Patchwork progress
All the hand-quilty crinkliness I could want without having to sew together the top separately! Been working on the Kawandi project lately, as well as another flag, which I'll post about soon. More to my heart is this hand-sewn eclectic lap blanket that could very well change the way I make quilts for the rest of my stitching days. Sometimes life is like that, kind of how quilting took precedence over eleven years ago. Last year I was going to make a big deal about my decade behind the sewing machine; that never really happened. In another decade, will I wax lyrically about how for the first ten years I employed technology, then reverted to the less complicated method of needle and thread? All I know is plotting out this quilt on my work table, then sewing it by hand has been EXHILARATING! I *might* even like it more than English paper piecing, LOL. Hmmm, another post for later methinks. For now, other than a slightly sore right hand at the base of my thumb, the joy to emerge from ...