{"id":94,"date":"2011-03-16T13:29:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T20:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/?p=94"},"modified":"2015-08-14T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T17:57:03","slug":"preparing-for-the-scvqa-quilt-show-spring-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/preparing-for-the-scvqa-quilt-show-spring-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for the SCVQA Quilt Show Spring 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A flurry of quilting activity since the beginning of the year has culminated in two entries into a biennial quilt exhibition March 5 &amp; 6.<\/p>\n<p>First, I\u2019ll finish the Shirt Pocket Quilt. Since it\u2019s a pillow-top border, it\u2019s easy enough to smooth it flat on the living room futon for handwork. Besides, I don\u2019t possess a proper quilt frame. I stitched a simple 1\u201d border and quilted stitch-in-the-ditch along each shirt block. This \u2018easy\u2019 part took me about 28 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Necktie Quilt, now titled <em>Hanging out with Dad<\/em>, is a little more challenging.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/NecktieClose211.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-97\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px;\" title=\"NecktieClose211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/NecktieClose211-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a>After deciding which 13 ties to hand quilt and which to simply appliqu\u00e9, I start to work. However, since I\u2019m using a hidden stitch from the front and being careful to create a \u2018tie shape\u2019 from the back, it takes me eight hours to quilt just ONE tie. Sigh. Doing the math, I realize that it won\u2019t be finished for hanging, so I whittle my list down to 7 for now. Still, I\u2019m reassured by one of the show organizers that even my unfinished quilt would be accepted as long as it was together enough to hang. The plan is to stabilize and whipstitch the ties and finish hand quilting the main six after the show.<\/p>\n<p>I must say that this has been exciting! Working on a deadline always gave me more energy. And, spending my time quilting 6-8 hours a day the week before is oddly relaxing. Granted, I turned in both quilts at the eleventh hour with the hanging sleeves barely attached, but I\u2019m proud to say \u2018mission accomplished\u2019 on this leg of my Necktie journey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And my dear friend and client, was very pleased when she saw her Father\u2019s Tribute Quilts hanging. \u201cOh, my gosh,\u201d she kept saying over and over. It can be overwhelming to see this for the first time and experience the flood of memory. I still have to print out the pictures and stories she sent to me and tuck into the shirt pockets. Plus, there is a call for entries for a \u2018scrap art\u2019 exhibition at the SJ Quilt Museum, so perhaps I can quilt more and enter this in other exhibitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A flurry of quilting activity since the beginning of the year has culminated in two entries into a biennial quilt exhibition March 5 &amp; 6. First, I\u2019ll finish the Shirt Pocket Quilt. 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