The first ice has appeared on the
pond this morning so it's time for quilting.
What we need to do first is do a big tidy of the sewing room.
My new machine, (new to me),
is giving me that use me now vibes
so I'm going to start with something simple.
First, here are a few pictures of the Big Tidy.
Clean work tables,
clear sewing tables,
and the extra quilt support area all cleared off.
This keeps me from acting like a cat at
a flat Earth convention and
pushing everything off the edge and onto the floor
while quilting.
Lots of little goodies went back in their places.
Some errant scraps were
stuffed in a box too, for later use in a crumb session.
Now on to the quilting!
First trim up the top,
pull the the binding out of the bag,
and get to work.
It turned out pretty good for a first effort.
After trimming the quilt, I use a quarter inch foot
to put the binding on the back side of the quilt.
Then I fold the binding to the front clip it thoroughly.
Next I stitch it down using the stitch in the ditch foot.
The central fin rides easily on the edge of the binding .
I move the needle just a bit to one side to make sure my
stitches are always equidistant from the edge.
It turned out well and the corners mitered nicely.
Here are three more little charity quilts,
done up and ready to be donated.
These quilts were pieced by a friend, layered and pinned up.
I quilted them up and put the binding on.
It sure is nice to have a pile of
something done in the sewing room.
Stay safe and sew on !
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