I've been working on the wallhanging. Finished the flimsy Friday afternoon, and spent Friday evening unpacking boxes looking for my pins. I finally found a small, travel box with some pins and had almost enough. I'll have to work on a section and then finish pinning the rest. Hubby likes it and says it looks like a stained glass window. Of course, I was standing in front of a window while I was holding the flimsy up for him to see, so I guess it did.
I'm itching to quilt it using my new Westalee ruler foot. I just got it last week and haven't tried it out yet. I was going to practice on the wallhanging, but since Hubby likes that, I'll practice on some half-square string blocks I've been making as leaders and enders.
I like it! At least the top.
The back isn't that great. For one thing, I forgot to lower my feeddogs. But that really wasn't the problem. I had to adjust my needle tension by a couple of numbers. Then it looked better. I do want to find my magic gloves before quilting the wallhanging. Free motion with oversized dishwashing gloves is cumbersome.
Eventually, I plan on making a pinwheel quilt-as-you-go with these blocks.
Linking over to Tish's Adventures in Wonderland who is keeping me focused on finishing UFOs. Thanks Tish!
P.S. Hubby wasn't able to rent a hydraulic lift this weekend and that turned out to be a very good thing. This morning it was very windy and this afternoon, it rained with a few thunderclaps thrown in for good measure. Not a good time to be putting up an antenna. But we still had someone fall off a ladder today. It was Buddy. I don't know why he likes to climb ladders; he is not good at coming down them. Hubby had propped the big extension ladder against the shelves in the garage, and Buddy climbed up to one of the shelves. When I called him, I heard something fall up there, and then he started down. He made it about three steps rather quickly, and then the momentum must have been too much as he kind of slid down the rest of the steps and landed with a thud at the bottom.
I'm itching to quilt it using my new Westalee ruler foot. I just got it last week and haven't tried it out yet. I was going to practice on the wallhanging, but since Hubby likes that, I'll practice on some half-square string blocks I've been making as leaders and enders.
I like it! At least the top.
The back isn't that great. For one thing, I forgot to lower my feeddogs. But that really wasn't the problem. I had to adjust my needle tension by a couple of numbers. Then it looked better. I do want to find my magic gloves before quilting the wallhanging. Free motion with oversized dishwashing gloves is cumbersome.
Eventually, I plan on making a pinwheel quilt-as-you-go with these blocks.
Linking over to Tish's Adventures in Wonderland who is keeping me focused on finishing UFOs. Thanks Tish!
P.S. Hubby wasn't able to rent a hydraulic lift this weekend and that turned out to be a very good thing. This morning it was very windy and this afternoon, it rained with a few thunderclaps thrown in for good measure. Not a good time to be putting up an antenna. But we still had someone fall off a ladder today. It was Buddy. I don't know why he likes to climb ladders; he is not good at coming down them. Hubby had propped the big extension ladder against the shelves in the garage, and Buddy climbed up to one of the shelves. When I called him, I heard something fall up there, and then he started down. He made it about three steps rather quickly, and then the momentum must have been too much as he kind of slid down the rest of the steps and landed with a thud at the bottom.
