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Friday, January 27, 2012

Work in Progress - Keep On Dreaming Quilt


 I pressed Heat 'N Bond Lite to the wrong side of the fabric.  I sketched some hearts on the paper side of the dark pink fabric and stars on the yellow.
 Cut them out.
 I drew a little sketch of the way I want to press them onto the background fabric.
 Peeled the paper off the back of the fabric.
 I was planning to place the stars exactly in the center of the hearts, but as I placed them on the hearts they looked so cool off center. I like it!
 Pressed them in place.

 Next I picked the thread colors. 
I chose the dark grey thread for stitching on the black fabric. I like it better than black on black. You will see why, when I post the completed project on Sunday.
 Long wavy stitching lines on the center blue area.
 I wiggle line stitched on the hearts

and stitched swirls in the background of the star fabric.
I couldn't finish it all tonight.  I will finish the stars and the black and white parts tomorrow morning and then bind it. My "Keep On Dreaming" quilt is based on a musical inspiration for the Project Quilting Challenge Number Two.  Keep On Dreaming is my brother's song and I posted the song on Tuesday. 
I quilted on my project quilting at the end of my quilting day, today.  It's the end of my work week, so I quilted longer than a few minutes... actually, I quilted a couple hours and will quilt more tomorrow.  So my Minutes for Me - while it was wonderful to play on my quilting machine, it delayed our Friday night dinner. I had nothing ready when my husband got home.  But I made dinner in about 5 minutes! We had meatloaf, leftover potatoes, and a salad.  We had my frozen meatloaf squares.  When I make a big meal, I freeze some of it for just such an occasion.  
My frozen Meatloaf Squares saved the day! 
Thank goodness!
Enjoy your day!
Marcia

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12 comments:

  1. Richard HealeyJanuary 27, 2012 at 9:15 PM

    Your quilting looks amazing its neat to see what you put on your wavy sewed fabric.

    http://richardquilts.blogspot.com

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  2. Vroomans' QuiltsJanuary 27, 2012 at 9:32 PM

    Love the hearts with the off-set stars dancing across this piece. Just can't wait to see it finished!

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  3. Miss HillbillyJanuary 27, 2012 at 10:55 PM

    oh, this is looking so so good!!!!!I love the stars off set too. Yay for meatloaf!

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  4. Mrs.PicklesJanuary 28, 2012 at 12:18 AM

    what a lovely project!!

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  5. CindyJanuary 28, 2012 at 6:41 AM

    Love the quilt! And...being I am a music nut..I went and listened to the song. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! I checked iTunes as I would love to put this on my iPod, but I didn't find it. I'm bummed! This is truely a great song!

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    Love your creation! Great pics & tute!

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  7. Love Of QuiltsJanuary 28, 2012 at 11:33 AM

    Great imagination doing this quilt.Prefect time for the hearts.

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  8. BunkHouseQuiltsJanuary 28, 2012 at 3:10 PM

    I love, love this quilt. Can't wait to see the finished project. I love meatloaf too....

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  9. ShayJanuary 28, 2012 at 3:18 PM

    You are incredibly inventive when it comes to quilting design and it always works beautifully. Love those squiggles!

    I keep a few meals like that in the freezer myself. It means no mad rushing around at dinner time. You're a girl after my own heart!

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  10. KatieQJanuary 28, 2012 at 5:44 PM

    Meatloaf in the freezer is like money in the bank. I'm always grateful to have some to pull out when I'm desperate.
    Love your challenge quilt. I sketched out an idea for this week's challenge, but got distracted. Maybe I'll try next week.

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  11. Terry@ a quilting blogJanuary 28, 2012 at 8:41 PM

    Love the quilt...the off-set stars and wavy lines are perfect...TFS!!!
    ~Terry~

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  12. Sarcastic QuilterFebruary 1, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    It looks great. thank you so much for the step-by-step in there. It helps open some creativity for me when trying to plan out quilting. I might take that wavy approach on some hearts in a wall hanging I hve planned for Valentine's Day. :)

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