Sunday, February 1, 2015

Some Wooly Slow Stitching

Whew! As much as I failed to keep myself on track, I managed to finish a UFO for January--yay!
Fall Out Shelter quilt
Spider Web AKA Fall Out Shelter quilt.
Quilted, bound and labeled--yee-haw!
You can read more about this quilt HERE

I had a hard time deciding on how to quilt this one and what threads I should use.
I ended up using black on all the black areas and a variegated thread for the web blocks. I used a grey/blue in the border. 

It took a while to figure out the best way to do a continuous design, but I finally got a rhythm going. At one point I suddenly ran into a dead end--vegging out again, or so I thought. It turned out that one of the blocks was turned the wrong way.
Drats.
There was no way I was going to fix it at that point--every quilt needs a humility block, right?
See if you can find it in the top photo--kind of a Where's Waldo--haha!


Now that I have my UFO out of the way, I'm doing catch up on the Stitching Society Wool Hexagons......again.....
Linking up with Kathy at Slow Sunday Stitching HERE
Slow Sunday Stitching
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15 comments:

  1. The Cozy QuilterFebruary 1, 2015 at 8:14 AM

    I just love those wooly hexagons. How many are you going to make?

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  2. Carla A Few Of My Favorite ThingsFebruary 1, 2015 at 9:47 AM

    Oh your spider web quilt really calls to me. Did you design it or is there a pattern available for it! Love your latest wooly hexagon, looks very Pennsylvania Dutch! Perfect for Valentine's Day!

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  3. JulieroseFebruary 1, 2015 at 9:56 AM

    Beautiful finish! Loving that orange heart hexie, too...hugs, Julierose

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  4. glassbylindi.blogspot.comFebruary 1, 2015 at 10:32 AM

    Great Job! Should I be ducking for cover???
    I am planning on some slow stitching sometime this week myself. D.G. L

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  5. Christine BFebruary 1, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    Hello Karen! What a beautiful quilt and congratulations on a finish!! Love your wool heart! :) xx

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  6. RoseFebruary 1, 2015 at 1:38 PM

    Beautiful quilt!

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  7. KyleFebruary 1, 2015 at 2:53 PM

    Just read the background on your fall out shelter quilt, which is super cute, by the way. Your story made me smile. I'm glad you went with the blue/grey border instead. A much better color choice. I've looked but I can't find the humility block. Glad you got it done.

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  8. julieQFebruary 1, 2015 at 3:44 PM

    Your finish is just gorgeous!! Love those big hexies. But my favorite is your wool project...just yummy! Thank you for linking up!

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  9. NitaFebruary 1, 2015 at 6:22 PM

    I've never seen that pattern before. Love it!

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  10. Janet O.February 1, 2015 at 11:13 PM

    Oh, I remember those Fallout Shelter signs on a building near my childhood home. That is pretty funny. : )
    But I love the quilt. It looks good, and has the perfect name.

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  11. Karen SFebruary 2, 2015 at 5:26 AM

    Great finish. This is a lovely quilt. Great work with the quilting!

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  12. GayleFebruary 2, 2015 at 5:22 PM

    Your finished hexie quilt is total eye candy! You made the best of a set of badly written instructions - gorgeous!

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  13. GayleFebruary 2, 2015 at 5:33 PM

    Oh My Heck - I just discovered that your wool hexie project is from a shop that's not too far from me - the shop owner is so talented - I'm working on one of her patterns now (one of MANY projects actually)

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  14. Quilter KathyFebruary 3, 2015 at 8:43 AM

    Love your finished quilt... great that you put in a humility block!
    Lovely wool project too!

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  15. SueFebruary 5, 2015 at 2:16 PM

    Congratulations on your finished quilt. It's fabulous! Your wool hexie is just gorgeous!!!

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