Same -

 

 

As yesterday - 

 

Today I made no progress at all - 

 

On my Harmonic Convergence -

 

But that's OK - 

 

Tomorrow is another day - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

The last row -

 

 

Of the border - 

 

Of my Harmonic Convergence -

 

Has been Free-Motion quilted with more wavy lines to fill the space - 

The stitching shows up nicely on the darker fabric - 

But not so much on the other fabrics - 

 

 

Unless you look REAL closely - 

 

I think the texture will be nice - 

 

When it gets all washed and crinkly - 

 

And surprise - surprise - 

 

I already made the binding - 

 

And the Scrap Card and the Heart - 

 

Yay me!! - LOL - 

 

 

So - on tomorrow's agenda - 

I have to trim it - 

 

And sew the binding on - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

The third row -

 

 

Of the border - 

 

Of my Harmonic Convergence -

 

Has been Free-Motion quilted with lines going back and forth -

 

 

I was going along just fine - 

 

Until I realized that something was wrong - 

 

I had the excess border fabric folded over - 

 

And caught in the stitching - 

 

So I had to "un-sew" that part - 

 

And then I continued on - 

 

The corners were tricky - 

 

But I did the best I could - 

 

Like I said - 

 

It won't be entered in a contest - 

 

Or win any prizes - 

 

But the texture should be nice - 

 

When it gets all done and washed - 

 

Tomorrow I'll fill in the last little bit - 

 

Between the last row and the edges - 

 

Then it will be ready for binding - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Borders -

 

 

The first border - 

 

Of my Harmonic Convergence -

 

Has been Free-Motion quilted with "Lazy 8s" -

 

Or "Wishbones" - depending on your preference -

 

 

They don't show up that well on some of the fabrics - 

 

Which is probably a good thing - LOL - 

 

But they do show up on the darker fabric - 

 

So when I quilted the second border area in spirals - 

 

I only took the one photo - 

 

So you could see the design - 

 

Tomorrow I'll decide what I want to quilt in the next border area - 

I think it will be something "vertical" - 

As opposed to something running "left to right" -

Because I want to turn the quilt - 

So that the bulk of it is in my lap - 

And not smashed up against the wall behind my machine - 

It should be easier to quilt that way - 

 

At least I hope so -

 

And I think that it might look funny - 

If the next design goes in the "other" direction -

 

Compared to the spirals - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

The last two corners -

 

Of my Harmonic Convergence -

 

Have the extra grid lines now - 

 

With no broken needles - 

 

And a well-behaved sewing machine - 

 

The grid lines on this one are "semi-regular" - 

 

They are not "equal" distances apart -

 

I just chopped the area in roughly equal parts - 

 

Some in half - others in thirds - 

 

Whatever looked good to me at the moment - 

 

The lines in the corner squares were weird - 

 

Since one corner square was 6" x 7" - 

 

And the rest were closer to 7" x 7" - 

 

So I chalked a diagonal line from one corner of the square to the other -

 

For my pivot point - 

 

And just winged it - 

 

The last set of lines -

 

Were roughly half-way between the original ones - 

 

And I let it go at that - 

 

Just don't measure them  - 

 

If you ever see it "in real life" - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

 

More -

 

 

Grid lines were added -

  

In the corner squares - 

 

Of my Harmonic Convergence -

 

But only two of them - 

 

Because on the second one - 

 

I broke two needles - 

 

And had to re-thread my machine numerous times - 

 

It did NOT want to sew those last two inches - LOL - 

 

 

Those two "inch" lines in the bottom RIGHT corner - 

 

But the additional lines DO look better -

 

And are more on the same scale - 

 

As the grid lines to the left of the corner - 

 

 

As opposed to what they looked like yesterday -

 

So tomorrow I'll finish up the other two corners - 

Assuming my machine wants to play nicely - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Same -

 

 

As yesterday - 

 

I think I'm going to add a few more grid lines in the corner squares - 

 

Of my Harmonic Convergence -

The spacing between the lines - 

 

Is a bit more than it is the other areas - 

 

