Another detour -

My first Lion quilt was made about 40 years ago -

And documented in my Quilt Journal - HERE - ;))

So now there are three more Lions that need quilting -

Khaki -

Gold -

And brown/pink - ;))

The khaki and gold ones have a mane with a "swirly" pattern on the fabric -

Which may or may not be easy to follow with some Free-Motion Quilting - ;))

The brown/pink has flowers that probably won't show much quilting -

Just the texture -

And the bottom of the brown/pink one is a pink gingham -

So I will probably use a white thread to have it blend in as much as possible -

BUT -

Before I play with the Lions -

I want to get better at following lines on something that won't show all of my little boo-boos "design elements" -

So I pulled out the Christmas panel -

Do You See What I See -

That has been in the "pile to be quilted" for some time now - ;))

I found some thread colors that will really blend in -

The more "invisible" - the better - ;))

Besides - this is the last day of July -

And everyone knows we need a little Christmas in July - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

A bit of zig-zag stitching-

Around the face - and for the whiskers and mouth -

On a couple of "Lion" quilts that were in the pile to be quilted - ;))

Some more zig-zag stitching around the bottom of the mane -

Until I got the thread caught on something -

Turned it over -

And found this -

Stuck to the back -

Well, that's not good -

That part belongs on the sewing machine -

Not sewn to the back of the quilt - ;))

And wouldn't you know -

I was THIS far from the end - ;))

So I fixed that -

Got the manes sewn down -

And the tails and the "feet" stitched in - ;))

I have a little clean-up still to do -

Remove the basting stitches and neaten it all up -

Then I'll take some "glamour" shots - ;))

Stay tuned - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -