The Fancy Fox Quilt is finally done and gifted to Kayla!
At some point, this post will probably become a gallery. This took over a year to make and also forced me to upgrade my Brother to a Juki QVP Mini.
Also a reminder to fill up the craft category.
Finally got off our lazy asses and made fresh pasta with the maker that Jelina gave us years back.
280g top flour
2 eggs
4 egg yolks
salt
I, a stranger and afraid
In a world I never made.
from The Laws of God, The Laws of Man, AE Housman, via Alan Watts
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
I had resolved not to buy any more fabric, but I didn’t have any that were wide enough for the backing of the Fancy Fox Quilt.
So I decided to join two pieces of 44 inch quilting cotton as seamlessly as possible. I used low tack 3M removable tape to “baste” the fabrics together, carefully matching the print where they would be sewn (fourth image). Then I sewed through the tape (fifth image).
It was not an exaggeration to say that it took the whole day just to join up the backing fabric. And the whole of the next day just to baste it!
Maybe it’s magic, maybe she’s a lunatic.
Tell me who can
Catch a toucan?
Lou can.
Just how few can
Ride the toucan?
Two can.
What kind of goo can
Stick you to the toucan?
Glue can.
Who can write some
More about the toucan?
You can!
