I Tried It

……and it WORKED!

This is a backing I'm about to use.

You know those sharp crease and fold marks that glare up at you when you unfold your fabric?

Washing or soaking will take care of those EXCEPT I didn't WANT to wash or soak it just now.

So, I smoothed it out as best as I could.

Got my water spray bottle and sprayed along those crease lines and over any severe wrinkles.

Low and behold I began to see those creases and wrinkles diminish.  Yippee!

Since I didn't get carried away with spraying, it should dry fairly quickly.

I'm so glad I remedied this age old issue I had with quilting through pointy creases

and heavy wrinkles.  Sometimes I don't wash my quilts (if at all) right away

and I like seeing the back all nice and smooth.

It won't completely erase them, but it'll sure soften them.

Try it and see if it works for you.  It was fast and simple to do!

"SNAP OUT OF IT!!!"

Do you remember that movie Moonstruck?  The one where Cher smacks

Nicolas Cage across the face and screams to him to

"SNAP OUT OF IT!"

LOL

That's what I'm trying to do….just snap out of this 'slug' mentality I've had lately.  Even though I've been quiet on the blogging scene, I HAVE been busy…..well, sort of…..at a snail's pace.

Here's some of what's been hanging around on my various make shift design walls upstairs.

Determined to use from my stash I finally chose some dots and stripes to piece together a backing for the quilt top laying there on the ironing board.  Maybe I'll just cut a bunch of big squares and sew them together.

This is my "taking forever and ever" log cabin.  It IS all sewn together… BUT…yep...there's that BUT... there's ALWAYS a BUT with me!  I decided it needed one more row, you know, just to make me TRULY happy with it.

Yesterday I sewed more blocks and all I need is 5 more to have enough.

Here and there with blocks of time I have put together these free pieced little cuties.  I have planned this for a 'real live little cutie'…….hhmmm, I hope she doesn't turn into a 'big' cutie before I get this finished.  I'm constantly mulling over how I want it all to come together.

NO pattern here…..just me and my constant brain churning…..sigh.

Of course my MAIN project for the past year has been my FRIENDS OF BALTIMORE hand appliqué blocks…Sue Garman's pattern.  I thumb tacked some flannel up in the hallway so I could admire them as I pass through.  Red bird on the bottom is the current 'in process' one I'm stitching on.

Only 9 more blocks…AND 4 most tedious borders to go.

Speaking of birds, you should go Here and see Lynne's oh so creative birds and quilt
she has sewn.  Yes, go NOW…I'll wait.

A-N-D

T-H-E-N

I succumbed to THIS TEMPTATION!!

Can you guess which one it is?

Darn it…..I'm so weak and easy…..sigh.

 …..and my little helper who's always close by...IS NEVER impressed.

Now that we're all caught up it's time for me to get back to the sewing machine.  I think I've

'snapped out of it' for a while and I'm quite amazed I could still spell all these words.

p.s.  If you live in Canada you should go HERE and check out this NEW quilting book Brenda is
giving away. It's Julie Sefton's new Build A Barn book….good stuff!

Nancy is having a giveaway too!

Monday Morning Design Wall

There seems to be A LOT going on here!

HAND APPLIQUÉ BORDER on the Left and WILD THINGS on the RIGHT!

(I LOVE A LITTLE VARIETY IN MY QUILTING!)

My design wall is holding up 3 quilt tops that are "IN PROCESS".  Also included is

the start of a back for one of these tops that I have TRIED to figure out and

piece this morning using the left over scraps from it's top.

Of course the 2 wildest tops were sewn y-e-a-r-s ago.  For some reason, upon their

finish I promptly hung them in the closet and forgot

about them.

Sooooo, hunting up the fabric pieces and scraps used so long ago has been

a chore……BUT EUREKA!  I found them and I

hope to have a back ALLLL finished by

days end!!!

Wish me luck!!!

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS MONDAY??