and I haven't blogged since the first of the month.
I've enjoyed my time at home but my 6 week break from traveling and teaching is coming to an end soon. With that in mind, I thought I'd catch you up on what going on in my studio and my Florida life.
I gave up on the machine pieced half square triangle quilt I showed you in my last blog. It had been so long since I'd machine pieced something so traditional that I had forgotten how much I disliked doing so, If I am going to machine piece something it has to be complex to hold my interest and challenge me.
On the other hand, I really like hand piecing so much that the 60 x 60 inch hexagon quilt I started 3 weeks ago using the same fabrics is finished and last weekend I began hand quilting it in the evenings as I watch uninteresting stuff on the television or while listening to a book on CD.
Speaking of progress, I finally finished machine quilting the painted quilt I started way back last Spring, a month before all the house renovations began.
I can not think of any quilt I've every made since one or two of my very first efforts that has taken me this long from start to finish. Of course it still needs facing, sleeves and a-label. The painted piece is on the design wall now so I can decide how much to cut off each edge before applying the facing.
Sorry I can't show you the quilt along with some other images I wanted to post because for some reason Blogger does not like my new computer and Windows 10 or my new computer does not like Picasa.
When I work out the bugs in uploading images I'll be back.
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