A Little busy

I've been a little busy since buying my new King Quilter II long arm a year ago...

Under my needle today

I have a Winter themed quilt on my longarm table today.  I'm using a pantograph that has holly berries on it.  

On the wall behind the longarm is my latest quilt top under construction.  It is a free pattern called Garden Trellis by Lauren & Jessi Jung.  You can download the free pattern here!

Ode to Sewing Machines #32

Many of you follow my "Ode to the Sewing Machine" posts.  We've all seen the ads on craigslist, ebay and elsewhere.  The clueless sellers give those of us who sew a belly laugh, or two!  Here's installment #32…

Genius!  I never thought of using a sewing machine this way!

All black sewing machines are Singers.

Cardinals in Winter Trees

 I took a day off to make a cute wall hanging for my foyer.  It was a kit by Patch Abilities that went together easily.  I use SteamASeam2 when I do applique which made it a breeze to apply the pieces to the fabric.  It has a stick-on feature that sticks the applique where you want it before ironing in place.

This is the second Patch Abilities kit I've made.  I have one more Spring time wall hanging to make, which I'll do sometime in February I would imagine.  I buy my Patch Abilities kits from Merry's Stitchins, a quilt shop located in Jesup, Iowa.  She has a huge selection of patterns!

 

 

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Under my needle today

 I've been longarming quite a few quilt tops this month, it's the Christmas rush to get quilts finished in time!  Here is the one I had on my frame this morning. I stitched a feather design on this one, the fabric collection is from 3 Sisters by Moda.  I finished it and now have another one I'm loading this afternoon.  It's a great time to be a quilter!

Ode to Sewing Machines #31

  

Many of you follow my "Ode to the Sewing Machine" posts.  We've all seen the ads on craigslist, ebay and elsewhere.  The clueless sellers give those of us who sew a belly laugh, or two!

Can't make up her mind what it is?

Award winning quilt

 I am excited to share my Circa 1880 Nine Patch quilt which won a 1st Place Blue Ribbon in a quilt show given by the Hearts & Hands Quilt Guild in Sanford, NC.  

The quilt was made using a pattern by Pam Buda, which I enlarged to make a queen size quilt.  It has 716 blocks and 7,934 pieces in it.  I started it in January 2020, finished the top in 2021 and longarmed it in August 2021.

2021 New Years Resolution