Sew Light Today

After some gray after gray days, the sun came in strong. Thought I'd set myself up for some facing, sewing away as the sun moved across the back of the quilt. It's a big one, almost 8' square, so that's about 48 feet of hand sewing, if you count attaching the sleeve. Good thing it's now hand quilting!
 

Back for Time, or Time for Back

Black thread hides sins, but also is so hard to see. I'm trying to finish this facing in time for next week and hanging the show at RIT. Tomorrow will be the sleeve, and if time permits, the signature. Then Thursday it's back to the studio. Gotta keep the walls happy!
 

Making Marks

In my early teens I learned to sew. I remember reading the instructions to mark points like darts, joins, or locations using thread, and not just a pin or pencil mark. I think you would even pass a needle through the points to match. The skirt of the 'big dress' needed those marks, so, yes, I did that. 
 

It's Binding Time Again

Tool, tips, words of wisdom. That's me. I'm a low tech person, and this plastic tupperware has been around a dozen years. It holds all my junk for hand sewing. The tray holds all the parts and slides along with the stuff collected. I figure each side is an hour, add two more for the sleeve. I'm in the home stretch.
 

Command Central

My house is full of windows on the main floor. My studio is not. So the reward for finishing the design, construction, and quilting is the hand work and above ground vistas. Plus a little movie or two on the tele. Can't get much nicer.

Boring But Motivated

I estimate about 50 feet of hand sewing to add a facing and hanging sleeve to this work. But, I'm motivated because then I can binge Netflix. See what distancing dreams emerge?