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Have had the Urban Renewal quilt top sandwiched for over a week.\u00a0 Because of never-ending interruptions, the hand basting (which SHOULD have taken 2 days) took a week to complete.\u00a0 I hope I don’t come to regret that I forgot to iron the quilt backing before basting.\u00a0 I’m not thrilled with the wrinkled appearance.\u00a0 I’m being extra-careful to keep from quilting in creases.<\/p>\n
I began the quilting process last night and am totally enjoying it.\u00a0 This top is being hoop quilted in my lap at night as I watch movies on my computer.\u00a0 Last night, I enjoyed ‘Savannah’ and ‘The Physician’ as I quilted 10 units.\u00a0 I liked both movies.<\/p>\n
For those interested in the details, I’m using Hobb’s Poly-Down batting and a light grey and black ‘stone’ 108″ wide backing (trimmed).\u00a0 The thread is black YLI Quilting I’ve spent a little time doing more canning recently.\u00a0 Yesterday, I cooked two large packages of 15 Bean Soup.\u00a0 I included lots of onion, bell pepper, garlic, celery, ham and bacon.\u00a0 Just as it finished cooking, we lost electricity so I postponed the canning process until today.\u00a0 Although our stove is gas, I didn’t want to stand in the dark as I processed the jars.<\/p>\n Rain is predicted for the next couple days.\u00a0 Since getting the new roof, I LOVE it.\u00a0 No more worrying about leaks!\u00a0 Yippee!\u00a0 I didn’t realize just how much I worried until the burden was lifted.\u00a0 Once again, I can enjoy these wet days.<\/p>\n Shirl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have had the Urban Renewal quilt top sandwiched for over a week.\u00a0 Because of never-ending interruptions, the hand basting (which SHOULD have taken 2 days) took a week to complete.\u00a0 I hope I don’t come to regret that I forgot to iron the quilt backing before basting.\u00a0 I’m not thrilled with the wrinkled appearance.\u00a0 I’m (continue reading…) <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2387"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387\/revisions\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"SAMSUNG](\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Urban-Renewal-quilting-begun-back.jpg\")
<\/a>40\/3 ply.\u00a0 The needles for this project are R.J. Roberts Betweens, size 7 and size 8 (depending on what I grab from the pincushion).\u00a0 I always use Crayola Washable Markers to draw my quilting guide lines.\u00a0 They’re readily available, cheap and wash out completely.\u00a0 My 36 years experience with these markers proves to me they are stable, leave no residue and wash out without returning.\u00a0 I won’t risk my handmade quilts to anything else.<\/p>\n