A Comfy Guest Bed

When thinking about our guest room in the LV house, I found this suggestion on the web and thought it might have some merit since most of my friends are quilters? Not sure about the rest of the folks who might visit...maybe they'll have to stay at the Holiday Inn Guest Room or the Santa Fe Inn Guest Room rather than the Casa Levi Guest Room.

Why buy a whole piece of furniture for an occasional use? Just stack your fabric stash to create a guest bed when company comes to visit. If you have a guest who likes a firmer mattress, slap your rotary cutting mat on top. If they like a softer mattress, top it with some batting. It saves raw materials, and you don’t need an extra room to store the bed even when it’s not in use.

Thread, Thread and More Thread

Not only does the pot quilt require lots of different fabrics, it also needs LOTS of colors of thread for the stitching. I went to Joann's on Wednesday and got several spools of thread and am now starting to pull spools from my thread stash. I'm sure I'll have to go back to get more....and after this, may never have to buy thread again. Yeah, right! Anyway, got the first block stitched...the Zuni Black on White block. It only required satin stitching and three colors of thread (gray, white and black) so it was a good one to start with. Finally got the Bernina to play nice and got my settings worked out for the satin stitching. It looks good and I am admitting that all the points are not perfect!!

I talked with Betty Standiferd at Southwest Decoratives about quilting my project. She is the designer of the pattern and the long-arm expert at SWD so I figured she'd be the most logical one to do it. She quoted me a really fair price and also gave me some tips on the stitching and the sashing. We had a nice, long talk and I feel like I can actually finish this thing. She also told me she was designing 8 more pottery blocks...can't wait to see those... Also the designs have been digitized by another person and Betty can stitch them onto fabric that I could make pillows from. Like putting them on Ultrasuede and making pillows for a bench or couch in the great room. What a cool idea.

Why doesn't anyone ever have thread sales?

Done!! with the 1st Step

Yahooooooooooooo............... I finished all the blocks. The last one nearly drove me to cracking open a bottle of something! But I muddled thru and got 'er done! Now to start the stitching on each one. Satin stitching around most of the designs with some decorative stuff added in also. But that means another trip to the fabric store for some stabilizer to use when I stitch the outer edges of the pots.

They really do look great and i think the hardest part is done. Still don't really want to face the sashing/border blocks but like Scarlett "I'll think about that tomorrow" or the day after I finish the stitching.