and thickness.  And I tend to keep the walking foot on it at the ready.  Binding is SO easy and effortless with this set up.

I started in on the hand stitching last night -

I didn’t get too far – I was mighty tired!

Miss Emmy Lou – supervising!

She is settling in just fine.

This happened over the weekend, too!

Lowes had fridges and microwaves on sale.  I love that the little microwave fits Martha’s mother-in-law’s cabinet just great – and the fridge?  AWESOME!  I’m all set to heat up my lunch or make my tea/hot beverage as I work away in my happy place.

Exciting things begin today.  This post is a bit late this morning as the electrician we contacted came over early to see what needs to be done with the remainder of the electrical at Quiltville Inn.  This is the LAST big job to hire out.  Sewing room power – enough for 12 machines and small table-side irons as well as 2 big ironing stations. Sewing room overhead lighting.  Dining room lighting. Ceiling fan electrical fix in bedroom 5. Moving the chandelier from the dining room to replace the ugly 1960s pendant light in the front stairwell.  

And at some point a commercial washer/dryer set up in the garage/shop for all the linens will also happen.

And then the painting begins.  Followed by much cleaning, sprucing up, and home decor to make things ready!

The electrician just left – he LOVES the house, he’s excited to be working on it, and son Jeff just arrived to mow the lawn.  SO I am pushing send and heading straight on into my day.

Don’t forget we’ve got the September Quilty Box up for grabs  on Yesterday’s post!  Head on over and ENTER!

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

I don't get people who don't get my need to always be creating. 

That's likely why I like hanging around all of you!

You get me. We get each other!

Have a wonderful Tuesday, folks!