Sigh. Sometimes I read blogs where the bloggers write about the Monster in the Living room. I had never heard that term before. But I guess I've got my own monster here and it looks like it will be around quite awhile longer. So WHEN did I start my feathered star quilt? (Sometime at the end of 2006. I'm so embarrassed!) And WHEN did I start quilting it? (About this time last year.) It has sat on the edge of my chair now for months and months sometimes getting a token stitch in after weeks of neglect, sometimes getting quite a serious quilting session like yesterday. I've finished stitch-in-the-ditch quilting and the motif work in the star blocks. Now to start on the sashing. My finger is sore today!
The trouble with a monster in the living room is that it takes up space and in a Japanese living room that's quite a percentage of living space. The other problem is that it has sat here so long that it is filthy!!! The cats climb in and under the quilting hoop leaving cat fur everywhere. The quilt drags on the floor as I turn the hoop and can be considered a satisfactory dry mop! Choco steps on whatever is dragging on the floor and leaves muddy footprints here and there! And don't forget the time Vel peed on it because it was so much a part of the room!I hate to think what shape this quilt is going to be in when it finally gets done. (Give me another year.) My monster is going to have scales and warts and be puffing fumes!
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I've had cats use my hand-quilting-in-progress projects as a bed. Never been peed on though. LOL Even so, they develop a bit of an aroma after a while, in addition to getting dirty. Now that I have my longarm I'll probably never quilt by hand again. It makes my hands hurt too much...old Arthur, you know.
I always admire handmade quilt, and of course people who can make such a beautiful quilt. It looks beautiful already, though you said it's still "a monster" now (well... I can't smell it anyway ;)). Looking forward to see you finished work with that feathered star quilt.
It's still beautiful in the photos. It will be an hairloom quilt;-)
LOL!!!! A couple of years ago, I quilted a quilt for my aunt. Talk about filthy. It had taken her 20 years to cross-stitch it [it was a kit] and then it sat for many years - by the time I got it, she had spilled coffee all over it. It took me 2 years, and it was the monster in my sewing room. But - I washed it - and it was MAGICAL. I had hated it the whole time I was quilting it, but when it came out of the dryer, I fell in love with it. She almost didn't get it back!
Don't feel bad. It took me 10 years to hand quilt a king size grand mothers flower garden and all I did was stitch in the ditch.
ttfn :) Yuki
Perhaps you will have to call it Feathered Dragon!LOL. It is lovely, & I am sure it will wash up nicely.
This will be an absolutely glorious quilt when it's finished. I know it can feel like the monster now, but I know you will be thrilled with the end result.
All my hand quilting projects end out rather "wiffy" towards the end. So bad that I am really concerned if they would ever come up trumps in the wash. They always do.
Anyway, I'd like to encourage you - this really will be magnificent when done.
It's a pretty quilt. Good luck on getting the 'stain' out.
It's a beautiful monster. I think we all tend to have quilts that seem like they will never finish, but when they do, I know, I certainly hate putting in that last stitch, because I don't want to let them go!
LOL! What a funny post about your monster! I love the photos of your quilt in the hoop...so inviting and relaxing looking...not monsterous at all!
When it is done, you will have the most beautiful monster on the block. All the scales and warts will fade away.
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