Sunday, October 17, 2010

Quilt progress

So here's the progress on my quilt. Going to be a bit smaller than I thought - but that's okay. The white border is going to have more pink ribbon sewn on top - haven't quite got there yet. I'm quite happy with it despite all the little mistakes in it - No one will know when its all put together!

Not exactly sure how I'll quilt it - might need to see if I can beg/borrow a hand quilting hoop from someone so I can give that a go. I'm sure my stitching will need work! Anyway, its progressing.

Been a bit topsy-turvy in the emotion department - very concerned about Grumpy-George's heart failure (this is the diagnosis finally). I'm worrying more because Mum is worried, but it also occurred to me yesterday that I just don't want him to die just yet. He's been my step-dad/Dad for 27 years now. I only had 16 with my biological Dad with about 4 years estrangement. Anyway, I love him and don't want him going and dying any time soon - he's 67 and gets a bit stroppy when people try to tell him what to do - including doctors regardless of his best interests at heart. So excuse any teary-ness observed - its sometimes hard for a leopard to change his shorts.

4 comments:

Stephanie said...

Carolyn,
looks fantastic. By the way you don't necessarily need a quilting hoop to quilt, you can do "big stitch" quilting with Perle cotton thread, just a normal running stitch really.

Divya@The Craft Angel said...

That looks very promising Ryn :) *hugs*

Whimcees said...

Hello!

I love your quilt! Beautiful colors! I think you may find that you like the hand quilting. I find it very relaxing and when you look at what you have done as you go along it is quite an accomplishment!

Wishing you a great week!

Hugs,

Barbara Diane

Whimcees said...

Hello!

I love your quilt! Beautiful colors! I think you may find that you like the hand quilting. I find it very relaxing and when you look at what you have done as you go along it is quite an accomplishment!

Wishing you a great week!

Hugs,

Barbara Diane