October OMG is Finished: Deco Custom Quilting (Substantially) Finished, Off the Frame

I've finished my OMG (One Monthly Goal) for October, three and a half weeks early!  I am as shocked as YOU are!  My entire 102" x 102" Deco bed quilt (pattern by Lo & Behold Stitchery, available on Etsy here) is now completely stitched in the ditch and all of the digital designs have been quilted as well.  (This post contains affiliate links).  I took one last photo in the Garish Yellow Quilt Studio as I was taking my quilt off the frame:

My 102 x 102 Deco Bed Quilt is Off the Frame!

Now that Deco is off the frame, I can start packing up all of my long arm quilting tools and supplies and Bernie and I can disassemble the frame and pack everything up for our upcoming move back to North Carolina.  However, although I completed what I set out to do on this quilt for this month, the quilt is not yet 100% quilted.  According to the batting manufacturer, I have more than enough quilting to hold the quilt together, but it's uneven quilting in that the digital quilting areas are quilted more densely, with lines of stitching much closer together, than the pieced blocks that are only stitched along seam lines between contrasting fabric patches.  It has always been my intention to complete this quilt with additional quilting in the pieced blocks.  However, it's "quilted enough" for me to feel comfortable taking it off the frame, folding it up, and packing it in a box for our move.

All SID (Stitch In the Ditch) + Digital Quilting Completed

My original plan was to reload this quilt on my long arm machine at the other end of the move to quilt the pieced blocks with decorative ruler work and free motion quilting, but then I got to thinking about how I've always wanted to play around with combining machine quilting and hand quilting on the same project, in different thread weights.  

Happiness is a Missing Wall Between the Sewing Room and the Long Arm Quilting Studio

You guys, I am SO EXCITED by this dreary photo that my son snapped for me at 2 AM:

The Wall is Gone!  This Is My New Studio in North Carolina!!

That is where there used to be a wall dividing a basement "guest bedroom" from a small "exercise room."  My builders started the renovation this week and they have ripped out the flooring and removed the offending wall.  I know it doesn't look like much at this point, but the photo was taken from the former exercise room where my sewing machine and serger cabinets will be set up, looking through the new opening to the former bedroom where my long arm machine will be set up with my thread racks and ruler racks on the walls, and that black door leads to a nice, big closet that will store all of my batting.  

If that doesn't motivate me to get cracking and get packing, nothing will!  That's all you get from me today because I'm headed out to get more boxes and packing supplies!

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