Well, Here I am. A year ago, I thought I was finished. With art. With people. With joy. My 25 year old son, Zachary, made…
A lot of free-motion stitching has been done using my mid-arm Handi-Quilter Sweet 16 machine. I’ve put in the details, like smoke rising from the…
In previous posts, (136 and 137) I became aware of a design flaw so I cut out and replaced what bothered me. Not that changes…
I’ve made decisions about how the ground on the left side of the quilt will connect with the middle and the right side. The center…
Progress is being made on big Fear Quilt, despite interruptions mentioned previously. Anyone who has tried to keep a blog going consistently runs into the…
Chaos! Best description for the past several months. More on that later. Chaos is the word I chose as the graffiti that will be on…
The sky has been composed above the “Not Yet Dead” attraction. Now to lay the groundwork. Again, I must keep in mind the width of…
How about diving into a little bit about thread? Do I have loyalty to any brand of thread? No, but I do have favorites. My…
Thanks for your patience in awaiting an update on how the big Fear quilt is going. I switched gears from collaging fabric pieces together to…
A swirling vortex will be inside the rolling barrel entrance to a funhouse in my quilt. At first, I thought to use the darkest of…
You’ve seen a lot of drawing, but have I mentioned that I intend to make the final piece of this project out of FABRIC and…
I decided to cut away the green background and then I prepared my long-arm for the next step. I still had a lot of green…
The stitching is about complete. Since I’ve done this on my mid-arm (a Handi-Quilter Sweet 16) I can easily take it away from the machine…
Sorry to string you along, but I couldn’t resist, especially when I want to show how I sewed the kite strings. I use a not-so-sticky…
My A-1 longarm machine, ready to sew! #indiaquilt #lovemylongarm #saqawip #neqmexplorations #deadlineistomorrow #susanpolansky
What a mess, right? After stitching on a section of my quilt-before quilting-and before washing away the stabilizer (clear, shiny on the front and white…
Sewing a section of #indiaquilt. This isn’t the quilting stage yet. Here I am securing bits of fabric(they have already been fused) and also adding…
My version of life on the wild side: I haven’t used this kind of wash away stabilizer before, so here it goes…and the result is…
This will be a billboard on #indiaquilt – don’t know if it’s legible, but it doesn’t need to be. (a number of people kindly translated…