Thursday, January 15, 2015

Beachy

I shared on the previous post how my daughter likes anything related to the beach. I asked my friend Laura, who does my machine quilting, to make a table topper/wallhanging for my daughter for Christmas.
 I asked her to make a whole cloth quilt using her very skilled free motion abilities. These two photos
show the detail. The quilt measures about 17" by 11". Laura did the machine quilting in a silver thread even though it looks white or pinkish in the photos.
Laura gave it to me before Christmas. I was still in the sling after shoulder surgery so I was not able to finish the edge. So that is now sitting in my sewing room waiting for me to finish for my daughter.
Laura is so talented and if you need a quilt done send her an email. Go to her blog to see more of her work.

I got some advice about the new "robot" verification gadget. Leanne shared with me that you can just ignore checking the "I am not a robot" box and your comment will still go through. I tried it and it worked. You can also do something to "embed" the comment section to your blog. Go to this blog to find our how to get rid of the the robot thing on your blog. Kathy explains how. Thanks Raewyn for this link.

This second way of embedded comments with the blog is not my favorite way to leave a comment. The reason why is that if there are a lot of comments you have to scroll down to the comment box.

When you comment on my blog you get a separate window. Then you can click on "jump to comment form." You don't have to sit and scroll through all the comments especially if you don't care to read them. I prefer this way of commenting because of tendonitis which can flair up when I use my arm a certain way over and over again.

So for now I am going to leave my comment section with the robot box but just ignore it and please leave a comment. 

With Passion,
Carrie P.


13 comments:

WoolenSails said...

That is gorgeous quilting, love the beach designs and I know your daughter will love it.

Debbie

sunny said...

That is so beautiful! Awesome quilting.

Sheila said...

Wow, such gorgeous quilting and such pretty fabric . Oh I have gotten rid of the robot but made a new problem , wonder if I unbed it now will the robot return , might try that .

Siouxzq64@gmail.com said...

That is so beautiful. It will be a marvelous gift.

Leeanne said...

Awesome beachy themed piece. I bet your daughter loves it. Glad the robot thing hasn't put you off. Strange how it has started showing up on folks blogs.

Abby and Stephanie said...

That's is fabulous. Laura's work is so detailed and neat and really lovely.

Unknown said...

Thanks Carrie! Glad she liked it:)

Barb said...

beautiful quilting - love all the bubbles!!
Thanks for the info on the comments box.

Candace said...

Wow! Laura did an incredible job! Your daughter is going to be delighted, Carrie!
Cheers!

Dar said...

Beautiful quilting for sure. She really has a command of her free motion designs.

KaHolly said...

Oh, wow! She did an amazing job! With lots of practice, someday we might be able to produce some beautiful FMQ!! Right now, mine is more functional than works of art.

Allie said...

Well from another beachy lover that is just stunning! She did a gorgeous job.

I'll have to post something on my blog about that robot window. I always ignored them and had the comments go through just fine. I hate embedded comments, lol, I always have to copy and paste the blog url into firefox since Chrome won't keep me signed in, and I mostly use Chrome.

Really glad you're feeling better and getting some sewing in, if walking can do that then I need to get my behind off this chair!

Anonymous said...

Embedded boxes also prevent a lot of people from commenting at all. I can NEVER comment on a blogspot embedded comment box. WordPress and IE users generally have that problem. Also, skipping the robot only works for people who use a blogspot identity. As WordPress, it won't let me skip it.