Body Nostalgia Week

Once in a while we come across an old photo and we think "How skinny I was! How pretty I was." At the time, we probably did not think we were skinny or pretty but we were. Maybe we are still skinny and pretty and we don't know it yet.

drawing on water soluble stabilizer

This week I finished Bygone June. Just in time to enter the Nostalgia exhibit. I'm not big on free hand drawing. A lot of my quilts are made from tracing photos. For this quilt I had to imagine a skinny June to fit in the not-so-skinny June. I did a pencil sketch over the original and then transfered it to water-soluble stabilizer. My drawing came out pretty well.

stitching on water

After stitching the drawing on tulle, I dropped it in the sink to dissolve the water-soluble stabilizer. It is pretty amusing to see your drawing swimming in the sink.

stitching on june

The next day, I quilt it on top of the other June. It is amazing how many little details I have to do after "finishing" a quilt.

• bind edges

• make a hanger

• make and attach label

• attach name tag

• take final photos

• post to social media

• add to website

• add to database of finished quilts

Now that June is done, I made another block for the library quilt and finished a little bag that I have been working on for awhile.

library

Purse made from 4 Clarke Place, Frederick, MD

4 Clarke Place, Frederick, MD