It’s too hot to do anything, but I did do my August OMG. Once the design was done, the quilt "Journey" was a breeze to put together but the challenge came when I started the quilting. I was struggling with all the turning, shuffling and maneuvering the big quilt around and through my Juki home machine. While I was working on this quilt a lot of things went through my mind, memories from my childhood, my experiences when I first came to America, my interactions with people in the guild, church, and so on. I wanted to give up many times but with every turn, I told myself to continue on. It occurred to me that if one wants to have a conversation with oneself, quilting is the perfect time for it.
Each day, I could handle the quilting of one block, and I was ok with that. The work progressed slowly and I was ok with that too. When the machine acted up, I took a break, a deep breath and walked away for awhile. The next day or two I would get back at it again. That had been my dealings for most of July.
For August I set goals to square up the quilt and put the binding on. And here it is....
The quilt is 70" x 70" finished. I made the binding with a mix of the grey fabrics in the blocks. I'm so glad I finished this quilt as planned. I'm pretty happy that I've accomplished each of my OMG so far.
Until next time my dear friends. I have several quilt tops to work on. I can't wait to have a meaningful and deep conversations with myself again. 😂
Stay cool and take care yourselves. Quilt on.......
