Hindsight indeed!

After about twenty hours of quilting my "Hindsight 

2020" quilt is finished.

And in hindsight, I probably shouldn't have chosen 

to do this spiral quilting.

Given the way my thoughts go round and round in 

the middle of the night, during these trying times,

spiral quilting was appropriate, I guess!

I lost count of how many bobbins I wound....

I scrounged through all my thread supplies, not 

wanting to buy anymore unless absolutely necessary!

I quilted each line half an inch apart, and the quilt 

is 66" square. 

So I went round and round over 130 times!!

The weather has taken a turn for the worst this 

week, with winter not far away...

so it's indoor photos today!

These photos show the quilting very well....

and the backing!

And I curved the corners to echo the 

curvy quilting lines.

Quilt #5 for 2020

Lifetime quilt #123

66" square

Mystery quilt pattern from South Australia Quilt Guild

Happy sewing!

SUZ

Lakeside Circuit

It was such a beautiful Winter's day today, I decided 

that my latest quilt needed an airing!

I had a lovely time photographing it at Blackburn 

Lake Sanctuary!

It was so peaceful without a breath of wind...

I love that little touch of red in there

I enjoyed wandering and finding places to take 

photos....

I hope you enjoy them...

I had curious duck glide by for a slightly closer look

I settled on the name while walking the Lakeside 

Circuit. 

The colours of the setting are fitting with "lakeside"

and the "circuit" for the spiral quilting.

Even little quilts need glamour photo shoots!

Can you tell I love this little quilt?

Stats: 38" square

Name: "Lakeside Circuit"

Machine quilted in a spiral on my Juki HZL600

7th finish for 2019

and my 107th all-time quilt

Happy sewing!

SUZ

Trying out some new ideas!

My scrappy green quilt is finished, 

and as it was only 38" square, 

I decided to try out spiral quilting for the first time!

I knew pretty much straight away that I wouldn't be 

able to use a washable marker

The colour is off here

to draw my starting spiral.

So I chose to try a dissolvable stabilizer I had from 

an embroidery project.

It is slow going at the start, one stitch at a time.

I started with quite a tight spiral with lines about 

1/4" apart,

slowly increasing it to 1/2" or even a little bit more as

I circled my way out, 

I used the previous stitching line hugging the 

presser foot as I sewed around and around.

You can see the different widths here.

and on the back!

The second thing I wanted to try was a machine 

embroidered label as part of the binding. 

I like how it looks here, but I will need to sew closer 

to the fold next time.

It doesn't sit well when folded to the back.

Now I'm off to get some 'glamour' shots!

Stay tuned for more photos of this as yet unnamed 

quilt! 

SUZ