Preakness to Freakness

We hosted a little horse racing party on Saturday.  I decided to make a hokey cake for the occasion.  It was an exciting race with Cloud Computer stealing it from Classic Empire.

I have been working very hard to finish my son Andrew's quilt.  The backing is finally pieced together.  To be sure everything was the right size, I folded each part into fourths, then layered them.

 When you are making a giant quilt, this is the surest way to avoid mishap.  And Friends, I have run into trouble on several occasions.
I pinned the center of each layer.

 I cover my kitchen table with old cutting mats to protect the crappy finish (ha ha) and get my binder clips and pins out.

I store pins in the open and sprinkle them on the lids and across the quilt - it's works for me.

 I match up the pins when I layer it on the table and in this way know that everything will line up on center.

I marked straight lines 1 1/2" apart.  I like Crayola WASHABLE markers but I always toss out the yellow marker as it is harder to remove.  Also, you have to use Clorox2 when you wash per manufacturer's instructions.

Next I pinned - and I mean PINNED!  I have found that it is really works well for me to use a lot of pins.

Finally... I'm ready to roll.  Wednesday, I quilted for 7 hours with a few breaks.

Okay - here is the Freakness part of the post: We're watching this at my house.

It is confusing, violent, provocative, disturbing.....we love it.  I am listening to a podcast to help me understand what is happening.

While machine quilting, I binge watched this on Netflix.   It is also a bit disturbing, but also fascinating.

To leave you on a upbeat, is this not the funniest card - ever?

It made me belly laugh out loud.  Have a great week and I'll share more on how I'm quilting this king sized quilt.

xo