And looks a little "hurried" to me - 

 

Like I was getting bored and just wanted it to be DONE -

 

Which I was - LOL - 

And I haven't decided what I want to do in the borders yet - 

There are way too many options - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew 

Even more -

 

 

Grid lines were added - 

 

To my Harmonic Convergence - 

 

So now the center portion is quilted - 

 

 

Next up are the borders - 

 

I had already stitched some wavy base lines - 

 

And I plan to fill in the areas with some "swirly" designs - 

 

 

Then we'll see if the contrast between the center's grid - 

 

And the border's "swirls/curves" works - 

 

In "real life" - 

 

As well as it does in my head - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

More -

 

 

Blocks on the wall - 

 

For my Basic Math - Enchanted Forest -

 

I put the 6-1/2" blocks up on the wall - 

 

And filled in the spaces - 

 

And added the outer rows/columns - 

 

It's not final - 

 

But it's a start - 

 

 

Then I added more grid lines - 

 

To my Harmonic Convergence - 

 

I had done some Free-Motion loops in one section - 

 

But I didn't like it - 

 

It was too "distracting" - 

 

So I "unsewed" the loops - 

 

And went back to plain old grid lines - 

 

One bit at a time - 

 

One stitch line at a time - 

 

One day at a time - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

A little -

 

 

Re-arranging - 

 

Of the blocks - 

 

For my Basic Math - Enchanted Forest -

 

Was about all I got done today - 

 

 

It doesn't look that much different really - 

But I plan to put up the plain 6-1/2" squares tomorrow - 

And then see what it looks like - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

A little sewing -

 

 

But first - 

 

An answer to a question posed in yesterday's comments - 

Why were the sprinkles on the cookies before the icing?

There were two batches of cookies - 

 

The first batch were "drop" cookies -

 

But smashed a little - 

 

With sprinkles on top - 

 

 

They spread like pancakes - 

 

Then they got frosting and more sprinkles on top -

 

 

 

The second batch were "cookie cutter" shapes -

 

Mermaids and Unicorns - 

 

Both batches got sprinkles on top before they went in the oven -

 

So the sprinkles baked right in - ;))

 

 

Now for the sewing part - 

 

I played with my new Basic Math - Enchanted Forest -

The PURPLE/GREEN batik one - 

 

And sewed the rectangles together - 

 

And made the 4-patches - 

 

 

Four piles - 

 

Blocks A - B - C - D -

 

 

Then to the design wall in the hallway - 

 

Where I put up the 4-patches and the rectangle blocks - 

 

I'll play with re-arranging those for a while -

Then I'll add the 6-1/2" squares (Block A) - 

To fill in the spaces - 

It should be fun - 

There really is no WRONG way to do the layout - 

 

The layer cake fabrics/colors are already coordinated - 

 

And will look good - 

 

No matter what - 

 

I'll just try to keep the same fabrics from touching - 

 

And call it good - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Odds and ends -

 

 

The Scrap Card and Heart - 

 

For my Basic Math - Red/Blue/Brown -

 

Were a bit tricky - 

 

Since the pattern* has virtually no waste - 

 

So I used scraps from the unused 10" squares - 

 

And the backing and binding fabrics - 

 

 

Then we played - 

 

And made some "Mermaid" and "Unicorn" sugar cookies - 

 

And made a mess - 

 

This Unicorn has two horns - LOL - 

"

 

And the frosting was supposed to be "Rainbow Swirly" - 

 

But turned out GREEN - 

 

But that's OK -  

Everything is better with Sprinkles - 

 

We had PLENTY of Sprinkles - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

*NOTE - 

Basic Math - is a free pattern from Moda - 

Designed by Debbie Grifka - (www.eschhousequilts.com)

Bound -

 

My Basic Math - Red/Blue/Brown -

 

Is bound - 

 

And ready for a label - 

 

 

I took some other photos - 

 

But the texture doesn't show that well on them - 

 

The backing is busy enough - 

 

That the various thread colors - 

 

Don't show that much - 

 

Unless it's 6 inches from your face - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -