After finishing the borders on the Kayla quilt, I loaded it on the longarm for quick quilting. I am using a light sage green Glide thread on top, with a matching green Bottom Line in the bobbin.

The pantograph is one of my favorites for quick finishes called Fascination. It has long sweeping curves, and there are two rows on the paper, so I can quilt two full passes before having to advance the quilt on the frame.

I like how the darker thread disappears on the darker tones and floral prints, while adding interest and texture to the light areas.

In just an hour or so, I am halfway through the quilting.

This is all that is left to quilt after the first afternoon.

Over the weekend, I finished a book I was reading in the fantasy genre called the Foxglove King. It had an interesting concept of a world where magic arises from the ability to channel Mortem, the magic of death, or Spiritum, the magic of life. The main three characters seem fairly well developed. Lore, a girl with power of Mortem, Bastian, the Prince Heir Apparent and Gabriel, a Presque Morte monk come together to investigate suspicious deaths of entire villages. But the supporting cast is one dimensional and a bit stereotyped – an evil King, an Exalted Priest, an adoptive mother figure, various nobles and a few others. The action is predictable, and drags in some spots in a novel of 466 pages that could have been better edited. It also didn’t have the world building that I want in a fantasy novel. It does seem to be a set up novel, as a part of a series mapped out from the beginning, but it wasn’t interesting enough to send me to the library for the second one. Overall, an OK read in the fantasy genre, not bad but not great.

On the sewing table on Saturday, I finished binding the Paris quilt, and it will be part of the Sample Sale coming on Friday.

Yesterday, it was back to the frame again to finish quilting the Kayla quilt. It didn’t take long to quilt the rest and take it off the frame. I used a Quilter’s Dream Blend of 70/30 cotton/poly batting.

I made the binding last week too, so that was put on by machine. The bright green backing has a faux patchwork print, almost makes it reversible.

Completed, and pressed, ready to give to Safelight in September when all the quilts made by our small area group will be collected and delivered.

I have one more to quilt for a friend, and I hope to pick it up soon. When it is done, I’ll be able to turn my attention to my own projects again. What to do next? What are you working on?