Tying it Together

The borders are on and the t-shirt quilt is laid out for tying!
Underneath this layer is an old comforter, and the bottom layer is a black jersey sheet.
I bought one of those party packs of embroidery floss and cut lengths of it to tie with--I've already gone through that whole bunch and cut another. The curved needles have been invaluable to the process.
I'm just going with random selection for the ties. The whole thing is pretty offensively colorful anyway, so I'm going whole hog.
I love I can get up so close with my new camera!
And it actually looks pretty nice on the back too! I'm definitely tying it much closer together than it strictly needs, but I like the sturdiness and pattern of it. Only problem is that it's taking a pretty long time.

Sleeves and Cuffs

Real short update today. The quilt's borders are all on, no picture though, since it looks pretty much the same as the last picture, just with the border on all four sides. Hoping that I can get down to the store to get a backing on Friday.

And I've been busy at work on the jacket, it's just a little slow going.
I'm focusing on the sleeves and shoulders now, then probably the front closure area, then the back. It's getting pretty clear that I need more leather though...
Pinning the cuff on to see how it looks with the rest of the sleeve. It hangs loose really nicely when I tried it on--has a nice weight to it.

Sawtooth and Stripes and Spirals

I can see the end of the t-shirt quilt tunnel! I'm on the very last border now, then it gets tied and stored until next winter--definitely don't need it now, it's been quite warm the last few days.
The green showing around the edges is the blanket I'm going to cover with it. I'll probably buy a jersey knit flat sheet for the back, then tie it with embroidery floss and self-bind it.
Here's the darker colors with black, making the second sawtooth row. I'm not being particularly careful about the corners, as you can probably tell.
And just today I've started to put the very last border on--a gray and black piano key. I've only got one side on so far, but it's going fairly quickly. On my next day off I'll search for floss and a backing.
And more braid is going on to the jacket, this is the sort of underarm area. Not a whole lot to talk about this week, just plugging along! If all goes well we should sign a lease for our new apartment this week--complete with studio, so that's all very exciting.

Spiral Shoulder

Excuse my dirty sock, but this has been my vantage point for most of the last week. Trying to get the basic leather strips down on the jacket, before I start with the rest of the embellishment. Getting a little nervous that I might not have enough leather...keeping my eyes out for another jacket with a similar weight of leather.
The ball and loop closures are attached to the front edge.
I've started to baste down one of the spirals on the shoulder. There's a dart on the shoulder (the straight line the comes out of the spiral runs along it) so applying leather there is strengthening the shape.
Everything that's on so far--now I need to do the other side. Then the edging, and some decorative work along the back seam and the front edges.
And I finally got some new sewing thread, so these triangles are turning into squares for my t-shirt quilt.