I fear I may have given the wrong impression in my previous post about trying to finish Andrew’s quilt before starting any other projects. That may have implied that I’m only working on one thing right now. That is certainly not the case! Here is one of the many other things I have in progress:
One of the women in my quilting group found a pattern for a quilt with a variety of different, unique baskets in a magazine and suggested that we each make one of them multiple times and swap, so that everyone has a quilt of multiple baskets. I shouldn’t really be starting any new projects now, but how can you say no to that? My basket isn’t very hard, though it is a combination of a little piecing and mostly applique. I am proud to say that I didn’t purchase any fabric for it, just some applique thread. I don’t think I’ll make all of my baskets the same – that might get boring, since I need to make 10 or 12.
Can you tell much of a difference with the new needle and the silk thread?
Well, I think I do like the silk thread a little better. It really does blend in nicely, though it’s slippery to work with. The special needle didn’t really seem to make a difference to me – I thought the results were the same with my milliners needles I had been using.