Welcome back to Main Crush Monday! I’ve missed all the wonderful links the past few weeks, but I hope you understand why I had to put the linky party on hold. The 2018 New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop has been a lot of fun, and I know all the new bloggers appreciate the time you took to visit and comment. I hope you found some new blogs to follow, and were inspired by all the ‘getting to know you’ posts. I love reading all the stories about how/why someone started their quilting/blogging journey. It’s very inspiring!
I’ve been pretty busy with my quilting, working hard to catch up on all the customer quilts I have to do while trying to make progress on some of my personal projects. This is what is on my longarm now:
Remember when I was working on the William Morris half square triangle quilt? That’s been, um, quite a few months ago. I finally worked it into my schedule and loaded it up to start the quilting. I’m pretty motivated because I entered this quilt into a local quilt show next month (gulp!) so I need to get it finished!
I’ll admit I have really struggled with the quilting plan for this one. I thought I knew how I was going to quilt it, but once I started it went in a whole different direction. It’s one thing to have a stitching plan, and then have it fall apart when one realizes their skill level is not up to executing said plan. 🙂 I’ve been back to the drawing board many times. I’ve lost track of just how many times I’ve sketched this quilt. I finally decided to just start quilting, which isn’t the best way to approach a project like this, but I’m up against a deadline.
First there were the HSTs at the top of the quilt:
I’m not 100% satisfied with these blocks, especially the background triangles, and I may go back and add another motif if I have the time. They feel a bit empty to me. However, I do love the diamonds in the sashing strips. They were so much fun to quilt and stitch up pretty quickly. I have more of those to do in the bottom part of the quilt.
Then I got to the middle section of the quilt.
These rows have been a lot of fun, and I love that curved crosshatch. I have wanted to do that for a long time. I received a set of The Quilted Pineapple rulers for Christmas and they have been waiting patiently for me to put them to work. Here’s a pic of one block with the top and bottom half of the crosshatch stitched out:
Isn’t that so pretty? It is taking a good bit of time to quilt these rows. I’m still working on the first row and I have two more to do. This project probably won’t be finished until the weekend; I have to work two days this week and that cuts into my stitching time. I know, whine, whine. But really, which is more important – work or quilting? I say QUILTING!LOL
I don’t have any idea what I’m going to stitch inside the print section of the blocks. I am open to suggestions. I’ve been scouring Pinterest and stalking all my Instagram friends for inspiration. If you have any thoughts I’d love to hear them!
So there’s what I’m crushing on for this Main Crush Monday; I can’t wait to read about yours! But first, here’s a shot of the rainbow we had on Saturday. I snapped this right before it faded. This was the view from my front porch. It was so bright and pretty!
Now it’s your turn to share your projects. I’d love to read about what has you excited to be in your sewing space this week. You can link any blog post, Instagram or Flickr pic – here’s how:
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Oh, good! I’ll be over next week. I remember that quilt. Your quilting is beautiful and so perfect. Raises the quilt to a high level.
Your quilt is lovely. I like how you used curved quilting lines near the triangles to soften their angles. Very pretty!
I love your ruler work. You got comfortable with it fast!
I love that I can see a hint of a double rainbow in your photo. The quilting looks great and I love the diamonds in the sashing that you are doing. Welcome back, MCM!! 🙂
This is gorgeous Beth. I love the sashing motif you used because of the incredible texture it adds. The curved crosshatch is fantastic! I look forward to seeing the finished quilt. Really nice work.
I’m happy to see you are back. Your quilting is spectacular. I was going to suggest the same as Paige. Or a motif that can fit into the space. I admire your ruler work too. It’s fabulous.
I am really loving your quilting!! The quilt was pretty but your are enhancing it nicely. Yes I missed MCM!!!
Oh, that curved cross hatch is fantastic!!
The quilting looks great, especially the cross hatching! Good luck getting it all finished in time for the show.
Oh Beth, I love the quilting so far! The quilt itself is really pretty, but your quilting just makes it pop! Great shot of the rainbow too!
This is beautiful! I loved the curved crosshatching! Quilting is definitely more important – but I can say that since I am retired! LOL As for inside the blocks, I suggest feathers in each of the triangles, or, as Paige recommended simple curved lines – depends on how ornate you want it to look!
Your ruler work is beautiful! What if you quilted 2 simple curved lines mirroring the curved edge of the crosshatched outline part? Thanks for hosting!
The rainbow photo is beautiful. Looking forward to seeing more of your wonderful quilting.
-Soma
Beautiful rainbow picture! And your quilting is wonderful! I’m with you. Quilting is WAY more important. 😀