Table in Use

The last couple times I was down on the floor basting a quilt -- taping and then pinning the sandwich together, I got rather whiny. So when a local store had banquet tables on sale I bought two, to use together for making the quilt sandwich.

It is not a perfect solution, due to manufacturing flaws the two tables are not exactly the same height where they meet, but the height difference doesn't seem to pose a big problem and I think it is faster than working on the floor. I pinned my first quilt on the two tables at standard height -- and that was a bit painful -- all that leaning over and down.

So, with a little help (actually a lot of help) I found fantastic way to raise the table -- sections of pvc pipe.



Now I think it is a little too tall. It is perfect at the edges, but it is a long high stretch to reach the center of the table, nonetheless the raised tables are a big step forward.

Here's the first quilt I pinned on the new improved table (photographed in bright afternoon sunshine, a good reminder that it is not always grey).



And here's the one I started pinning last night.

Black and White

Yellow and Blue Quilt, when the work was in Progress. It is pretty much done now and a photo the finished piece should follow shortly.

In this photo the quilting is all done, but with the black and white I had a great deal of difficulty getting it to show in a photo. There are lots of random zigzags.


Then sewing on the binding




The quilting on the other Black and White Quilt is also done, but I still have a whole lot of ends to sew in.

Flying Geese on Grey

Work in Progress



This quilt top is nearly finished. If only I can walk away from the computer, I can get on with sewing the borders, already partially cut, on. Then, of course, I will need to get thinking about what to do about the quilt back.

Yet More Red

I've been working on the mostly black and white quilts and planning others, but I think I need a break for a return to colour.