Podunk Pretties Quilting: Cabin Fever

Friday, April 11, 2025

I'm In The Mood

Yes Quilty Friends, I'm in a mood. Not just any mood. A lot of white space for quilting it to death kind of mood. So, I pulled out the Cabin Fever quilt I shared with you a couple of weeks ago. There's plenty of white space for feathers, swirls and whatever else my little ole quilty heart desires.

And since I'm in a wild and crazy kind of mood, I'm going to live a little dangerously by not adding more fabric it to the backing that is just a few inches larger than the quilt top. I think it'll be okay as long as it's carefully loaded on the quilt frame. Wish me luck!

A quick label was made. And wouldn't you know it, there's two errors. The date is wrong, and I misspelled the word DESIGNED.

Guess what? The label is staying as is because I didn't notice it until editing photos after the quilt was loaded to the frame. The little errors give the quilt more character and adds to the story it has to tell, right?

The quilting plan is coming along. I'll play around with the quilting ideas a little more and hopefully start the quilting sometime today. See you soon with a sneak peek of the quilting!

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

The Quilters High

Hi Quilty Addicts! After my recent quilt finish, Delightful Daisies, I've been on a quilter's high. I'm sure some of you can relate. The quilt you've put so much time and effort into is finally finished and you LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! The body puts out an intoxicating cocktail of hormones and before you know it, you're searching for the next high. Wild eyed with quilt drool dripping from the chin, the dig for the next quick quilt fix begins. I told myself to stop but the quilt finishing monkey on my back wouldn't listen until I found the perfect next quick quilt finish. Oh yes! This quilt designed by Gigi's Thimble is perfect!

Perfect for many reasons.

1. The (free) quilt pattern is called Cabin Fever and right now we are transitioning from winter to spring. Perfect! I don't get cabin fever in the winter but the quilt finishing monkey on my back had me feeling a little nutty and feverish.

2. It's small and will be perfect for a quick to finish, oh yes, the quicker the better. I needed my quilt finish fix!

3. The first day of spring is March 20! Perfect!

4. The backing and binding were made and stored with the quilt years ago, perfect!

5. The backing fabric has daisies on it, my favorite flower! Again PERFECT!

As the 70's tunes blared, the quilt top and backing were placed on floor to check for the quilt frame loading direction. Oh, fiddlesticks. The backing is too small. The original plan must have been to quilt it on the sewing machine. No worries, it's a simple fix.

As I boogied my way over to the stash cabinet, I realized the quilt finishing monkey on my back was barely hanging on. Was this the result of the backing issue? By the time I had found the perfect fabrics the quilt finishing high was gone.

A quick look around the studio at the quilt blocks on the design wall and the new scrappy quilt on the cutting table and wouldn't you know it...that little monkey lost his grip and faded away.

Yes, I do love playing with my scraps. The Cabin Fever project will need to wait. Back into storage she went along with the fabrics to enlarge the backing.