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Well I suppose some may call me speedy though others that know me have
called me 'bullet' for years.

All 4 sides are now on my Cathedral Windows quilt and it has now
taken on the size of a king size quilt! It is sandwiched and basted with
spray basting. I have begun marking on the stencil design for the
quilting that I will be hand quilting. Jerry decided a few moments ago
what color quilting thread I should use to quilt with. Hunter Green. I
figure it is going to take me a couple days just to stencil on the
quilting pattern that I am going to use for the quilting.

As I am working on this quilt Jerry keeps asking me, "now who is this
one for?"... he still can't believe it is just for me! so then the next
question is... "Where are we going to use it?" I just smile

juliasb

ONLY king size?!? :-) What happened to making quilts that are too big?
Gosh, I just can't imagine hand quilting a king size quilt and I love
handquilting. Too short an attention span.

I will be so beautiful to see those green stitches on the musling fabric!

marcella

In article ,
julia sidebottom wrote:

Well I suppose some may call me speedy though others that know me have
called me 'bullet' for years.

All 4 sides are now on my Cathedral Windows quilt and it has now
taken on the size of a king size quilt! It is sandwiched and basted with
spray basting. I have begun marking on the stencil design for the
quilting that I will be hand quilting. Jerry decided a few moments ago
what color quilting thread I should use to quilt with. Hunter Green. I
figure it is going to take me a couple days just to stencil on the
quilting pattern that I am going to use for the quilting.

As I am working on this quilt Jerry keeps asking me, "now who is this
one for?"... he still can't believe it is just for me! so then the next
question is... "Where are we going to use it?" I just smile

juliasb

Go-o-o-o-o Julia!!!

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Like I said, the one that was to big was really to "big". It was
larger than life! and made a king size look small. Jerry reminds me
almost daily that his favorite quilt that I made for him is to small and
is a queen size quilt. He would like me to sew a sheet or something onto
it to make it larger so it will cover him and not come lose when he
wants to tuck it in all around him at night... at those times I want to
choke him!

I do have to wash out some of the stenciling I did last night
though. I got a bit off on some of it and have to reposition some of
the design sigh. I will be doing that first thing this mooring so it
doesn't drive me crazy. I did manage to get quite a bit done last night
before I got to tired and rolled it up for the night... it will be back
to the drawing board later this morning.
juliasb

Marcella Tracy Peek wrote:
ONLY king size?!? :-) What happened to making quilts that are too big?
Gosh, I just can't imagine hand quilting a king size quilt and I love
handquilting. Too short an attention span.

I will be so beautiful to see those green stitches on the musling fabric!

marcella

In article ,
julia sidebottom wrote:


Well I suppose some may call me speedy though others that know me have
called me 'bullet' for years.

All 4 sides are now on my Cathedral Windows quilt and it has now
taken on the size of a king size quilt! It is sandwiched and basted with
spray basting. I have begun marking on the stencil design for the
quilting that I will be hand quilting. Jerry decided a few moments ago
what color quilting thread I should use to quilt with. Hunter Green. I
figure it is going to take me a couple days just to stencil on the
quilting pattern that I am going to use for the quilting.

As I am working on this quilt Jerry keeps asking me, "now who is this
one for?"... he still can't believe it is just for me! so then the next
question is... "Where are we going to use it?" I just smile

juliasb

Hi Julia,

I'm trying to picture this. You are going to add batting and backing
to your Cathedral Window? I thought they don't need it as they are
already pretty heavy and the back is 'finished' already whilst making
the blocks. Am I missing something here? Got pics??? I'd love to see
as I'm always eager to learn. Thanks.

Denise in Ontario, Canada

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:47:04 -0400, julia sidebottom
wrote:

Well I suppose some may call me speedy though others that know me have
called me 'bullet' for years.

All 4 sides are now on my Cathedral Windows quilt and it has now
taken on the size of a king size quilt! It is sandwiched and basted with
spray basting. I have begun marking on the stencil design for the
quilting that I will be hand quilting. Jerry decided a few moments ago
what color quilting thread I should use to quilt with. Hunter Green. I
figure it is going to take me a couple days just to stencil on the
quilting pattern that I am going to use for the quilting.

As I am working on this quilt Jerry keeps asking me, "now who is this
one for?"... he still can't believe it is just for me! so then the next
question is... "Where are we going to use it?" I just smile

juliasb



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Nice one Julia!

