Sherri's Holly Hobbie Quilt

 Today, after a lengthy hiatus from quilting on account of a gargantuan photo-scanning project (35,000 photos and counting), I vacuumed and dusted my quilting studio, including the rails, quilt table, and quilting machine. Next, I loaded a friend's quilt (one of those dear friends I never say 'no' to), cleaned and oiled my machine, chose the thread, and threaded the machine. The quilt is for her aunt's new granddaughter, making the baby her first cousin once removed -- and the baby is also my great-great-niece. (Did you get all that? There will be a quiz later.)

I chose a pantograph and got it aligned. The center of the quilt is an embroidered piece done for my friend by her aunt, grandmother of the new baby, when she was just a little girl. That makes this quilt pretty special. :) I will stop the pantograph at the embroidery, and do some sort of outline and fill stitching, trying to make the density equal the panto and no more.

Here's the quilt on the frame... and the third picture is an oval handmade rug from son and daughter-in-law Teddy and Amy for my birthday. Amy found it at a craft show somewhere. Isn't it pretty? I've been hoping to make myself one of those for a long time.

And now the first row is done; I'm ready to roll the quilt forward. Yep and yesirree, I remember how to quilt! 😄

I'm using 50-weight off-white So Fine thread on top, and 40-weight lavender/pink variegated Rainbows thread in the bobbin. Both threads are by Superior.