Thursday, July 5, 2012

Inspiration

When I'm hand quilting a big quilt (queen size) and it is taking too long, I do like to put the quilt on my bed to see how it will look once finished.
I just love to run my hands over the parts that have been quilted.
 This photo shows how much has already been quilted and what is still left to do.
 A close-up of my hand quilting.
Oh yes, I'm inspired once again to get on with it and do more hand quilting.  I have been doing a bit every day for the last week and it is starting to show a difference.  Any time spent on this quilt is good time.

Have a great day, eh!

15 comments:

Lena said...

You do beautiful work. You inspire me to keep hand quilting.

Manuela said...

Your Quilt is so beautiful.
And your Handquilting is perfect.

Greetings Manuela

Clara {Clover and Violet} said...

It looks beautiful!!

Bren said...

It is gorgeous! It is just too hot here to hand quilt on the big quilt I have in the hoop. I have chosen to hand applique til it cools off a bit.

hetty said...

Stunning!

Deb said...

I will catch this inspiration and try to get Murray's quilt done little by little as they say step by step

It looks fabulous! is that MY bed or do I sleep on the wall where my Kojles is...

Carla A Few Of My Favorite Things said...

I did that with the king size quilt that I quilted last winter. It is very inspirational to do a little test drive!

Barb said...

your quilt looks lovely!! I love the shot that shows the difference in shadow. I love that you try it on the bed in process :)

Jennifer said...

Lovely - such a good way to quilt Grandmother's Flower Garden, too! A very pretty summery quilt.

Janet said...

Three cheers for your quilting, it looks gorgeous and the quilt looks great on the bed.

Renate Bischoff said...

So did I with my Antique Quilt.
Your Hexagonquilt is very beautiful. And I love how you did the quilting.
A very nice idea.

QuiltSue said...

Woww, that is just beautiful.

Teresa said...

Your quilt is looking great. Good idea about putting it on the bed. I am working on a hand quilting project as well and it does seem to take forever. Gonnago right now and lay it on the bed :)

*karendianne. said...

This is a great post! I love how you work thru the long-term process and you're sharing that AND I really dig your quilt pattern. I found myself contemplating how you come up with your designs while I was washing dishes last night. I like it when I drift into your imagination.

Raewyn said...

Your quilt is looking beautiful and I really like the quilting you are doing on it.