Funny Story

Last Sunday I decorated for Halloween about Wednesday my Mr. B. said to me, "What is that Man on the Horse?"  Of course I had no idea what he was talking about, I was in another room when he asked.  The other question was when did you put him there.  Of course I explain he was the Grim Reaper and he has been sitting there since Sunday.  You can never accuse my Mr. B. of being too observant.  You can see the picture of the Grim Reaper here. 



Mystical Horses finished on the frame

 This week I spent mostly doing machine quilting.  I finished quilting my Mystical Horse quilt.  That is a good feeling.  I have been working on this for a long time.  I'll add the binding in the coming week and take it to Jane's house while I am working on the West side of town next week.  The hand sewing will keep me busy in the evenings.

Close up of the quilting.

Here is a close up of the quilting.  I used King Tut thread color # 935, it is variegated teal, purple, bright green and a blue.

Rosie's Quilt

My friend Rosie has a quilt she wanted me to quilt so she can sell it in a boutique next weekend.  I used Rose King Tut variegated thread on this quilt and it looks very nice. 






Halloween Blocks



Well I did do a little piecing last night.  One of my fellow quilt campers made a very nice Halloween table runner.  I took a picture of it and drew it up in EQ7.  Yesterday Rosie helped me pick out fabric, she has such fun doing that.  I am going to make two of them, one for me and one for Rosie to sell next weekend at the boutique.  I have all the half square triangles sewed, each block has four and each runner has four blocks.  I think these colors are messed up from what I had planned. 

Caribbean Sea Quilt Design

The one other thing I did today was to redraw all my Caribbean Sea blocks in EQ7.  Somehow I had managed to lose a lot of my EQ6 files.  It didn't take very long to redraw them so it was fun.  I have 10 blocks made and I have 8 more to make.   Since I am hoping to have a guest room in the near future, I want to have this quilt finished for the bed in the guest room.  The theme in that room with be beach, I am going to call it my Florida room.  These colors are not exact and I am not sure but I might add another border.  This was a mystery quilt and this is the layout that was suggested.  I do like this layout but it is not wide enough for a queen size bed.  I feel a pieced border is in my future.

I really did accomplish a lot this week, no wonder I am tired.  Early to bed for me tonight!!