I'm making progress on my Joy in the New Year list. This is a mix of hand- and machine-quilting. I did stitch-in-the-ditch in the blocks and sashing and then a square-in-a-square motif in the stars but couldn't find a stencil I liked for the sashing so I put it away for another six months until I found a cable stencil I liked which also fit. It was better suited to hand quilting and so I broke out my thimble. I'd forgotten how much I enjoy hand quilting.
The blue sawtooth star is all quilted. It took me forever to decide what I wanted to do in the sashing. I finally found a cable stencil that I liked and then it just took me a couple of weeks to do the quilting. All that awaits is binding.
I've done all the quilting in the stars, but am stumped about what to do in the sashing. I'd long planned to do a little cable in the sashing, but can't find a stencil that would fit the space and haven't been able to make a satisfactory stencil of my own. Maybe it is time to move on to something else.....
