Triangle Study Stitching

 I started stitching on the Triangle Study this week. My plan is to stitch the each edge of each triangle with a matching color and extend those lines all the way off the edges of the quilt. It's gonna be a net!

I actually marked my quilting lines with chalk (I never do this!) because I wanted them as straight as I can get them. I also used my walking foot, which I now like quite a lot. The good ol' Steady Betty hand wraps work great even for straight line quilting.

The first lines I did were the red-orange color.

Each day I stitched a different color thread. 

It's looking more and more net-ish as planned.

 I have just one thread color left to go, and I love how the net effect is happening so far.

It's so complicated and reminds me of a map or criss-crossing power lines.

Into The Waves

I just started work on a new piece, so after a sketch, off I go in search of the right colors in my main hand-dyed box.

The chosen pieces up on the design wall together.

Improvisationally cut out ocean waves on top of a blue blue sky. Lots and lots of pinning before sewing together.

And more pinning.

Here is how the sky and waves section looks after being satin-stitched. I'm not sure how the transition to the deeper waters is going to be accomplished, that's the next step on this piece.