Stop Proving Me Right

I hate it when my kids prove me right.  S is mad at me because I won't go buy her a Moxie Girl that she saw at the store yesterday, but I declined to buy.  Forget that I took her to the movies yesterday with popcorn and a drink, bought school supplies, a treat at McDonalds and Target, bought bagels this morning and......  It's my own fault because I said I'd think about it yesterday.

It's never enough!  I get so worn down as a mom from this behavior.

Enough of that.

I've been trying to decide once again whether or not to quilt a quilt myself.  Bella's T-shirt Quilt top is finished.  It needs to be quilted.

I've talked about my lack of skill, confidence, and patience when it comes to the actual quilting part of a quilt.

Every time I've tried, I've been unhappy with the results.  My main problem is not producing even stitches--I know I can gett better at that.  The biggest trouble I have is the design part.  I don't doodle in real life so it goes to say that I would have trouble doodling on a quilt top with my machine.

I can't even meander well.

I decided to try a method I found online that I just happened upon.  The quilter drew the design on washaway stabilizer, attached it to the top, and quilted away with pretty good results.

I tried it this afternoon with so-so results.  I need to practice which is another thing I don't much like to do.  I did find that I did better when I wasn't trying to stay on the drawn line, but more "echoed" the line.  I quilted with more confidence having a pattern to follow.

The other thing I tried differently was using silk thread with a 70/10 sharp needle.  I liked the way the quilting looked with that thread.

I need to think some more about what I want to do.