Monday, February 25, 2013

Getting Ready for the Quilt Show

So, I've entered seven, yes SEVEN, quilts in our guild's quilt show.  What was I thinking???  But, surprising myself, I've actually completed five of them and am on the home stretch on the sixth one.  I just have to figure out what to quilt on the borders, something I've been struggling with for about a week now.  I know, I posted this one last week with the same problem. Sigh.

The seventh is ready to sandwich and quilt.  I discovered that the backing I bought isn't large enough, so I'm trying to find enough of the batiks and yellow fabric to piece it to the right size.  Then the big question will be - how to quilt it.  I watched the Ricky Timms video the other day, "Great Finale," and got some really good ideas to try.  We'll see how that works out.
I do know how I'm going to do the Mariner's compass, but I'm thinking I need to do something with the center - maybe a smaller compass to make it more interesting.  Or, maybe I can make the quilting in the center do that for me.  This quilt is entered in the show theme category.  I designed the logo for the show and knew immediately that I needed to quilt it.

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