Back to Hand Quilting

 I have a collection of completed quilt tops waiting to be quilted.  Sometimes, I just don't have inspiration on how to quilt them and other times, I just don't have time.  This week, one of them yelled "pick me" for hand quilting so I got started.  This pineapple log cabin was one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts a few year ago.  Each block is foundation pieced on a printed fabric so the finished quilt will have three layers of fabric as well as batting.  I am big stitch quilting it with gray 28wt thread.  I am starting with diagonal lines through each block.  The goal is to keep the stitches even but that's hard with all the layers I am quilting through. 

My Forest cross stitch picture had some attention this week. Just a few more trees to go.  I took the winter cross stitch I did last winter to the framers this week so I can hang it up when the cold weather arrives. 

In the sewing room, I finished off my part of the last round robin quilt.  Four of us participated and we need to plan a date soon to get together to reveal the finished quilts. I will show picture of all four quilts when the time comes.   I also put together all the HST's into blocks for the Threadhouse Academy project.  There are three types of blocks revealed every 4 months over the course of a year.  This is the first set.  The fabrics are set aside so I can use them in the remaining blocks. 

My daughter is working on her crochet along project.  She is a couple of steps behind as there was a delay in getting the last few balls of yarn shipped. This is the centre of the blanket.  The part I showed you a couple of weeks ago was one of the corners. 

The trees are losing their leaves here as we had lots of wind and rain this past week.  I saw these oak leaves on a hike this past week. 

This sumac was pretty. 

Finn is showing his true allegiance in this photo.  I made the pillow for my daughter a few years ago.  There might be yarn stored under the chair...

I will link up with Kathy and Frederique.  
PS. Apparently, I am not the world's slowest knitter as I claimed in last week's post...many of you told me you have had knitting projects on the go for more than two years...  I will pass you my crown.