Rolling Along, Another Finish!

 I am on a roll!

Two finishes in as many weeks,

might I say wowser!

This quilt finishing, 63" by 67",

was a bit of a challenge for me in the piecing.

I'm not a big fan of curves and this one was loaded with them.

I did use the Quick Curve ruler

to make cutting the curves easier,

but surprisingly it didn't help with the stitching!

I do love the look though.

The most rewarding part of this quilt,

was spending time in my fabric stash

 choosing pairs of colors that dazzled.

The pairs of fabrics provide lots of interest,

and each block is a joy in itself.

A multitude of squares and blocks of squares, 

were enlisted to make the colorful border. 

The quilting was not too complex,

 shadow quilting on the inside of the curved block edges,

and an almost stitch in the ditch outline of the curves.

This quilted so nicely and my machine ran smoothly.

The next quilt underneath the needle was not so fortunate,

and my big Bernina went in for

 an expensive fix but now works fabulously!

It is actually two for two on needle threading,

which is a real difficulty for the totally 

automatic style of this machine.

This finish, a nice twin size,

also precipitates a change in my stash numbers!

50.5  YTD Purchased

8.5m Jan- Jun

Used  5 m donated, 3 m ( baby quilt)

6m ( twin) 6m ( twin)

30.5 total meterage added YTD

Woot, woot! 

There are also two waiting on the stairs

for a ride to longarm quilter, so 

more finishes are coming!

Stay Safe and Sew on!

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Take Me With You!

Retreat season is nearly here,

and I thought it would be a good time to inventory

the little work drawer in my featherweight!

I can get almost all I need for a weekend away sewing

in the little drawer or the machine box.

There are lots of extras I take to retreats;

larger cutting boards, bigger rotary cutters,

long rulers, but I have sewn for a whole weekend

with just what I had in my featherweight box!

Here's a quick list. 

                                            Spare bobbins

Needle threader

snips

Sewer's ease

Chain piecing Cutter

Two small rulers

Emery board 

Machine brush

reading glasses

Bag of clips

Machine feet

Band-Aid

Screwdriver

Angled tweezers

Pencil

Pen

Pins

Straight tweezers

Small scissors

Chapstick

Spare needles

Magnifying glasses

Many of the projects I take are 

cut out at home so I don't have to 

worry about the activities are retreat 

distracting me from measurements!

The machine power foot goes into the 

main box instead of the drawer to make 

room for my supplies. 

The retreat pile is growing daily!

Happy retreating!

Stay safe and sew on !

August One Monthly Goal - Great Progress

The goal of working on my quilt rack backlog and 

getting some charity quilting done was a success!

The last of the charity quilts were quilted,

actually only one.

This big beauty proved more than enough 

for my domestic machine.

I graciously bowed out of doing the second 

that was measuring  97"x 97".

The  use of various sizes, widths and changes in direction,

give this quilt a unique eclectic look.

Another success for the charity group!

Two items are off the ladder and on their way  

to the long arm quilter.

One will probably be a keeper for my cozy collection,

and the other is a gift for my DD

 to warm her bed in the winter.

Another cheery twin size quilt,

Hopscotch, is on the table and ready to be pinned.

The top did require an extra bit of work,

as you can see one of the blocks was turned.

I rectified this problem by first 

taking out a block that was correct!

Then I went on to take out the errand block.

Restitching everything and giving it a a press

got it back on the pinning table in a timely fashion.

Two others were finished up

using my favorite quilt binding workhorse machine.

The curved 9 patch was trimmed and bound,

and the last of the Irish chains

was quilted, trimmed and bound.

On to the next challenge! 

Stay Safe and Sew on!