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Catching up! Quilting, corgi keyfob and new challenge
The last few evenings I’ve been quilting the Nostalgia quilt. I finished last night and sprayed away my marking lines so it could dry before I bound it. I wasn’t sure what to do in the white area but I wanted something curvy. I played in one of the blocks and figured out this looked...
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Quilt All of the Things
I have a whole bunch of tops that need quilting now, several of them have already been pin basted and are just waiting for me to get my act together. I haven’t quilted anything in a while so it took a bit to get my machine set back up for straight line and free motion...
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I’m getting a sewing cabinet!
I’ve been wanting a sewing cabinet for my computerized sewing machine ever since I got my Singer 201-2 that is built into one and realized how easy it made piecing and quilting! I have an extension table but that isn’t quite the same. The quilts get caught on the corners while I’m FMQing and it...
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One down, one to go!
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...
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Distractions & A Bargello Quilt Along Plan
Wednesday night, after coming home from a dinner with the hubs, I went into my sewing room and looked at The Butterfly Quilt on my sewing machine waiting for some more quilting to be done on it. I seriously am considering naming the quilt “That F*@$#ing Butterfly Quilt” because of the anxiety I develop before...
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