Pink In Spring

It's done! As of this afternoon, the binding is finished, it's been washed and dried and it just needs a label. The technical details: machine pieced, hand quilted, 64" x 64" (it shrunk a lot with the heavy quilting and the wash). One of the red fabrics did run a little, in spite of being prewashed, but it's not very noticeable.

Acabado! Esta tarde he acabado de coser el bies, lo he lavado y secado y ahora solamente necesita una etiqueta. Los detalles técnicos: cosido a máquina, acolchado a mano. Mide 1.63 m. x 1.63 (encogió casi 9 cm. con el acolchado y el lavado). Una de las telas rojas de un bloque destiñó un poco, pero apenas si se nota.

Quilting Winter Blues Away

Three weeks now, I've quilted twenty nine blocks. So much pink, it chases the winter blues away.
Nothing beats quilting a big quilt during those long winter nights. Even the cats agree and sit between my legs and the hoop.

Empecé hace tres semanas y llevo veintinueve bloques acolchados. Con tanto rosa, te alegra los días azules del invierno.
Pocas cosas alegran las noches del invierno como sentarte a acolchar un quilt grande. Hasta los gatos aparcan entre mis piernas y el bastidor.

Two pictures

Here it is, the whole thing, pink as all get out! My mom liked Musgo's quilt so much, I've decided to give her this one as well (for her, not for my little brother :)

Aquí está, entero, en todo su esplendor rosa. A mi madre le gustó tanto el quilt de Musguito que he decidido regalarle este (para ella, no para mi hermanito :)

And here is a page of the quilt journal, four years ago almost to the date:

Y una página de mi diario de quilting de hace casi exactamente cuatro años:

But Have You Ever Seen A Panther That Is Pink? Think!

"Has mother slipped a cog? That is so PINK!". Shrillbert was thinking outloud while looking at the design wall when I was taking pictures. Maybe he was reading my mind... it's really very, extremely, almost obnoxiously pink!

"Se ha vuelto loca mi madre? Es tan ROSA!" Shrillbert estaba pensando en voz alta mientras estaba haciendo la foto de la pared con los bloques, o quizá estaba leyendo mis pensamientos.... es muy, super, casi demasiado ROSA!

I started sewing rows this week. Admittedly, the color isn't as loud as it appears in the picture, but no doubt, it looks as if a bottle of Pepto Bismol exploded in my room. I wasn't all that sure at first, but it's growing on me, slowly but surely.

Empecé a coser las tiras durante la semana. El rosa no es tan rosa como aparece en la foto, pero aún así, parece que estalló una botella de Pepto Bismol en mi cuarto. Al principio no me convenció, pero cuanto más lo miro, más me empieza a gustar.

Meanwhile, Phoebe decided to blame it on the overdose of catnip. Maybe it affected us both? :) Here she is, a few days ago, helping me clean up some catnip seeds.

Mientras tanto, Phoebe decidió achacarlo a la sobredosis de hierba de gato. Quizá nos afectó a las dos :) Aquí está hace unos dias "ayudándome" a limpiar unas semillas de nepeta cataria.