Abandoned. . . A Fall Quilt

Abandoned, 29" by 26"

It took a good two weeks and a lot of long hours but I managed to get my fall quilt done.  I entitled it Abandoned since the swing looks so lonely without  its little girl on it.  So the way I solved the season ambiguity problem was to  just add a few sheer leaves at the end.  Now there is no doubt that its fall instead of spring.

I went a little Thread Happy with this one - I swear I nearly used every bobbin in my box.  They all started out full - next thing you know the whole piece is covered with thread  - and they're all empty!  It was so much fun though communing with my Baby for hours on end.  She felt very loved.

I can't even tell you what a sigh of relief I gave with delivering the pieces to the gallery with a whole 45 min to spare.  But  - as I pledge - they left blocked and labeled - so I'm all happy!   Still my sewing hole looks like a tornado went through it - so I better get it back into shape!  Its amazing how one little quilt can cause that much a mess!

With that one done, and a good 5 months of art quilting behind me, my traditional roots are calling me.  I have a  UFO box filled with little floral baskets made mostly of sateens.  I stopped because the whole project got way too pattern busy and I wasn't quite sure what to do with them.  Now with a break - I'm think I'm up for tackling them again.  Besides - I got an itch to get do some hand quilting.

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