Wild Olive

Apple Crisp Quilt Done! , a photo by theercs on Flickr. I can hardly believe this is done! The pattern was named Apple Crisp - it hasn't told me what it's real name is going to be yet. I started this at a quilt retreat in September 2002. Wow. I don't know what possessed me to to a ton of quilting on this, but I guess I was inspired by Leah Day's quilting designs. I picked several that had a "center" type design, practiced a little and just went for it! No marking on most. It was actually fun after a while, and turned out pretty well. The border I just kind of winged. The fear factor definitely had so much to do with my ability to quilt! The back was the usual "use it up" method - extra blocks, and two panels that came with the fat quarter stack. So glad to have this one done. The quilting took me 4 days, and I wasn't sure I was going to make it! Judy's UFO Challenge is working. Yeah! Betsy

Quilting in Action a photo by theercs on Flickr. One of the great up-sides of spray basting (my new favoritest way of basting a quilt) is that there aren't any pins to remove as you go, which always get in my way, and often get sewed over. I learned this cool method from Patsy Thompson's website ... it's been a life saver, and a back saver! It's Beginner Video 2. Maybe this will help you too! Betsy