New photos up on RCTNP

I've added photos of the finished throw (lap rug) I was working on. Miss Scarlett (aka The Inspector General) has decided that it is HER blanket and has already covered it with white cat hair. I think this is one piece that will be washed frequently..... :) Sir Fuss prefers to sleep on the piece of a quilt that Mom started a good 20 years ago, and that I plan to finish some day. I didn't even notice the sign until I uploaded the photo. Talk about serendipity!

I've finally started quilting Quilt #2 (you can see the WIP in previous pictures). I decided to go with a Celtic knot design I took from a Dover book of Celtic cross stitch patterns. I had to convert from block design to curved design, and then it took me a while to figure out how to transfer that to the quilt. It finally hit me - handle this the same way I do surface embroidery - trace the pattern (currently on graph paper) onto tissue paper, then stitch through the tissue paper. Works like a charm and allows me to line everything up correctly and I don't have to worry about chalk or markers fading, being rubbed out, etc. I'll take photos as I get further on.

Fran

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Really nice, Fran. I love the block setting you did for the Twisted Log Cabin. It looks really nice.

Sympathies about the white fur - I'm right now in the perpetual pulling of Pucksters lengthy white hairs from the black canvas piece I'm working on!

Great idea. I quilt thru tissue paper pretty regularly. Have you tried the trick of putting the pattern on one piece, then stack up a bunch of tissue, and stitch thru them, with no thread in the needle. The design will be there in the holes - and you can then put those sheets onto the quilt, do the actual quilting, and the tissue just easily pulls away. I've done the tissue paper thing with some hand stitching- especially with some Japanese embroidery class I took a while ago. It's handy to know, can come in as a great solution to do something when you wouldn't have thought of it.

Enjoy your new throw.

Ellice

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