Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Tardy Turtle is making me tardy

The Tardy Turtle quilt is a little more labor intensive that I thought.  Piecing the curved paperpieced part of the shells to the background pieces has taken 2 days so far-I don't work 8 hour days:) I hand appliqued 4 heads and 3 1/2 shells on last night.  Still have to piece 2 turtles before I can put the back together-maybe I'll finish today-would like to have the back done by today (not borders-just the middle)


Yesterday I started sewing at 10:30 but by 11: 45 I was so tired I couldn't keep my eyes open.  Went in for a short nap and woke up 3 hours later with a kitty pile on top of me.  Not feeling good last night and went to bed early.  Feeling fine today.  Should be able to sew for more than an hour, but I really can't sew for more than 3 hours at the machine.  I am a slow quilter. A tardy Turtle.  This may be a self portrait.

4 comments:

magnoliasntea said...

Love the turtles, tardy or not.
I've got the cruddy cough that's going around and feel like I could sleep for a week. Stay well. :)

Quiltedtime said...

Your turtles are sweet! I can see why they take so long. Applique is time consuming.

You'll get there.

Kim said...

This is adorable! Did you make this design? LOVE IT!

Suzanne Kistler said...

Really cute! Looks like a lot of fun. I think I would be smiling with each stitch.