After yesterdays marathon basting of quilts I had some major organizing and straightening of my sewing corner upstairs before I could do much quilting. I also had to go through the tub of quilt tops that I brought down from the attic so I could get it put out of the way. There were some old friends that I hadn't thought about for years, one I had totally forgotten about.
This one. I think it is a variation on Drunkard's Path, it has been so long since I made it I can't even remember it. It's the only time I ever bought fabric and made a two color quilt of the same two fabrics and I don't care for it all that much, I will quilt it. It will look a lot like one out of a catalog, but it will be done.
This one is called Flowering Fern. It is completely hand appliqued. I had always planned to hand quilt it, but that's never going to happen. I would rather have it done for the enjoyment of it. I love machine quilting, and I think it will look just as nice.
This is called Kentucky chain. It's been done for a long time. These tops are some really old UFOs.
This one is called Double Heart, it too is hand appliqued and is going to be machine quilted, I know I will never get around to hand quilting.
This one is a top that was put together by my Grandmother it is well over 40 years old. She mixed everything, double knits, linen, corduroy, maybe even some wools. It will be a challenge to quilt.
This one is fairly recent. It is lace, machine pieced and embroidered in a crazy quilt style. I only finished it a couple of years ago, it was in the works a lot longer.
There are still a lot of tops up in the attic, but the number is going down. I might not get to them for a while as I intend to quilt the tops I finish as they are finished. The older ones have to wait their turn. One thing I am sure of is that I am not going to generate any more UFOs.
It's actually still quite early in the day, Pinwheels on Ernestine the treadle for me.
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