Keep on Dreaming Quilt - Project Quilting

I always use a white quilt or a sheet as the back drop for my photos. Today, I decided to throw it out in the snow!

I took several photos as the sun was just right.

The snow was just right too.  It was pretty cold today and there was a nice crust of snow, so it wouldn't sink into the snow.

But then the wind caught it...

It rolled over and over until it was face down.

I stitched some words from the lyrics - Keep on Dreaming in the white squares.

So that's my Keep On Dreaming Quilt - Inspired by Project Quilting.

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Marcia

Click Here for all three posts about this quilt - starts with this post and then scroll down for the other two posts. The song Keep On Dreaming is on the first post. My brother, Mark wrote the song.

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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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Project Quilting's Challenge Two is Making Music. My brother, Mark wrote a beautiful song named "Keep on Dreaming".  When I first listened to the song I said to him, "That would be a great song to quilt!" ---  I wasn't exactly sure what I meant... I guess it was the way the song flowed.  I love to sing it while I am quilting. 
I picked out the fabrics yesterday. I selected a sky fabric, a star fabric, and a black and white fabric to create the background for my quilt.

A little pressing and then some very careful wavy cutting with the rotary cutter.  

I learned how to cut and sew together wavy lines at a mini class that I took at Quilts by Barb's Quilt Retreat a couple years ago.  Sorry, I can't explain it, but there are many books out there that give you instructions on how to cut and how to sew it.  I just wanted to show you what I was doing to create my quilt.

We learned how to sew it, so that it lays perfectly flat and smooth.

 Here's the back, so you can see how nicely the seams lay.

 My background is pressed and ready for tomorrow, when I take a few more minutes for me to create. 

Thanks for following along as I take the challenges and create a quilt for Project Quilting. I have til Noon on Sunday to complete my musically inspired quilt.  I am sure Mark will love it. You can listen to Mark's "Keep On Dreaming" - just click on the song. 
Enjoy!
Marcia


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