I'm hand quilting this week and my fingers are aching. I usually quilt with a leather thimble but I'm down to my last one and it's wearing through in spots. Every so often, I am puncturing myself and bleeding so I've tossed it until I get a new one tonight. I like quilting without it but my fingers do not. I'm working on my baby quilts. I had at first decided that tacking would be fine but now I'm going back and hand quilting. I feel like all babies need something special and in my eyes a quilt is about as special as it gets. I worked months on my girls' quilts. Poor Hannah was nearly one before hers was finished because it is appliqued with a rocking horse and it's huge. Kate's is hand-embroidered blocks and not as large. I am a bit upset because I can't find them and something tells me they may be stored at my mother's home in Kentucky. I have several things there including my wedding dress to Husband #1. I wonder if it qualifies as vintage now? I'd love to stick that that dress on etsy. I'll pray over it first. I don't want another bride's groom deciding he's gay after a few years of marriage. What would you ask for a 20 something year old gown in satin, a 10 foot train and bad history? The cost to mail it?
I'm ready to get back to my quilting. I have a camera but the batteries are dead. That's probably why it's here and not at the high school with the other one. I'm past getting angry on the camera thing now.
