There's trouble here!

Ohmigosh! The back of a lovely "Log Cabin Hearts"
quilt.  I was working very carefully watching the
issues on the front. (that's my poor excuse)   I took it off the frame to turn it.  Look Gudrun look!  What to my wondering eyes I did see...ohmigosh. Now what?
Not so happy this Thursday.
gudrun

What's in a phrase?

I know I am not unique, really I am not :))   Therefore,  there are others  that have a problem with certain use of words and phrases.  I am not thinking curse words here.
 So here's my little rant on the phrase 'don't forget.....'.
When I hear  'don't'  the first thing I think is 'now what?' It puts my back up, so to speak.
I resent the fact that the speaker thinks I have or will forget.  I might but 'you' don't have
to make me feel bad about my ability to remember. As far as 'you' know, I may choose to forget.
It would be so much more positive to hear  'please remember'
Well! since you asked so nicely, I certainly will.
Thanks for listening/reading.

Happy Wednesday
gudrun

Big Quilts

Quilts are getting larger. Perhaps it is the pillow top mattresses, whatever the cause I just finished quilting
a 115 X 97 in. panel quilt. Client said to do as I liked but to keep it in the basic panto budget. I was unable to come up with a pantograph that I thought  would do the panels justice.  So the end result was more custom quilting...SID (stitch in the ditch) using the panel frames. I made templates of two different eagles and added those with an open meander in the open spaces.  It took a long time :)) Not in the basic panto budget but that's my problem.

Back showing the outline of one of the eagle silhouettes.

This quilt measures 100X100 inches.  It was a kit, I purchased in 2006 while visiting my Mom and Dad.

I will never purchase a full quilt kit again...I have no idea what I was thinking. I hope I can sell this one.
The purchaser will need a fondness for green.

Preferably, a fondness for Bright green!  I had to use the flash for the  quilting close up, making an
incredible difference in the pictures.  However,
it's still green.
Happy quilting
gudrun

Scrap Happy

Yesterday, I  mailed a quilt to my Mom's friend Alex. This gentleman is truly
 a gentleman, he treats my Mom with respect and kindness and jumps
to assist in any way he can.  I recently took on the maintenance of her home.
She does not care to move but does want to deal with all the problems
associated with homeownership.  In a nutshell, I am the new landlady,
 she calls me with problems.  So far all is fine, I am about 4000 kilometers
 away but hey that is just a detail.
Gentlemen are disgusted when you offer payment for work, and I am
talking plumbing...a necessary.  So I made him a quilt as I noticed

he has a threadbare old blanket on his lazy boy. Since I know him to be one of the original
recyclers, I know he will appreciate that this only cost me the postage to send it.
Sew....  made from scraps, quilted with random spirals and circles.

Backed with a flannel back(note to self            directional patterns are not a lot of fun on the back)

from LQS where I had a coupon.  And a pieced wool batt.

Once again the pictures don't do it justice even if I say so myself :))    I hope he likes it.
gudrun

Post Office Quilt

This quilt is called "Post Office" I am guessing that the blocks
represent mailboxes and stamps.  This is the second one of these
I have had the pleasure of quilting, the first piecer said it reminded her
of tissue boxes. Both quilts were made from batiks, too busy to see

much of the quilting except of course on the back.  This was quilted using a medium
browns variegated thread and an oak leaf panto,  the thread looks very light here
 but that is just the effect of a bright sunny day and an unskilled photographer.

Two post in one day what's with that eh?
gudrun