............................... ♫ Dolly's Home ♫: New Orphan quilt top finish

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“I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you. “ Exodus 31:6

“O Thou who art the all pervading glory of the world, we bless Thee for the power of beauty to gladden our hearts.
We praise Thee that even the least of us may feel a thrill of the creative joy when we give form and substance to our thoughts and, beholding our handiwork, find it good and fair. “.
Walter Rauschenbusch

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"Come, and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what He has done for me.

I cried out to Him with my mouth; His praise was on my tongue.

If I had cherished sin in my heart, the LORD woud not have listened and heard my voice in prayer.

Praise be to God, Who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me!" Psalm 66:16-20

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Monday, October 31, 2022

New Orphan quilt top finish

Over the last week, I've taken my orphan box and gathered enough blocks to make myself a throw-sized quilt top. I added to or took away as needed to get them all to fit together. I like it because these blocks contain many fabrics and memories of past quilts that I have made, and or blocks or fabrics contributed by a friend.

I'm pretty pleased with the results, and the top currently measures approximately 64 x 68 inches. I hope to thread-baste it soon, and then machine-quilt it.

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I am currently hand-quilting this triangles quilt...

I am basically doing a bigger quilting stitch than I did when I was young, but it really doesn't go any faster, because I am still a stickler for trying to make the stitches all look alike. I am gradually letting go of that strict standard though. Just quilting a quarter of an inch away from the seams, inside each triangle.