QUILTING

There are days when it is very difficult to stay indoors and work when it is so beautiful outside.  Today is one of them.   This new piece has so much detail on it, it will be quite a lot of quilting and thread changes so this will take a while to finish before moving on to the foreground.  At least there is a big double window in my studio to gaze out of and feel the breeze some through while I work.

UNDER THE NEEDLE

I have been quilting the grasses on this piece for a couple of days now.   When doing this I have to take breaks as it is very tedious and there is a lot of eye strain involved.   I am almost finished and hoping to finish all of the grass by tomorrow morning.   I am using two different variegated threads one dark green and the other a tan light green.  It is working out nicely.

Background finished

Okay....the background and inner border is finished.  The long needles on the pine are quilted in.
Now for the foreground.  This will take a bit longer but so far so good.

I love the border fabric and have been waiting since last September to find a use or it.  I bought it at the Quilt Expo in Madison.  Love how it reflects the background.  

Farm under the Needle

Besides Christmas preparations for both my Mom's Christmas and Ours I have been quilting the
Farm.  There are a lot of thread changes and it is slow going but I am getting there.  Just have to take an hour here and an hour there when I can.

It is now snowless here and dark and dreary with some rain.  However they are talking about snow on either Wed. Thurs. or Friday this week.  So perhaps there still is a chance of a white Christmas!