Soothing Interlude

Soothing Interlude is done and I've finally

decided that it will be a gift quilt

for a female family member whose birthday

falls in the last quarter of the year.

After the success of binding Milestone using ditch stitching,

the process evolved yet another step ~

what if I used invisible thread top and bottom?

I am pleased enough with this method

to use it on Spirit Song ~

and that says a lot!

Here you can see Milestone and Soothing Interlude
hanging over the fence in our backyard.

Milestone has gone to live at Jenna's house
(one of my co-workers ~ these are "her" colors, to a "T").

It feels so good to have the huge stack of binding caught up ~

and to know that I have a system that will work

for almost any quilt I make going forward.

I've spent some time over the past few days

tidying the studio messes that had grown out of control.

And I realized that, once again, I have become

quasi-paralyzed by the fabulously colorful yardage

peering (leering?) at me from the studio shelves.

I want need to finish up several more odds and ends

before I make any decisions on how to proceed.

There's pondering to be done . . .

. . . and I feel the urge to play coming on.

Artwork by Deborah Beck

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