Pahk my cah

Tonight I stitch Harvard Square. My fav.

Just like cross town traffic

Loving my giant map quilt. It’s like a mega Sashiko.

Boston Common

Tonight’s stitching: Boston Common

July 4th

In honor of Independence Day fireworks on tv, tonight I stitched the Mass Ave bridge.

Off the grid

Last night I took a class at the Cambridge Quilt Shop on free motion quilting.

I finally took my sewing machine off the grid and let her loose, with zig-zaggy patterns and trying to draw with thread. I’ve tried this on my own and always made a knotty thread disaster that requires the jaws of life to remove from my sewing machine. I was finally getting the swing of it by the end of the 2 hours.

It’s harder than it looks, practice makes perfect.

In action

Here’s my quilt with some better lighting. Perfect for summer sleeping.

Comfy!

Sunday sandwich

Today I cleared the furniture out of the dining room taped down my quilt back and pinned it all together.

This thing is so big that it it stretched the full width of the dining room.

Here’s the backing being taped down (with my little helper)

Quilt pinned!

Rainbow of awesome

Quilt top & bottom complete. Here’s a pic in progress. It’s ginormous.

Next steps
1. Making mountains of bias tape
2. Pinning the bejesus out of my quilt sandwich.
3. Wrestling this monster with my sewing machine.

My John Hancock

Tonight I’m signing my quilt in stitchy goodness.

Freshly pressed linen

On deck are the final pieces of my quilt top. Yards & yards of pressed linen waiting to be zipped together.

I can’t wait to see it finished.