One thing I just don’t seem to like when sewing or
quilting is satin stitching around an applique shape. I do realise this is the safest way to
applique especially for a baby or kids’ quilt but I just can’t get myself to enjoy
this.
Making a new funky wildlife cot quilt for our second
grandchild (to be born in January 2017) I just had to do this and even though I
only had 6 shapes to applique it took me almost forever!
I don’t sleep well lately but it does have its advantages
as I had the baby quilt under the quilting machine at 05:30 Saturday morning,
with the dogs' dinner cooking in the pressure cooker and the second load of
laundry going.
Other than this I didn’t really do much. Had a morning birthday tea, got home just in
time to put the parrot to bed and then went to a local Art & Craft
exhibition but sadly not worth the effort. This was a real disappointment to
me. This has been done a couple of years
now and one would think it would keep growing but to me it seems to
deteriorate.
The rest of the evening I kept myself busy watching
videos of Hillbilly Handiworks starting with THIS ONE and then just let the videos play one
after the other as I struggled to keep my eyes open to focus on quilting.
Fearing that I would have another almost sleepless night
I took some hand sewing and my bright light with magnifying glass along to bed and it
helped...... I slept right through the night!
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