Almost finished

Whoo hoo!  A bit more binding stitching, a good wash and dry, and it is finished!  Done!  Fertrig!

It is, of course, totally wonky.  Never mind The Yarnarian; I'm the Wonkarian.  Cannot sew a straight row on the machine, to say nothing of my goofy hand stitching.  Can't really call it hand quilting, because it's too odd for that.  But, still, I really love this baby quilt.  

I've learned a lot from this quilt.

1.  Next time I hand quilt anything, I have to put in lines to stitch on.  Freeform stitching is kind of wonky.

2.  The Hubz and I got the walking foot to work.  I'm not sure if it did anything, but it walked.

2.  Took the Engineer Hubz and me together to look at MSQ's binding tutorial at least 5 times to understand how the binding tool works.  But now we have it, and my binding was exactly the right size.

3.  I'm never, ever, ever going to make a large bed quilt.  Wrestling this 39" square under the machine to machine quilt the borders was enough.   I have no idea how people can manage large quilts under a regular sewing machine.

4.  I'm going to work on quilt-as-you-go for anything that I start.  I have a few flimsies in varying stages, but except for one of them, none are qayg.  

5.  I really love English paper piecing, and want to do it many many more times.

6.  I'm not interested much in speed; I am a process knitter, and I think also a process quilter.  It's the working on the project that's fun for me.

So today I finish it up and wash it and dry it, and one little baby boy will get a goofy quilt to sleep on, or under or later on maybe make a little tent.

And now what shall I start next?  Yep, I have UFOs, but that's normal for me. 

FINISHED.  GO LOOK AT THE NEWEST POST TO SEE PICS.

Nuts & Bolts flimsy

It's finished.  The flimsy is finished. 

Here it is:  Mister's little quilt:

The other day, I flopped down on the living room couch to take a nap and I grabbed Mister's quilt and tossed it over my legs.  It was quite cozy, so I think, once it's actually quilted, it'll be cuddly for him.

Growing.

Slowly, but surely, Nuts and Bolts is growing.  I am awfully fond of this quilt, which is good since I have a bit more to do.

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Tiny Tumblers!  This is going to be a doll quilt.  The tumblers are 1", but even though they're teeny, they're very easy to do.  I started it a week ago, and have one more row of tumblers to do.

Yesterday I was at The City Quilter in Manhattan, and bought 3 fabrics for borders.  I'm not yet sure how I'll arrange them, but I kind of like the brown next to the tumblers.

I have a cute autumnal print for the back.  Not sure what I'll do for the binding. 

Nuts and Bolts, which is going to be a baby quilt for "Mister", due in late January.  I suspect it will be a lot larger than a baby quilt; I'll work until I think I'm done.  That's how I do things:  very casually.  It's part of the designing process for me, and I like to work this way.  I have no idea of backing or borders.

What's next?  Oh dear, I have a gazillion ideas!!!!!!!

I have the name!

Rooie suggested Nuts and Bolts, and that's what it looks like.  Pretty nuts and bolts.  Whoo hoo.