Buggy Barn Dogs Completed

What I wanted this quilt to be is exactly what it is.  Three dogs.  Crazy dogs.  On a quilt.  Playing nicely.

I love the colors, the dogs, the modern quilting and the entirety of it all.

It is now in the finished column.

These photos were taken on the sundial my father made.  He copied it from the one at the Mississippi Rest Stop on I-10.  He loved it and decided to recreate it.  When he died I wanted to put it on his grave but the cemetery didn't allow above ground things.  Imagine that in New Orleans.  So it sits in my yard as my reminder of his love of his garden.  It is one of the good things I know about him.






These were taken in my River Birch tree as it begins to turn into a green leafy profusion.  See my deck in the back of it? I love that deck.  It is cool in the shade even in the heat of the summer.

The quilting was done on my Husqvarna Domestic.   Not sure what to call the pattern, I think I invented it.  However, I most likely saw a design that sparked the idea of it somewhere.

It reminds me of pods of a plant of some sort.  Very modern, it suits the wonkiness of these dogs.

The back is a weird pinkish fabric, that has noting to do with the front colors.  Why I chose that I will never know.  Crazy.

Not sure what the name will be, but it will reflect the three crazy idiots who own me!

Buggy Barn Dogs

I need to call them something else but that has described them for a long time now.  Pointer Pups, maybe.

I saw a quilting design on one of the modern quilts and thought to copy it.  I snapped the photo into my iPad and used it to practice on some pads of paper.  When I was comfortable with the design, I sat at the machine.  Bam, busted a needle.

I didn't have a needle for that machine so I used a Schmetz Universal.  Hey, doesn't work.  After 4 frustrating attempts, changing thread, changing bobbin, changing the feet, I gave up and brought out my Husqvarna from the sewing room.

Here is one of the dogs yet to be sandwiched.


I did wide double loops all over in a random pattern.  After I finished, I looked at the picture and saw where the quilter had put three of these loopies in a group so that it looked sort of like a flower or leaves.

Oh well, I like the really modern look of the quilting.  It matches perfectly with the modern colors and the modern dogs.

If you want to try the double loopies, definitely practice first.  After all the frustration with the needle, I found I forgot to look at which direction I started the looping.  It matters because you come out of the loops headed to an already quilted area or an open area.  So about half way through I began stopping and thinking about which way I needed to go.  It was a good lesson.

I guess Buggy Barn is not really modern, go with me here.

One thing I did not do is to take the whole quilt picture for Anne of the Desert.

Give me a sec here...........ok, here ya go!  I am thinking black binding.

Cool? When Was I Never Cool?

I am so cool!  Literally and figuratively!

Fan motor was replaced, cost the equivalent of 4 king sized quilts.  But, I am happy to have my cool back once again.  Last night Frank set up the old window unit that came from his father's camp. The camp was destroyed in Hurricane Betsy in 1964 so that thing is about 50 years old.  It runs like a charm!  And it kept us cool last night in the den.

And I did get some stuff done yesterday.  I am working hard on the QUILT YOUR QUILTS CHALLENGE!  Just this morning, there are two Halloween Table Runners put together, quilted and bound the leftovers from my Halloween quilt. They measure 36 x 12 each so that is 864 square inches.

Added to the inches from the baby squares......oh, man I need a calculator and something to write on.........1914 total of the three.

And I have one ready to have Frank help me sandwich tonight.  Meanwhile I will be putting the binding on the Wizard of Oz quilt.  I did a basic meander on it with some gold thread.  It looks fabulous.  I thought it was larger but it is really a kid's quilt.  That is how long it has been in the To Be Quilted Box!

The one I will sandwich tonight (Oh, I need to get some of the 2 inch tape, that means a road trip!) is the Buggy Barn Dogs in Red/Black and Turquoise!  It is a favorite and I know just how I will quilt it.

See, if it wasn't for that PattyA girl egging me on, I would not have gotten any of these things done!  Can you get a few done this month?  Try it and let us know how many inches you get done.