Slacker!

I'm so bad -- I haven't worked on my quilt at all for over a week. I've been totally obsessed with watching Doctor Who in the evenings, that I just haven't done much of anything else (and for those not in the know, it's an awesome British sci-fi show). I really have to get something done this weekend.

I spent yesterday searching around online for a local source of quilt backing (i.e. fabric that is 108" wide), and finally found a store that says they carry several bolts of it. Thank goodness...for my first quilt, I ordered some backing from an online store, and was not very happy with it -- it was supposed to be white on white, but it really looked more like white on slightly off-white, and wasn't quite what I wanted (but I used it anyway). Having a place to go where I can look at the fabric and touch it -- much nicer!

I realized that I never posted a picture of my completed quilt, so here it is:


I'm really quite happy with it. It turned out so well, considering it was my first effort. The actual quilting isn't anything to be super-excited about it, but it does what it's supposed to do. Still can't believe I managed to get my blocks to line up so well -- that's what using a ton of pins will do for you!

I've been working on a project for someone from quiltingboard.com -- she originally wanted her site to be fixed so that the paypal links would work, but I suggested to her that I could set up an actual webstore -- it would be a lot easier for her to add/update/delete products, and the overall appearance would be a lot more professional. And she'll be giving me fabric in return for doing the work. My stash will grow, by gosh!

I think this is an awesome way to grow my stash, in general -- I'm going to put up a posting on the quiltingboard.com forums offering to do web work for fabric. I'm curious to see what kind of response I'm going to get.