sweet hospitality

All the 2021 Finish-It-Up Details and Looking Ahead At What's Next from Quilty Folk

It was a strange, bewildering year. A lot of us yo-yoed between depression and keeping our head down, just trying to get through. Why even bother with anger when the energy could be much better spent stitching our way to some sort of tranquility? Once again, I have been ever so grateful for this colorful, fascinating, soul-soothing hobby of mine. Though I often felt like the days were aimlessly drifting by, the 2021 finished quilts tell the real story. These hands of mine were busy, busy, busy....

I've been feeling a wee bit guilty about one particular quilt that ...

added by audrey 2 years, 11 months ago. under 2021 finish , ahiq , baby quilts , bullseye medallion , doll quilt , hst medallion , patchwork garden , patina , rhi's quilt , roman stripe quilt , strippy triangles , sweet hospitality , wing and a prayer

Plodding Along from Quilty Folk

There's not going to be a lot going on here quilty-wise in the next month or so, but hopefully I won't go completely dark! No matter what else is happening around me, I can usually squeeze in a bit of hand quilting, so there's that.

Sweet Hospitality is done!

The latest quilt finish is Sweet Hospitality. It's been in the quilt top stage since late in 2018. I loved the old fashioned pineapple blocks when I first started them, but somehow, somewhere, the quilt lost its pizazz for me and then, more or less became a ...

added by audrey 3 years, 6 months ago. under 2021 finish , adhoc. improv. , ahiqflower , improv. handbook , pineapple quilt , sweet hospitality , unconventional & unexpected

Still Quilting from Quilty Folk

Yes, I have been almost completely out of the loop. Life has been full of unexpected happenings, many appointments, a funeral for a family friend, taxes being finalized, Google Chrome crashing on me, and on and on until I wanted to scream. Just let me quilt, please.....??

Sweet Hospitality ready for the last phase of binding!

But then I catch myself and think, honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. Life with family is the good life! If it's messy and busy, so be it. All the busyness does a number on my creativity though, and then ...

added by audrey 3 years, 7 months ago. under #ahiqstringtulipqal , marking quilts , rhi's quilt , sweet hospitality

Hand Quilting Time from Quilty Folk

It seems to be all that I can do to work in a just a little bit of hand quilting time lately. Life is just busy, busy for us right now! My brain is missing the relaxation of hand work so much, but what do you do?

Sweet Hospitality in the hoop

I couldn't decide how to stitch the pineapple quilt until one day it occurred to me to try the freehand 'hills' look again. Really takes the pressure off to do something amazing with it, but as usual, I was on pins and needles until finishing up the ...

added by audrey 3 years, 8 months ago. under 2021 finish , baby quilts , hand quilting , lil' baby boy quilt , sweet hospitality

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