We’ve had a lot of rain the last 24/36 hours and a wonderful thunderstorm last night — lots of light and sound. Unfortunately, a migraine for me is almost always the result of this kind of weather and I’ve now had this one for 2 days.
To cheer myself up, I’ve been playing with a secret project with these fabrics:
I hope to be able to show what I’ve been working on sometime next week.
There have been a lot of swaps on the Inklingo list and one of the things we’ve swapped have been one-inch hexagons. I don’t know why, but I went through and picked out all the mauve/purple hexagons and started putting this together. Not sure where this is going, although I’m tempted to applique a stem with a couple of leaves and have a big purple hexagon flower wallhanging.
I have a question for those of you who have had your quilts quilted by long-arm quilters. Is there a secret to softening up those quilts once they come back and you’ve bound them? My king-size quilt is as stiff as a surfboard! I figure there has to be some trick that I just don’t know about, as this quilt is not something under which I think anyone would want to sleep. It’s pretty and the quilting is quite nice, but it’s stiff! I think it could stand up by itself. Any suggestions?
Rainy overcast days make for sleepy kitties. Smudge, in a half-awake state:
Quilt Obsession 
Love the fabrics. Can’t wait to see what you do with them. Love and hugs Gina xxx
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Love your fabrics! I have no advice for your quilt. Did you use different batting? My experience is that the more a quilt is quilted the stiffer it feels.
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the weather has been awful hasn’t it?Gill
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Washing it will soften it some, but next time instuct them not to quilt so close. The more quilting the stiffer it is. The one I gave my daughter is heavily quilted and she requested the next one to have less quilting in it. I guess that means she doesn’t like sleeping under a stiff quilt.
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Oh, Cathi…I can’t wait for you to reveal the “secret”!!!! :)I wonder if using a wool batt would help. I know that when I quilt my projects with dense quilting using wool batt, I don’t have any problems with the “cardboard” effect like I do when I use a cotton batt.
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Hmmmm – secret projects. Sounds like fun. Can’t wait for a reveal *s*
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Your purple hexagons look like a big hydragea. Very pretty.
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Hi Cathi,It’s great idea to put another rose in the planter. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before. It might be a bit late for a rose, but I think I will find another plant for it…Thanks for that wonderful idea! 🙂
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What kind of batting did you select and is the quilting heavy? Have you tried washing the quilt to soften it up and give it that worn loved feeling and look?
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My first thought is of a hydrangea flower! Beautiful!
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Cathi, I hope you’re feeling better and your migraine has gone away. I can’t wait to see what your “secret project” will be. Everything you make is always beautiful. Your hexagon pincushions are fun and interesting to look at because of their shape. Our weather has been muggy too. Don’t you just feel for our furry pets. If we’re feeling awful, they must be feeling worse because of all their fur. Take care.Aloha!Lettie
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Smudge looks like I feel today.
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I would bet it’s very heavily quilted. I always request not much close quilting (like stippling). That’s great for wall hangings, but it makes bed quilts unusable (at least, I don’t find them comfortable).
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Cathi,Thanks for the kind comment on my quilt. I worked on it all day today – I am very close to getting it completed.
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