Painful Passion

I quilted almost 5 hours yesterday, yes, machine quilted on my domestic sewing machine (DSM), with all the tenseness in my arms, shoulders, neck, back, and .... oh my, not much sleep last night - PAIN, PAIN, PAIN, and yet this morning, I downed a few Ibuprofen and returned to this passionate hobby. We are all demented, me thinks!

Below is the quilting in the center of the quilt. Pattern, and inspiration, came from PatsyThompsonDesigns.com. This one is called something like "Loosey-Goosey" something or other. I've used it before and so far, it's been easy for me, and pretty.


More of the same


Comments invited for a better idea in this wide border!!! However, my good fortune stopped when I came to the border. I tried this 'dwirling' but it's NOT what I am keeping. It's too large in scale, too casual, and just not right, so out it came. Now I have to decide something better. Come on quilt, talk to me!


FYI - On another subject, did you know that in Windows IE, you can enlarge any photos by doing Control +, and reduce it again with Control -. This did not work in Mozilla Firefox.

FYI - Also, when I include photos, I always have to reduce them by 25% - a little fiddly in my Kodak program, to get them to about 100 KB. This time I reduced them "best for web" and it made no difference from the 25% thing. It appears to be the same size.