Years ago -

 

 

I had an idea for a "quickie" quilt - 

 

That turned out to be "not that quick" - 

 

It all started with some cheap quilts - 

 

That I got from some catalog - 

 

 

Then I stitched some "slabs" of fabric in diagonal rows to the "back" side - 

Thinking that I could use the "quilt" as batting - 

And skip the "basting" part - 

As an experiment - 

 

All of this was before I had my new machine and frame - 

 

And that part worked out well - 

 

The diagonal rows that I sewed on the "back" - 

Started on the diagonal center - 

And the rows kept getting shorter - 

And the bulk became less - 

As I worked myself out to the corners - 

 

Then it sat for a few years - 

 

And I thought it was time to do the "front" side - 

 

I thought of loading it on my new frame - 

But it's too big to load "sideways" for vertical quilting rows - 

 

So I thought that I could pin sections to the front - 

And stitch them with my walking foot - "quilt as I go" -

But all of that bulk didn't want to fit under the throat of my machine - 

 

So - I unstitched the small section that I had sewn yesterday - 

 

 

And tried again -

 

I basted zippers to the top and bottom - 

To load it "straight" on my frame instead of "sideways" - 

 

And unzipped the backing for my Woof & Whiskers tops - 

Replacing it with the "experiment" - 

Gotta love those zippers - switching was quick and easy - 

 

Then I rolled the entire thing onto the back rail - 

Pretending that it was a completed quilt -

 

To see if it would fit - 

 

And it does -  

So far - so good - 

 

Tomorrow I'll roll it all to the front rail - 

 

Then piece together the sections of the "top" - 

 

And go from there - 

 

I can use my channel locks to quilt straight lines across - 

 

And hope that horizontal lines will look as good as vertical lines - 

On something this graphic - 

 

Then see if I can get it done by Christmas - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -