Photos of Block 21

Block 21 was nice and easy, I've finishing quilting it now.  I decided to Quilt As You Go for this quilt.  The hand quilting is quite enjoyable when you are only doing one block at a time.

My Windows XP home computer did not survive long after the customer support for XP finished.  I have been using my laptop while I was waiting a brand new computer to be installed at work, so the work computer could be retired to home.  Now when I need a photo to upload I need to think, where is it?  Is it on the old computer, the backup external hard drive, the laptop, the new computer or still in the camera?  It's in the camera, good, now where is my photo software......?

Hopefully you can find some photos to share.

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QAYG, or for the uninitiated, Quilt As You Go

You may have noticed that my lyre block is already quilted.

I've decided to Quilt As You Go - QAYG.  I was concerned about finishing all 30 plus blocks and then beginning to hand quilt the whole quilt - I had already decided that it had to be handquilted to go with the needleturn.  I worried for a short while about authenticity and then decided that this quilt is My Quilt and I can finish it any way I like.

Hand quilting is much more enjoyable when you don't have the whole quilt in your lap. There isn't much quilting on the original.  Quilting wasn't the important part of a friendship quilt, the blocks and signatures were the main attraction.  Each applique piece is outline quilted and then a second quilting line is 'inline' quilted.  I tried all the quilting in white thread but I didn't like the look of the white not-quite-even stitches on the red and green. I'm using King Tut quilting thread in Romy Red, Avocado and White.

The backs look alright. The red and green thread bring out the pattern a little more.

And it was such a nice day I included a shot of my photographic studio.