I was beginning to create the lists of projects that I wanted to be working on next, when I took a good look around me and realized that really, I had way too many projects that were started in some way. Some of these are almost done, some are only patterns that need fabric pulled out for it, but in either case, I began to feel strongly about finishing the old before I start anything new, even if that means delaying business sewing.
Now that doesn't mean customer projects that are money in hand.... but it does mean all of the idea I think Might sell if I ever got them done.
And so I am going back to my oldest project that I can work on right now, and I'll be spending this week hand quilting. It takes me such a long time, but it is going to be so worth it when I am finished.
I started this quilt years ago, a combination of applique and pieced. I have layered it a couple different times. I actually started quilting it before, and realized that I had used the wrong type of batting for hand quilting. I had several blocks finished, so I didn't want to take it out and start over. Poor quilt got put in the corner and there it stayed.
This summer I decided this was a situation that had to be remedied. I took the quilt apart, fixed the problems with the backing, re-layered the quilt with new batting and..... put the quilt back in the corner.
Oh but this is such a cold winter. A great time to sit with a quilt on my lap and work in front of the tv. I finally got started late this afternoon and got about half of one square done. I hope that my stitching gets faster and better as I get some new experience behind me.
I do, after all, have many projects that are older than this one, and I am convinced that I will get all of them done, out of my pile, off my list and into the homes that they belong in.
