My least favorite part of quilting...

I think I've already spent a good three hours trimming threads on the back of this top in preparation for quilting and am not done yet. I love Kona, but man, does it ravel!

As much as I hate doing it, it's a critical step in the process. It's horrible to spend untold hours creating, only to have stray dark threads show through the lighter fabrics when it's all done. I've dug enough of them through from the front in my quilting life to know I really don't want to do that when I'm finished with a queen-sized quilt. So I keep trimming. And trimming.

On the bright side, I've almost made it through the fourth season of "Parks and Recreation" while I work. Thank you, Netflix!

A short demonstration...

Archie attempts to thread my sewing machine. Or whatever.

332 days and counting...

While other parts of the Midwest have been treated to at least a few inches of snow so far this winter, it's been almost 11 months since we saw our last measurable snowfall here in Chicago.

I am compensating for this lack of precipitation by making my own.

PaintStiks and stencils on an 11"x14" scrap of Quilters Only white

Well, it ain't much...

...but it's a little finish for the New Year.

Just experimenting with a design, and decided to do a doll quilt first instead of my usual practice of plowing headlong into a bigger project, getting halfway through and deciding I hate it, and banishing it to the UFO corner.

New year, new approach.

We'll see how long it lasts.