Day 111: testing, testing

I haven't been entirely pleased with my stamping results

over the past few days,

so I decided to do a comparison between textile paints.

I felt that the paint I was using wasn't bold enough.

I have only two other brands on hand:

Setacolor and Speedball.

Both are opaque, so I feel good about that.

That said, I'm still not getting a very saturated color.

I had a wonderful long FaceTime session 

with my friend Maggi this morning.

It had been far too long since we had enjoyed such a gab fest.

I mentioned to her that all I had left to accomplish on

my granddaughter Maggie's quilt is the backing.

She asked what I was doing today

and I thought to myself "procrastinating"!

So, thanks to Maggi, 

I've now washed and measured all of the

backing fabric, and tomorrow I will get it sewn together!

Then off to the long armed quilter it goes!

I finished sewing up my latest project bag.

I had no choice....it was in the way of the quilt back fabric!

As I close out my blog posts for 2015,

I want to thank you all for stopping by

and leaving such kind and thoughtful comments,

both privately and publicly.

I began this marathon 200 Days

so that I would keep to the task of piecing Maggie's quilt.

It worked!!

Now that it is nearly done,

I see that there are so many more projects that I wish to do.

So please bear with me for the remaining 89 days.

I wish all the best for you and yours in 2016,

and I will continue to pray for

PEACE