I am sure I am working on too many projects at once.
This week, I am focused on a quilt top that Lynn, Jan, Kathy and Syd made for our wedding. The silly thing is, it's been pin-basted for over four years. I had the delusion that I would work on it after we got the first moving POD packed in January of 2016 and put our house on the market. I thought I'd have less to do with much of the house packed and during a time when I didn't want to mess up a neat and tidy house for sale. Sure thing. The reality was nothing like that. I never really liked the backing I used either. The final thing that kept it unfinished was that I had decided after basting that it was a good application for machine trapunto. Fast forward until now--about 3 weeks from our 15 year wedding anniversary. Our gift to each other was supposed to be a splurge trip to Europe, retracing some of our favorite trips--dating, honeymoon, and babymoon. Since that's not happening, it seems like a good gift to get it finished. It's so beautiful and I hate to see it shuttered for any longer.
There will be 48 motifs to trapunto. I actually enjoyed the prep work because I was able to clear out a lot of the polyester batting in my stash (always intended for trapunto). As usual, starting was the hardest part. I don't keep the water soluable thread at my fingertips and it's been so many years since I used this technique. Hopefully, the dreaded yellow paper won't be more brittle in this climate.
My first session was fairly short but I managed to get 12 motifs done and I trimmed away the batting while watching tv one evening. I know it is only one of many steps but ... I'm a quarter of the way done on that part. I'll wait for a big reveal when it is completely done but here are a few photos. I wonder how long it is going to take for Mike to ask what I am working on since most of the time, I'm working about 3-4 feet away from him. I don't have much of a poker face but I'll come up with something.
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