Kinetic Energy

Today, I finally finished the Kinetic Energy kit that was a gift from my Aunt Karen.  This one was fun to do.  Because the strips are different widths and different numbers of these strips, the hardest part was trying to figure out which strips to sew together in order to get strata that were between 8.5 and 10 inches wide.

 

This one is destined for a coworker of mine.  She is part of what we call the "Lunch Bunch," a group of us who often gather for lunch and celebrate birthdays, retirements, etc.  Colleen is the last one to get her quilt and has been anxiously waiting for it.  I hope she likes it!

 

Kinetic Energy

My Aunt Karen found this kit in a quilt store in Deer Lodge, Montana.  It's called "Kinetic Energy" and is a modified log cabin.  This one is in batiks and is in my favorite color, blue.  This pattern finishes a quilt that is 60" x 68" and takes about 270 strips of varying widths.  It took me 3 days to come up with a spreadsheet listing all the widths that would sew together 29 strata no less that 8.5 inches wide.  Drove me nuts!  But I think it turned out pretty well.

I had to take down my quilt frame to make room for the Christmas tree.  But as soon as the holidays were over, that frame went back up and I was happily quilting away when this happened:

I must have tried to sew through a really thick intersection that bent the needle.  It popped the little plastic stabilizer out of the presser foot and I quilted it into the quilt, not once, but twice!!!  So off to Ed, the repair guy.  He laughed and told me that was probably why this particular foot is no longer available.  There is another one that has a metal stabilizer. 

Now I need to hurry up and finish this quilt.  My friend, Colleen, is waiting for it!