Mostly cutting

Mostly cutting

I started my day with pollbook training so I’m all ready to work the primary election on August 4. I had a few hours between the class and the time I was meeting my friend so I got busy on my 2 projects.

I started with finishing to cut out all of the fish parts.

I’m pretty sure I cut enough for the largest quilt plus some extras for placemats or a baby quilt. The pieces here are arranged in the fish order. It doesn’t look obvious but I have everything labeled so I won’t forget before I start sewing.

Next I got started on the next 2 veterans quilts. I had 2 thread choices. One is dark green and one is dark teal. You would think that the teal would be the obvious choice.

That’s what I thought until I spooled out some thread across the fabrics. The dark green was the winner.

After I quilted a few rows I came back upstairs to start cutting the background pieces for the fish quilt.

Today I’ll be mostly painting so I expect I won’t be done cutting out the Fish quilt and quilting the 2 veterans quilts until this weekend. But, I’m really excited about the Fish quilt. I think it’s going to look pretty cool.


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6 responses to “Mostly cutting”

  1. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    the fish quilt will look cool – I can tell by the colors you are using.

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  2. geneblack Avatar
    geneblack

    That green was definitely the right choice for the quilt. Everytime I see the fabrics for the fish quilt I get excited. I just know it will be lovely

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  3. marmic1954 Avatar

    I think we’re all excited about the fish quilt! It’s going to look so cool.

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  4. Wanda Hanson Avatar

    That’s the only way to choose the thread, pooling the thread on a few areas of a quilt. I have been surprised many times that my original choice doesn’t work.

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  5. Carole @ From My Carolina Home Avatar

    Can’t wait to see the design on your fish quilt! Lovely hand dyes!

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  6. Vicki in MN Avatar
    Vicki in MN

    Thread is a tricky slope sometimes and pooling sure does help! Your school of fish is going to be such fun colors we’ll think you are in the ocean with tropical fish;)

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I’m Vicki Welsh and I’ve been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I’m into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here.

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