Thursday, October 8, 2020

Going into withdrawal

 

My longarm isn't working and rather than put money in to fixing it I decided to get a new longarm.  I bought a King Quilter II Elite made by Handi Quilter.  The day after I paid for it they told me it would be backordered until sometime in November.  So I'm out of work for a few weeks.  I'm going into withdrawal!  The good news is I've been able to spend time piecing quilt tops, something I haven't had time to do in a few months.

I'm working on my Circa 1880 quilt.  This is a quilt with 2-1/2" blocks when sewn are 2".  It a beautiful quilt made with reproduction fabrics.  2 friends of mine from online groups finished their quilts and had them appraised.  One appraised for $5,700 and the other one was $7,000.  Both quilts had custom longarm designs and that's what I plan on doing to my quilt when I get it finished.  

I started the quilt in January.  The pattern designer said if you work an hour a day, 5 days a week, the quilt will be done in a year.  I'm making a queen size, which will need over 700 blocks and I have 375 finished now!




No comments: