a long hiatus from creativity

I’ve let the depression rule my life for the last several months. However, in August I started feeling better and cleaning the house. Now that I had a nice clean craft table, I decided that it was time to put it to use.

Several months ago, my cousin mentioned to me that her youngest child would love one of my baby quilts, even though she is hardly a baby anymore. She told me that the kiddo loves pink and yellow. I found the perfect fabric in my stash and as I dug through I found that I had already put a top together with just that fabric. Joy!

Tonight, I finished it up. This is also the first quilt I’ve done on the Viking Rose that I bought from my auntie. I have to say, it’s a danged nice machine. There’s some puckering in the back, but that’s more due to me using a basting spray instead of pinning everything really well. I don’t think I’ve had a quilt not pucker in the back ever. It’s the nature of the beast.

I was quite pleased though with NOT having to fight with a machine for the first time ever. I may not have figured out all of the bells and whistles, but this thing sews a straight line like a dream!

Here’s the finished quilt:

I hope the recipient likes it as much as I do.

Next up – I think I’ll work on a sock monster! But first, I must sleep.

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