Calming Chaos

Sometimes quilts are pieced in an orderly fashion....

like here and here...

sometimes they're NOT!

Sometimes random pieces FALL together

adding energy and motion!!!

When this happens....

It's nice to give a little ORDER to the CHAOS.

I used some tape to give some ORDER.

I began with a LONG line right down the middle of the quilt.

I quilted about 2" out from there.....

measuring and taping as I went along.

PIECED HAPPINESS.

:)

Wednesday.

Backing chosen.

(Vintage gingham)

Simply Quilted.

(wavy lines)

Binding attached.

(from the scrap bag)

Done!

straight lines.

I'm sewing LOTS of straight lines.

This way.......

then......

That way.

Gets kind of boring. ;/

I will say I'm driving OVER some

very. pretty. fabric!!!

Lots of pretty blocks sent from all over the world

to make these quilts for Japan!

Thank you.

But.....

I'm so tempted to play....

These string blocks are sitting on the floor

calling my name

THE. WHOLE. TIME!!!

Their voices are pretty loud too!!!!

"Come and make some more of US

so WE can be a QUILT too!!!!!"

Straight

I WAS able to quilt yesterday!

Yeah!!!

I quilted lots of straight lines.

This time I used my darning foot instead of

my walking foot. This way I can go as fast as I want

without worrying about stripping the gears on that special walking foot.

:/

The lines might not be perfectly straight....

but I think they'll be fine.

As I quilted I also figured out who's getting this quilt.

That made the quilting so much sweeter!!!

That lovely orange thread was on my shelf.

IF there was a queen of hand-me-downs....

It would be ME!!!!

Somehow or other I have collected an army

of old thread.

I've got the new stuff too....but it's nice to be

able to use these old spools up!!!

Sometimes it really comes in handy.

I don't know what kind it is.

I don't know how old it is.

But it WORKS!!!!
Does thread have a shelf life??

Does it get TOO old???

Nah!!

Then the mail came!!!

Our lovely neighborhood is

comin' together!!!

Em, Karen, MªClara and Michele
were QUICK!!!!

Look at that little tiny quilt MªClara added!!!

Oooooh! I love it!

Don't you?