It still needs to have some quilting in the ditch done, but I asked my Mom to do that.
I used the Hera marker to mark the circles for the wreaths (using a Tupperware lid works well because it has a nice firm edge to guide the marker, and they come in so many sizes).
This was such a hard quilt to machine quilt, so I didn't end up doing the designs that I originally wanted to. The problem was with the spray baste, it kept gumming up the needle causing skipped stitches and the thread to break. I managed to quilt 12" wreaths in the flag blocks, but it took me all day to do the 12 blocks. I had to keep cleaning the needle every couple of loops. I only ended up doing some walking foot quilting in the other areas.I never use spray baste (I don't like chemicals), and I don't think I will ever quilt another quilt that has been spray basted, I love machine quilting but this was too frustrating.
I finally got around to washing the Harvest Diamond quilt. It is the one that I tried the wool batting from Marshall (a discount fabric store in Winnipeg) for the first time.
I was surprised that it bearded. Plus the quilt doesn't have much body now. I think I will stick to my favorite Hobbs Tuscany wool batting (I'll try the Tuscany silk in future though).
I am also still hand quilting the Bear's Paw quilt (as part of Myra's PhD Challenge). I only have the borders and some bear designs to add to the large triangles. One side is complete!!! I might be close to finishing it by the end of the month (that's the goal).Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!♥