I finished my mother’s quilt on Sunday and it will go out in the mail today.  Once she receives it I’ll share photos! Quilting on my embroidery machine was very time consuming but it made a beautiful quilt.

I used a simple design file to make the label. Big Dreams Embroidery has an applique squares file so I put a small square inside a big one and added lettering to create a nice frame.  I think it turned out beautifully!

Sunday I pin basted the twin size doggie commission quilt using the Sharon Schamber method of basting. If you haven’t tried her method yet I highly recommend it.  It’s much better than crawling around on the floor. She does it with thread (I haven’t tried this yet) but I do mine with pins and it works just fine for me.

JoAnns has a longarm section now so I picked up the magnetic bowl and I keep all my safety pins in it for basting. It’s so nice to have! You can get a cheap magnetic bowl or tray from Amazon. Basting this quilt took about 90 minutes total. I propped up my iPhone and watched an episode of Grey’s Anatomy while working away on it.

Last night I started quilting the monster! I’m just doing some free motion quilting loops in a beige thread. Since this has so much applique on the top I didn’t want to use my embroidery machine to quilt it. So far it’s going quite well! I’m going to quilt the black borders with black thread.

I always have my sewing buddies: