Had a really nice day today! I couldn’t wait any longer to take my Dear Jane off the frame. Was dying to see how the quilting looked on the back. It is amazing to see all the squares from the back, I’m very proud of it! The ladies at my patchwork group are holding the quilt up for me, and made me feel very nice today, insisting that I show the quilt somewhere locally eventually.
It was just one of those lovely days where I was able to work on crafting projects for a lot of the day, while still getting some housework done and hanging out with the girls. While the girls were at school, I quilted one of the triangle blocks and started another, and I also worked on mom’s angel doll. I used my Singer treadle minus the treadle part to get some sewing done! I just turned the machine by hand and it worked just fine! Still no word on my Pfaff machine, sniff sniff.
I also got this lovely package from Nicky! We have traded fabric scraps for her Dear Jane. Look at these lovely repros I received!
Aine played at a friend’s house till 5:30, and Aisling slept for a few hours today (she never naps anymore!), so I got more done than I expected and got to watch grown up TV during the day while stitching away!
To end the day, we had our monthly evening patchwork meeting tonight. Great end to a lovely day!
November 28, 2007 at 1:47 am
Yippee~ I knew you could do it!!! Doesn’t it look so beautiful from the back? Love it!
November 28, 2007 at 2:51 am
Oh, Cathi, I love the quilting on the DJ! It’s going to be the most beautiful quilt! Thank you for the photos. I’m excited for you.
November 28, 2007 at 4:14 am
Wow, the back looks just as neat as the front! I admire you for finishing one of those! I am also very jealous that you are going to Bend next month, I wish I was too, but it wasn’t in the cards. I will probably be going in February for a quick weekend trip to visit mom.
November 28, 2007 at 5:06 am
Oh, what I would do for some uninterrupted sewing time. Your DJ quilting is wonderful! I can imagine how fun it was to show your quilting friends. You are in the home stretch now. The triangles look like they would be fun to quilt. How exciting.
November 28, 2007 at 5:15 am
Sounds like a lovely day! The quilt is amazing! Can’t wait to see the front.
November 28, 2007 at 6:22 am
Your quilting is so beautiful. You must definitely show your DJ. I will be very inspiring to others.
November 28, 2007 at 7:45 am
You have every right to feel proud this is a wonderful piece of work.
November 28, 2007 at 8:02 am
Congratulations on finishing the handquilting. You can be proud.
November 28, 2007 at 8:42 am
Wonderful wonderful job , Cathy… and soon, the finish !!!!
November 28, 2007 at 9:10 am
The quilting is stunning and so is the quilt!
November 28, 2007 at 9:20 am
What a gorgeous photo of the quilting from the back!
November 28, 2007 at 10:06 am
Wow – the back looks amazing!
November 28, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Oh wow! The quilt looks stunning from the back! I am in total awe of you for the work and skill you have put into that! Lucy x
November 28, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Oh Cathi! It is absolutely gorgeous! Well done!!! You should be so proud of your acomplishment, give yourself a pat on the back from me
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November 28, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Cathi! That is stunning! You and Dear Jane are an inspiration! And yes! You must show it!
November 28, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Wow…it looks fab! I really should get back to my Dear Jane…perhaps over the Christmas holidays. Thanks for the inspiration.
November 28, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Simply gorgeous!
Sometimes you gotta take one for the home team.
Glad you have a great day! We’ve started a patchwork group locally, but I have three sickies at home so I’m staying in tonight.
Looking forward to meeting up one day?
November 28, 2007 at 9:39 pm
This is my new email address.
November 28, 2007 at 11:41 pm
thats AMAZING! It reminds me i still have such a long way to go with mine, but yours is an inspiration,
Nicky
November 29, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Just beautiful, Cathi! It looks so neat and echoing the front–great work! And very exciting to see at last. Your little fabric stash there is wonderful–what will you do with all those? Glad you had a very good, very crafty day! ((HUGS))
November 29, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Just simply gorgeous!!!
November 30, 2007 at 1:53 pm
It looks almost as good from the back – lol !! Excellent work Cathi !
November 30, 2007 at 9:09 pm
What a fabulous quilt. Gorgeous on the front and on the back! Way to go!
December 1, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Congratulations, Cathi, on the big finish! It looks awesome. You are going to enter it in the Sisters Show this coming summer, right?
Nicky knows how to pick fabrics and send wonderful packages!
Lovely Thanksgiving pictures. Thanks for posting them. I’ve never heard of the game Mexican Train Dominoes. Sounds interesting.
December 2, 2007 at 5:42 am
Beautiful quilt!
Kind regards,
Sonnja, from the Netherlands
BEERTJE ZONN
December 3, 2007 at 10:54 pm
I LOVE the quilting!!! And I think I’ve finally figured out how I want to quilt MY DJ, once I get it all pieced together! Just like yours! *grin*
Thanks for sharing…
Ro
December 3, 2007 at 11:30 pm
CONGRATULATIONS. It looks amazing on the picture so I am sure it is even better in reality. I am looking forward to see it in Birmingham next year…
I hope you are well. Busy preparing for Christmas? When is it next year that you are off to Australia again?
Take care,
Celine in UK
December 4, 2007 at 9:54 am
Oh wow — that quilting looks amazing! Someday I will be able to hand quilt that well!
December 7, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Oh my god, this look really georgeus!
Congrats!!!
Ana
December 8, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Oh, it is wonderful …. the back sure shows up the quilting so well!
December 9, 2007 at 8:29 am
It is sometime ago sinds you posted this picture, but I just want to let you know I think the back looks just as impressive as the front. You did a great job quilting. As you know, I hope to make one one day.
December 11, 2007 at 4:36 pm
It’s amazing! Well done. Hope you have a nice holiday.
December 14, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Cathi I am itching to start mine…but it has to wait…need to pack and sort and purge, a difficult thing for me to do first!Your quilt is stunning. Can’t wait to start the indigo one. Hope your travels are going fabulous! Colleen
March 11, 2011 at 2:54 am
I just found your blog while searching for DJ pictures. I am trying to decide how to quilt my DJ. Did you make your blocks the same size as the original? How far away from the seam line did you quilt? Any tips to share?
Thanks!