This is definitely a very occasional blog and often I seem to write when I am trying to make sure I don't let a project slip (back) into being a UFO (unfinished object). I did get Christa's Colors finished last year and gifted it to my elder son's girlfriend for Christmas. Here it is all finished, with some detail pictures too.
Last week I pulled out what is probably my oldest UFO to turn it back into a WIP. I am not sure exactly when I started this but it was certainly well before we moved to the States in 2014, and from searching old posts from rec.crafts.textile.quilting it would appear that I was working on it in September 2002!!! The pattern came from a book called "Quick Quilts to Make in a Weekend", a misnomer for sure, but I was suckered in by the title. Once I had made the quilt top and sandwiched I was frozen into inaction by not knowing how to quilt it as it deserved. Many years of piecing and quilting later I have acquired the skill set I needed then (probably could have done this some time ago but...) and also the confidence not to get hung up on imperfections that will not affect the functionality of the finished quilt. My FMQ (free motion quilting) is definitely more controlled and I have started in on it. Now my aim is to get it finished this month, so I am declaring it as my One Monthly Goal for February 2022. Here it is under the needle last week and as it was earlier today after doing one of the six 6 foot long free form feathers and with the infill quilting on one side of the feather.
A google search on "free form feather quilting" led me to this site which has inspired me to do fill-in quilting between the feathers and the white bars.
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