Hand Quilting 6th April 2016

This is what I woke up to this morning!

On the red Im doing Sashiko quilting and around the dresden plate ordinary hand quilting

close up of needles and threads after working for months with a number 11 needle the size 6 for the sashiko feels like Im sewing with a knitting needle but it is suprising how easy I got use to it. It is my first time at shashiko and I realy like it, for this project it is perfect.

Echo quilting.

1930 Grandmothers garden quilt I’m still hand quilting this, it  is my 3rd winter on this one.

Quilting365 Circles first of 4 small quilts doing sashiko quilting, Im starting to like the back of the quilt more than the front LOL  Backing is a beautiful fabric, it was a winter kimono and is a very heavy weight and hard to sew like sewing a canvas but using the sashiko it is possible to hand quilt and I enjoy doing it. Sashiko the stitches should be even and the back as good as the front but my front stitches are pretty even but the back?????

This is one of my first quilts I made with Japanese fabrics and cotton, the silk lining I used was not up to the wear and tear of use, so Im replacing that and quilting the corners more this is my 3rd year at doing this also!!!!!! Top brown strip needs replacing then the  whole corner needs to be quilted.

Front and back of Quilty365 circles quilt I have basted every 4 1/2 inches as this is all silk and I do not want the silks shifting against each other.

My first of 4 Quilty 365 Circle quilts  almost ready to hand quilt in Sashiko. It is now finished and Im quilting it.

Close up of the Sashiko hand quilting. My first attempt at sashiko

Back of the Quilty365 Circle quilt using sashiko hand quilting. Im using a 100% crochet cotton.

Sashiko hand quilting. Don’t look closely Im new to doing Sashiko.

Appliquéing those wee hearts I basted last week I started doing them yesterday they take me 25mins each to appliqué on. Im padding them as I go.   My centre shrunk so much when I washed it I had to add to it.  It is silk and made from a Kimono fabric.  Another thing I will do a little work on today.

A visitor last night, a very large and beautiful moth. We caught him and released him out side. Here he is in the jar so not possible to get a good photo.  But when he opened his wings he was all orange underneath so so beautiful.

Out side now and this is taken from his back great? Great camouflage.

Incredible colour and a lovely perfume. I will add this one again this week as it is still in the garden in full bloom.

This is taken from my kitchen sink I have the most beauitful view every morning when I make my coffee. This was as the sun was about to come over the range this morning.

This is taken from the chair I sit in when hand appliquéing small items.  There are two pot plants there waiting for me to plant.  Back ground is the chair I sit in and watch the dawn break.