I've finished hand quilting nine of the twenty-five blocks on the koi quilt (I miscounted them in an earlier post) so this week I should hit the halfway mark with the stitching. Wherever you don't see safety pins in the patchwork is a block I've finished. I'm also saving the quilting and embroidery for the furoshiki in the center until the very end, as that will require a hoop and I want everything else quilted before I tackle it.
I'm still happy with my choice of backing fabric. Sometimes in the middle of a project I have doubts, but not with this one.
The other night I caught myself trying to stitch faster, and that made my quilting stitches larger. I was trying to get one block finished in a single afternoon, which is not the mindset I want for this project. So I unpicked the quilting in that block and started over (which is a bit depressing, but it was the right thing to do.)
I subscribe to a quilting web site newletter only because they post pictures of show and award-winning quilts in them. I like to look at work by modern quilters, especially those who are so skilled, but lately I've noticed their quilts are all starting to look alike. I know these makers follow trends and imitate each other, but I find no inspiration in that. On Twitter, I noticed a simple multi-colored strip quilt that reminded me of a sunset through blinds. It was simple but quite beautiful. Another gentleman quilter made a table runner that made me think of Art Deco. So it seems the textile art community on Twitter is where I need to go for inspiration and joy.
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