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The Cathedral Windows is a center medallion for the quilt. This part
will not be batted or backed at all the extension of the quilt will be a
whole cloth quilt front and back that will be batted and backed in
unbleached muslin to make it a king size quilt. The quilting will be
done for the quilt (other than the cathedral windows) by hand with a
stenciled design in a hunter green thread as requested by my darling Jerry.
Right now I am taking am much needed break. I have spent the
majority of the day drawing out the stenciling on the quilt top. it is
now after 6p. so I have been at it a good 10 hours now and haven't even
reached the half way point! But then I figured it would take a couple of
long days to get it done. And of course more than a few mistakes along
the way to boot!

No pics yet sigh not until it is finished .
juliasb

Denise Jameson wrote:
Hi Julia,

I'm trying to picture this. You are going to add batting and backing
to your Cathedral Window? I thought they don't need it as they are
already pretty heavy and the back is 'finished' already whilst making
the blocks. Am I missing something here? Got pics??? I'd love to see
as I'm always eager to learn. Thanks.

Denise in Ontario, Canada

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:47:04 -0400, julia sidebottom
wrote:


Well I suppose some may call me speedy though others that know me have
called me 'bullet' for years.

All 4 sides are now on my Cathedral Windows quilt and it has now
taken on the size of a king size quilt! It is sandwiched and basted with
spray basting. I have begun marking on the stencil design for the
quilting that I will be hand quilting. Jerry decided a few moments ago
what color quilting thread I should use to quilt with. Hunter Green. I
figure it is going to take me a couple days just to stencil on the
quilting pattern that I am going to use for the quilting.

As I am working on this quilt Jerry keeps asking me, "now who is this
one for?"... he still can't believe it is just for me! so then the next
question is... "Where are we going to use it?" I just smile

juliasb




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Oh WOW, now I get it. Makes sense, and sounds absolutely yummy.
Can't wait to see it. The marking has got to be my most hated part of
quilting -- and here you are patiently plugging along. This is going
to be a stunner for sure. Thanks for your explanation and good luck
finishing it up.

Denise in Ontario, Canada

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:18:59 -0400, julia sidebottom
wrote:

The Cathedral Windows is a center medallion for the quilt. This part
will not be batted or backed at all the extension of the quilt will be a
whole cloth quilt front and back that will be batted and backed in
unbleached muslin to make it a king size quilt. The quilting will be
done for the quilt (other than the cathedral windows) by hand with a
stenciled design in a hunter green thread as requested by my darling Jerry.
Right now I am taking am much needed break. I have spent the
majority of the day drawing out the stenciling on the quilt top. it is
now after 6p. so I have been at it a good 10 hours now and haven't even
reached the half way point! But then I figured it would take a couple of
long days to get it done. And of course more than a few mistakes along
the way to boot!

No pics yet sigh not until it is finished .


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It is definitely a very large tedious challenge. I make mistake
after mistake. Fortunately I know I will be able to line them all up
when I get to the actual quilting phase of the quilt. As of last night
when I finally put it to rest for the evening I hadn't even reached the
half way point on the marking so I know today will be just as busy. I
will also have to go out and get a couple more marking pencils. I have
already gone through 2 pencils and working on a third one now.
juliasb

Denise Jameson wrote:
Oh WOW, now I get it. Makes sense, and sounds absolutely yummy.
Can't wait to see it. The marking has got to be my most hated part of
quilting -- and here you are patiently plugging along. This is going
to be a stunner for sure. Thanks for your explanation and good luck
finishing it up.

Denise in Ontario, Canada

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:18:59 -0400, julia sidebottom
wrote:


The Cathedral Windows is a center medallion for the quilt. This part
will not be batted or backed at all the extension of the quilt will be a
whole cloth quilt front and back that will be batted and backed in
unbleached muslin to make it a king size quilt. The quilting will be
done for the quilt (other than the cathedral windows) by hand with a
stenciled design in a hunter green thread as requested by my darling Jerry.
Right now I am taking am much needed break. I have spent the
majority of the day drawing out the stenciling on the quilt top. it is
now after 6p. so I have been at it a good 10 hours now and haven't even
reached the half way point! But then I figured it would take a couple of
long days to get it done. And of course more than a few mistakes along
the way to boot!

No pics yet sigh not until it is finished .



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