There's something about each quilt that touches me, and makes me feel like it's a little bit the best I've done so far.
Of course, with Lucy Jane's quilt, the first thing that I fell in love with was the monkeys.
But, there's more than just monkeys at play here. I used a thicker quilting thread than I ever had: size 20 cotton. It was trickier to work with, of course. It wanted to fray in my machine and around the needle, and it didn't work nicely with the bobbin thread I was using, which was considerably thinner. I really learned how to use my tension dial to my advantage, and worked the thread.
I gave the quilt away on Saturday, and got the chance to visit it in its new home on Sunday. Lucy's parents had washed the quilt, making it soft and supple. It was the first time that I really saw a quilt in context, and felt it as a blanket. It was beautiful. The monkeys are home.
1 comment:
adorable! I love the monkeys, too.
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