The clown quilt is basted and ready for machine quilting. The printed top includes quilting marks which I will use to begin. Then I hope to repeat those shapes and do some shadow quilting, filling in as needed.
I use a handy quilting gun to baste. It shoots those pesky tag things, the ones you have to cut when removing tags from purchased clothing. Each piece penetrates all layers and holds them together. The messy part is when you have to carefully cut each one to remove it after the quilting is complete. Makes a mess of plastic red bits, but I prefer the gun to thread basting or safety pins.
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| Maybe you can see the little red insertions. There is one in the lower part of the "A" and one near the line in the middle of the "B". |
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| Green flannel for the backing, with multi-colored bit dots. Hoping to use pale green thread for quilting. |
Receiving Blanket
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| First step is basted narrow hem. Then a row of Single Crochet, at 6-8 per inch. I am using size 10 thread and a 1.8 (6) steel hook. |
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| At this point I am adding Row 3. Row 1 looks like a blanket stitch (the sc/s) and row 2 and row 3 are nested rows of DC Ch3 DC. |
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| I am making #7 in the picture, with one more row to finish. |
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| Another great find from AbeBooks -- a collection of edgings by Terry Kimbrough, published 1994 by Leisure Arts. |
Time to face the sewing machine. I also have jean patches to sew, patching the spots where the former patches have worn thru!
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