April OMG

And the Blue Roses quilt is finally quilted. I started making the thing in 2009 and was planning to have it completed quickly but I was doing my  masters and had started the Dear Jane quilt, so it ended up in  a project box. A friend's daughter was getting married so I offered it to her as a project and she ended up doing all the machine applique and sewed it all together. She now knows the difference between freezer paper on the back and raw edge. She prefers raw edge. I prefer needle turn hand applique, but this is her quilt to give her daughter. I machine quilted it as a whole and struggled with  tension and sore hands, broken needles and fraying thread. I had to change machines to complete it and am so glad I had the binding done half way with the big Brother machine. I also realized that you have to replace your Machinger gloves after a while.

Blue Roses

For my April OMG I plan to complete the 5 blocks for Ben Biggs that I did not get done last month. The pieces are all sitting up front here now that the tables and machines have been cleared of the big quilt.

Ben Biggs

 Blessings,
Chris