Back Home, Getting Back on Track

This weekend I came home and today I’m getting back on track, checking in with the various projects I have in progress around the house. I actually got a lot done away from home, but it was always in a “make-do” sort of way. Like sewing at a coffee table:

Said coffee table is actually a pine and cedar blanket chest, so the sides are solid. This makes it really uncomfortable to sew with the foot pedal because the angle it puts my leg. So instead of fighting cramped calves, I stuck the foot pedal between my legs like a Thigh Master and mashed it to control the speed of the machine!

Once I got the backing of my quilt pieced, I was ready to mark the top.

And the final step was basting the Basket Weave quilt on the floor. I don’t think I’ve basted a quilt on the floor since 2006! I definitely missed my big folding tables at home, but it wasn’t so bad because the quilt was only 46 inches square.

While it was a bit hard on my knees, I enjoyed every step of working on this quilt away from my home and studio.

Now that I’m home, I’m headed out to the Crafty Cottage to machine quilt it. I figure since the Basket Weave quilt was such an easy patchwork design, the quilting should match the piecing and be super simple as well.

Be looking for the quilting video coming out this week!

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day