I lay awake for a couple of hours last night working out how I would quilt this, so I thought I'd better put it into place as I'm notorious for partly completing work. I've sewn a 10 x 10 grid on it to make it look like a snakes and ladders board, and also quilted a number of red ladders - these represent the high points of our lives - getting a qualification, falling in love, getting married, buying a house, getting promoted, having a family and so on. The snakes represent everything else! Yes, there are far more snakes than ladders, but that's life, isn't it? I'm also going to free motion quilt the areas that aren't already sewn to ensure that all the snakes are fastened down properly.It's late afternoon now, time for me to stop.
7 comments:
Oh, Love it, love it, love it...nice work, Shirley.
It looks great! The ladders are a nice touch.
I love this! I smiled as soon as I saw it!
What a wonderful idea and superb quilt!
Hey this is AWESOME!! What a gorgeous quilt! And, I'm curious, is the quilt in the Hitting New Lows post from a class with Donna Ward? Donna's a good friend of mine and it has that look!!
SO SO good to start finding some kiwi bloggers (esp. quilters)
Oh Shirley! Of course! I know you!!! It took a minute for it to dawn on me, sorry! Just dropped by the tillia website :) Hi!
Hi Shirley, I enjoyed have a look at you blog .Thanks for checking my blog out also.
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