Pemberley - Round and round and round we go

Finally, after pondering for weeks over what to quilt in this 1 inch border, I  decided to just do little circles in a row. 

At first I tried drawing the circles with a white chalk pencil, but they just came out looking a little wonky, even though I was using a circle template.  I think it had something to do with the quilt being in a hoop and I had to press hard to see the white lines.

Then I remembered the circle stickers I had and surprisingly they were the same size as the circle I was trying to draw.  They don't stick all that well to fabric, so I also used small applique pins to hold them in place.  It works like a charm.

I have also attached a picture of the next border on this quilt, and as you can see it has small circles spread throughout the border.  This is what gave me the idea of using circles on the 1 inch border.  There is also another border that goes around the entire quilt, that is also 1 inch and I will use this technique there as well.

I have also attached a snapshot of the back.

Pemberley Quilting

Happy New Year to you all.  I got back to my hand quilting this morning after a little break, which I will explain below.

 I do enjoy hand quilting and find it so relaxing  Not sure how I will quilt that wavy border, but I have three of these corners to complete before I get there.  I would like to do a little something in the grey/green border on this block but having trouble deciding what to do there as well.  Its only an inch wide. During the months Nov - Dec, I quilted 61 hours, 38 minutes.


Hubs got me a fitbit Versa for Christmas and I am enjoying learning to use that.  I started a walking exercise program Jan.1, but that came to a rapid halt on Jan 3 - as I had a serious car accident.

A woman ran a red light and slammed into me.  She claims it was yellow, I know I saw red and I have an witness who gave a statement to the police that it was red.  Either way, my car was totaled.  I am pretty bruised up, but no serious injuries. That is something to be thankful for.  My car seat came unbolted to the frame and I was slung into the windshield and side window, even though the air bag blew up.  Also my knee was pushed into the dashboard, but like I said, no bone breaks or concussions.  Was at the hospital for about 8 hours while they ran tests, scans, xrays, etc.  There were three cars involved and everyone did not have any serious injuries, so very thanful for that.  I would like to start walking again, but going to have to wait until the swelling goes down on my knee and my chest.  A seat belt caused some bruising, plus I believe I also got slung into the steering wheel and I am bruised all down one side.