Donation Quilt

 I made this quilt in December and longarmed it last month.  I finished the binding over the weekend and it will be donated to one of the women at the Pregnancy Support Center here in Durham.  

The pattern is called Garden Trellis and it is a free download here!

Quilt of Valor

 I haven't posted a quilt top in awhile so I thought I'd show the Quilt of Valor top I'm longarming today.  I love QOV quilts.  I attended our group's last awards ceremony where we awarded over 25 quilts to deserving veterans.  The man I gave my quilt to gave me 3 hugs because he was so grateful.

If you would like to serve veterans in this way you can visit the QOV Foundation website to find a quilt sewing group in your area. 
There are groups all across the country!  https://www.qovf.org/about-qovf/whos-in-my-area/
 The search function on their site doesn't work very well if you enter a zip code.  You have better results if you zoom in on your location using their map.

Ode to Sewing Machines #34

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 #34…

Outrageous price for a machine with mold growing on it.

A rust bucket for only $700!

Start to Finish: How to stitch a pantograph

 I had a few people ask me to make a video showing how to stitch a pantograph from beginning to end so I made a video showing just that!   I hope this helps!

ForeverMore center block

 I took a few months off working on the Forevermore Block of the Month to do longarming for customers for the Christmas stitching. I'm working on it again and I just finished working on month 6 and will start month 7 now. Month 6 was the center of the quilt.

Pantograph videos

 I was asked to make some videos showing how to roll the quilt when using a pantograph.  Here they are!

Ode to Sewing Machines #33

 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 #33…

This was the best photo, the other one was of the motor.  

The price has one too many zeros in it!

Singer 222s are pricey but not that pricey!

Cricut Maker

 I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day yesterday!  We had ham for our dinner this year.  The day was so much fun with a 2 yr old grandson to enjoy the day.

Today I'm working on my Cricut Maker cutting machine.  I bought it 2 weeks ago, after using a Cricut Air 2 cutting machine for a year.  The Maker can cut wood and that's what I'm doing today!

I'm making a Family Celebrations board for my daughter.  I might make an extra one to sell on facebook marketplace!  I'm thinking about it anyway.

If you are into crafts I recommend getting a Cricut Maker!  They are so much fun.  I've made many cards, home decor and there are so many things that can be made on a Cricut.  Here's a photo of the family board:

This is a photo of one made by Jennifer Maker. She designed the cut files I'm using to make mine.  The files are free and her website is JenniferMaker.com.  Jennifer gives all her files away for free and she has almost 400 of them!  If you have a Cricut be sure to visit her website, it has awesome tutorials and files.

Update:  Here is the finished family board!  I only put a few of the birthdays and anniversaries on the board, the rest are up to her!

And now that Christmas is over I can post a photo of the stocking stuffers I made with my Cricut.  They were fun to make.  This is a photo of only a few.