In preparation for the Amherst Family Center's 21st Annual Apple Harvest Festival I'm cranking out as many quilts as I possibly can. I have no shortage of ideas and so it is only the problem of time and energy. Last week I did two apple orchard scenes, one misty threadscape from my imagination and I completed another series of birches - hey! - I had five more in me!
This week I loaded up about eight yards of muslin backing and I am doing a few birch variations, another threadscape and several views of the Notch one after the other. It is hard to wait to see how they came out, but the practical time savings makes it worth the wait. Once I am finished with all that I have pieced I can take the whole roll off the machine and cut them into the individual quilts. This may sound confusing, but it isn't.
If I'm lucky I'll have time to do some batik table runners and my ultimate goal is to do a big piece based on an old apple tree that I can use as a center point for my tent. I have some beautiful gold and brown fabric that caught people's attention last time and I want use some more in my new scene. Wish me luck, cause I'm going to need it!
Oh, and check out my friend's blog http://www.firehausstudio.com/in-the-process/ to see what she says about my quilting. Thanks Liza!
