This is a heavy project. The lace edged table cloth was given to me by my Aunt. It belonged to my Grandparents and maybe even her grandparents. I definitely don’t want to screw it up. The yellow center square of the shadow background is made from my Grandfather’s signature yellow shirts. It took me quite a long time to find a color to go with it and I’m very happy with the gray. They both show off the embroidery nicely without over powering it.
I don’t have a name for this one yet. The piecing is complete and now I’m designing appliqué. It needs more red. I’m looking forward to having lots of hand work to keep me busy while Ty is taking two weeks of Drivers Ed next month.
I’m finishing up my Bonsai Moon. The quilting is finished and binding sewn on, with piping!! I still want to add some paint and need to hand stitch the binding. This is a picture of it on my frame. The piece of paper sitting on the quilt is the sketch of my quilting plan.
I’ve gotten it marked and am stitching on the trapunto for areas in the center and large open area inside the border embroidery. The big glass table James made was absolutely perfect for marking!! My hero.
I’ve added the trapunto and pinned the tablecloth to the top.....and loaded it on the frame. I made my first stitches on it today. There is sooo much fullness to ease. Quite slow going at this point. But I’m happy with the 40 weight white cotton thread I chose and am looking forward to how good it will look fully quilted.
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