Quilting

I have almost completed my second quilt.

The first one was completed in a quilt class at Beckys the week of Thanksgiving 2008. I was a nervous reck just trying to pick the fabric for my quilt. I ran all over town and ordered like crazy on ebay and got a stack of my favorite fabric then went to Beckys for approval that what I had picked was o.k. for this quilt. My fabric choices inspired atleast two people that I know to do the same quilt with similar color of fabrics. I chose burgundy and hunter green with gold. The fabric is Star of Wonder by Benartex. It took forever but just prior to Christmas 2008 I hung my quilt on the wall between my living room and kitchen.

The second quilt is a pattern I found at Emerald Garden and the fabric I chose has cardinals with burgundy/red and greens with gold. I had the quilt top finished before Christmas 2008 but was scared about what to do next and procrastinated until today to do the machine quilting. Except for one small area on the quilt the machine quilting is done. I need to figure out how to machine quilt the center boarder, which I am struggling with. I don't want anything that will take away from the focus of the quilt which is cardinals.

I learned something new while machine quilting this cardinal quilt... I picked my quilt backing because it was beautiful burgundy/red and coordinated nicely with the whole quilt. But I had no idea what color of thread I was going to be using. The thread that worked out the best was white and offwhite/gold but on a burgundy quilt back. Next time I will pick a much lighter quilt back and thread that will tie in with the whole piece. The quilt back is burgundy with all these light colored machine quilting stitches all over it. I might have been able to use burgundy thread in my bobbin but then I would have had some of that thread show through where the knots are in the machine stitches. It is like looking at a beautiful piece of art and not knowing why the artist painted certain things where he/she did.

Philosophy here... Ya learn something new every day!

My new motto: Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.― Marquis de Condorcet

I hope it was ok to steal the previous quote from a very dear friends blog?

Just in case ya didn't notice, it snowed again.