Getting It Together!

I posted the webbing demo on Saturday - and continued on with my day finishing up the cross-seaming on my current project.

After drafting this quilt up, I had no idea what to name it so I just called it "New Star" as not to be confused with any "Old Star" pattern, I suppose.

It's kind of stuck.  

It only needs one little addition to the name.

Wilson Creek runs behind Quiltville Inn...flowing just a bit more than 1/2 mile eastward where it empties into the New River.

And there I have the name for this quilt - New River Star.  It works for me!

This, however, did NOT work for me!

I encountered a hitchhiker! So this is where missing cornerstones go when you can't find them?

No, I didn't grab the ripper - I just grabbed the scissors and trimmed the excess as close to the seam as I could get and carried on with it.

Center together!

Now what to do with borders?

All of the pulled fabrics I was working with were at the QPO, and I didn't feel like hauling it all up to home to work - so I'll be taking this top back down today to try on some different ideas - either for a plain border solution, or maybe a pieced one.  It depends on what will work best for the quilt, and how much work I want to put into it.

Today there is a flip flop of my calendar happening -

I was supposed to have installation on the Intelliquilter for my long arm happening the weekend of Jan 7th -

My installer contacted me yesterday and we decided it was best that she come this week where weather isn't a problem, rather than wait to see how weather will pan out deeper into January.

She is on her way, coming from the North Georgia mountains.

This put me on a short notice tizzy - because she'll be staying at the inn as this is a couple of days of work ahead - one to install, and another day to train me on it.

We have had FRIGID temps this past week as you know, and yesterday I went over to throw some heat on at the inn.  The goal is to have things warmed up for her by this afternoon.

That also means that there is some vacuuming to happen, a kitchen to clean, and bathrooms to clean because nothing has been touched since our December Quiltvillians left.  House keeper Susan doesn't come back until the 2nd week of February!  (So yeah, it's all on me.)

We also went to Lowe's last evening to get me new table top for the long arm cut.  I'm getting rid of the plexiglass top, and instead putting a top of whiteboard. 

There is a studio to clean this morning as well as getting the retreat comfortable.

Because folks asked to see the back -

There isn't a lot of rhyme or reason to the quilting - it's just texture.  I did not outline every hexie - they are too small for that - only 3/4'' per side.

I quilted X's in the neutral areas and through the bands of borders around the center medallion- I outlined motifs and rosettes.  I quilted a 3 line starburst in the centers of the rosettes and other places where it made sense. 

It's not going to look like a discernable pattern of anything particular on the back.  Not like quilting feathers or fans or clamshells, etc.

Just loads of texture!

I've had questions on the kind of quilting thread I used - I quilted this one with YLI in a tan color.

I really like the YLI hand quilting threads - they don't knot up and tangle as much as some of the others I've tried.

Do I have another hand quilting project in the works?  Not sure!

I think with the installation of the Intelliquilter and the learning curve that is about to befall me I'll save my handwork time for bindings.

But then...you never know....one of the first projects could include some machine basting and away I'll go again!

I mean, once you've built up really good hand quilting callouses, it seems a shame to waste them!

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Looking forward to all of the lessons coming my way this week!

Have a wonderful Tuesday, everyone!