I am on call for the hospital tonight. I spent most of the day trying to quilt on a customer quilt on lily, & Lily isn't in the mood apparently, because she keeps skipping stitches. I've put a cry for help out to Megan Best, but told her not to call tonight as I could get called in at any time.
I spent the evening wasting time in front of the TV. I watched a few 3rd Rock From the Sun reruns, & flipped to election results during commercials. It was interesting watching history in the making. Obama & McCain's speeches were both very moving. It was odd seeing them an hour before the voting even ended here in Alaska. Not that it would make any difference, Alaskans vote pretty consistently. Our senator Stevens was just convicted of federal offences of fraud in Washington DC, & Alaskans re-elected him anyway. Go figure. I guess they won't be changing the name of the Ted Stevens International Airport.
Yesterday I did a little thread play on another class sample, & "Time" project, for a show I'll be a part of next July. This blah looking thing is all thread, stitched on a wash-away stabilizer, using Grilon thread in the bobbin. The Grilon is heat sensitive, so after I washed out the stabilizer, & let the piece dry, I then heated it with a heat gun to shrivel up the piece & give it more texture.
Thanks for all the kind comments on my postings. I feel very fortunate to have the freedom to spend time being creative. I have the best husband in the world, & I am very spoiled.
5 comments:
Beautiful work..........love the colors! Skipped stitches usually means wrong needle in a sewing machine-I would KNOW this if I was sewing but still too new to frame quilting to help! Hope you work it out.
What's going on with your machine? Can I help?
This is lovely, Deb.
That is beautiful!
Your "time" piece is beautiful, can't wait to see it finished.
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