Progress Made
November 9, 2011
I finally finished Julia’s quilt and shipped it off to her, along with a few gifts for her new daughter. I’m happy with how the quilting turned out. I was super torn with how to do the actual quilting, especially since I’ve only done a total of 4 quilts. I knew I wanted to emphasize the diagonals in the middle section, and I thought outlining the large stars would look good. At the last minute, I decided to do the small stars too. They were actually easier than the big stars and went quickly. I wasn’t able to get any good photographs that really show my work, but that’s okay. I also did the binding, agonizing over the correct shade of red. I sent my friend photos with 3 choices, but the lighting in the house is bad so the photos weren’t super accurate and she left it to my judgement. In the end, I think I went with the right shade of orangey-red. Gracie misses this quilt. She took every opportunity to curl up on it.
Along with the quilt, I sent a little sweater dress I knit. The pattern was super easy, although I made some modifications based on feedback from other Ravelry users. (Here’s the ravelry info.) I used some leftover Sundara yarn which is super soft. The only downside is that it’s hand wash, but hopefully that isn’t a big deal.
I also sent a little elephant which I made from the book Last Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts. The elephant was relatively easy to make and I think it turned out well. In fact, I made two of them. One is for another friend who is having a baby in a few weeks. I think the hardest part of the elephant was stuffing it. I took my time doing it, and once it was done, it looked like I should have stuffed it some more. My only complaint with the finished product is that they are hard to photograph. It doesn’t help that in both cases, I was in a hurry too.
The last thing I included in the box for Julia was a cotton hat. A basic roll brimmed hat, but with nice soft Blue Sky Organic Cotton Yarn.
It’s a big relief to get those things out to Julia. She received the box and was very happy with how her quilt turned out and she like the gifts. Yay! Now I can focus on packing which is good, because we are moving in about 10 days. Ack!
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