Stress relief
I I pulled out one of my UFOs to work on today. It's a vintage 1940s feedsack quilt top which I'm hand quilting. I haven't worked on this one for 3 or 4 years so I thought it was time to get it finished. I was going to try a new hand quilting technique but decided to continue with my usual style as I don't want to make it more stressful for me. I find hand sewing is peaceful so I've also been hand sewing 1940s blocks to new backgrounds and only have 2 left to finish out of the 20 blocks. I want to finish this quilt before I start hand quilting the next one. I'm quilting flower shapes in between the star blocks and I was surprised to see that it's over half finished already. I'll try to do some every day and see how long it takes me. I didn't wash this one before I started as I wanted to wash it and shrink the batting when it's been quilted to give it an aged look.
Many thanks for all your kind comments.
posted by Jan Mac at 7:23 PM
12 Comments:
YOur hand quilting looks fantastic Jan. As does the quilt. Are these fabrics the real deal from the 40s? Hope your family issues are sorting themselves out
this is looking great! It'll have a well loved feel to it when its all done :-)
The floral shapes look fantastic in the hexagon shapes. I hope this one sticks around for home use? I also hope for your sake that things are settling down at your house in the health department.
the perfect anti-stress reliever...fantastic hand quilting!
very nice. This will be a treasured quilt when finished. It is already but usuable treasured quilt when completed.
That's a wonderful top. Where did you get it? Did someone in your family make it? The quilting design is perfect for this quilt.
This lovely, the quilt and the quilting.
This quilt is gorgeous! The hand quilting is just right for it :-)
Your quilt is just lovely. Good for you for pulling it out and making a commitment to finish it. It will be a real heirloom!
((HUGS))
your quilt is just beautiful.
Jan, anyone who hand quilts gets a blue ribbon in my book! Congratulations on doing the hand work.
Judy L.
Another gorgeous one! Your site isn't updating on my bloglines, so I'm a little behind.
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