Creativity & Coffee

So I started making a new quilt. This will be my third official quilt. I have also repaired one but I may go into that later on...


My mother kept mentioning wanting a star quilt. From the pictures I showed her, she seemed to be more interested in the lone star type quilt. So not knowing how to do such a quilt, I turned to trusty ole' google.

I searched that shit til I found a good tutorial for a lone star queen sized quilt. I came across this fabulous tutorial ( it's in 2 parts because it is so wonderfully detailed :)):

http://parkersnowefiberartblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/watch-for-lone-star-quilt-tutorial.html

http://parkersnowefiberartblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/star-quilt-tutorial-part-2.html



So I am not that skilled of a sewer and I just kept getting frustrated with the sewing aspect of the quilt.


I managed to get all my strips sewed and my star complete ( some how, I don't understand )

Now it would be time to quilt this shit....

So I roll it up and get all ready...

I am choosing to use the quilting hook things because I know last time I was super irritated with the bulk of the quilt and I said screw dealing with that and I will use these clampy things....


I get the quilt on to the machine and much to my dismay...... terrible nothingness. I can't get the damn machine to quilt for shit. I try and try everything. Adjust tension, clean it all out, rethread, and re-bobbin. NOTHING!!!!!


NOTHING!

NOTHING!


I get so frustrated I decide to hand quilt. Mind you, I already have tried this route before...

...took me nearly a year to finish...

Also, mind you, I want to get this done before Christmas. It's 3 weeks till and I have no other option but to bite the massive, leady, nasty bullet of hand quilting.


I know from past quilts that hand quilting is beautiful and more meaningful and this that and the third.

I also know that it takes away part of your soul. Especially if you have a job, a husband, a dog, and a life....

 But stubborn ole' me decides it's my best and only (?) option...

So here it goes, all queen sized quilt on my lap hand quilting like a mad man to make my deadline.


Long story short, I finished it. Not in time for Christmas, but in time enough by the time I saw my momma and could present her with the massiveness of this quilt.


I do not have a finished picture unfortunately at this moment because I am lazy. And the quilt is already over 300 miles away... So until I can see it again this is it.


But seriously if you want to do a lone star type quilt, follow the given tutorial... it's perfect!