Hand and Machine Quilting Projects

I have a couple of tops pinned and either in the process of being hand quilted or ready and waiting for hand quilting.

This wall hanging is my youngest son on his snowboard. It is a modified Pat Loose pattern.  He had a skate boarder and I modified it to make it a snowboarder.  He is a daredevil and ready to conquer the mountain. It is partially hand quilted and will be done someday. 

 

This one is my older son and needs the ski poles embroidered and then will be ready for me to hand quilt. It is also a modified version of a Patrick Loose pattern.

When cleaning my sewing room last year I found this one hidden in the closet half hand quilted and set it aside to finish at a later time. As you can see it is still waiting for me to sit and hand quilt. I think I need to schedule in some hand quilting time.

I also discovered this one pinned and ready to machine quilt, though I do need to adjust a few of the pins and press it before I start quilting.

 

Plus of course I am still working on machine quilting my Kitchen Sink Jacket. I have one side of the front quilted.

I cannot machine quilt for too long of a period when I am doing more than stitch in the ditch because I get too tense in my neck and shoulders. I have tried a variety of things and nothing seems to work to keep me from getting so tense and having my muscles freeze up.  I can't say for sure but I think it is related to when I had open heart surgery and they yanked everything all out of whack. I think some of those muscles will never be back to where they were before the surgery.