I did finish another quilt this weekend. This is one that I had quilted quite a while back, and had even machine-stitched the binding on, but had not gotten around to doing the hand-stitched part.
This is a quilt made entirely of fabrics from Connecting Threads. Somehow, that pleases me...the idea of all the fabric being from a uniform source. The "coins" (it's a modification of the old "Chinese Coin" pattern) are from strip-packs of 2 1/2 inch Christmas-themed fabric, the setting fabric was one they were closing out.
Even the backing came from them. It's got a pattern of "stuff to do in winter" - there are hats and scarves and skates for going outside, and knitting baskets and books and mugs of cocoa for staying inside.
We didn't really get winter here this year. I'm disappointed in that. And it worries me, if it's in the 70s and 80s this early in the year, how miserable is the summer going to be? Already the health departments are saying that we need to plan for fleas being worse this year than in recent years (I don't have any animals, but I do occasionally pick up fleas myself in the yard, or they come up through the pipe chase or something...I will find the odd flea in my house, and I occasionally get bit on the ankles with what look like they must be flea bites.
Oh, how I wish I could take this day - the rest of this week, really - and go hide in my sewing room and work on quilt tops. To be able to work with something I understand, that won't talk back to me or try to manipulate me or say what they know is exactly the most painful thing at that moment.
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