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Speed Bump

I've finished hand quilting nine of the twenty-five blocks on the koi quilt, so this week I should hit the halfway mark with the stitching. Wherever you don't see safety pins in the patchwork is a block I've finished. I'm also saving the quilting and embroidery for the furoshiki in the center until the very end, as that will require a hoop and I want everything else quilted before I tackle it.

I'm still happy with my choice of backing fabric. Sometimes in the middle of a project I have doubts, but not with this one.

The other night I caught myself trying to stitch faster, and that made my quilting stitches larger. I was trying to get one block finished in a single afternoon, which is not the mindset I want for this project. So I unpicked the quilting in that block and started over (which is a bit depressing, but it was the right thing to do.) I want to slow down with my quilting, not speed up.

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nightsmusic said…
The panel I bought for Thing 2's quilt came yesterday so I have to pull out all my 'equipment' today and at least work on getting that cut. I have probably until the end of May to finish the quilt. I don't want to rush it, I'm like you. Rushing produces odd stitches and I don't like that. I'll send along some pictures as I go. Let you see what's going on. I just hope it turns out okay. But also like you, I'll be picking things out and redoing if I'm not happy. Maybe no one else would notice, but I'd know.
February 10, 2022 at 3:20 AM
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