I have the honor and privilege of longarming Quilts of Valor for both our local sewing group and for the national foundation. I was happy to receive photos from the award ceremony of one recent quilt. This quilt was awarded to Army Veteran Master Sergeant Christopher Pfahl. His military service began in 1997. He went into the Army reserves after two enlistments and has been deployed twice to the Middle East, once as recently as last year.
Thank you for your service Master Sergeant Pfahl!
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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 #37…
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| He's dreaming of a good offer. Maybe he'll wake up soon. |
I placed a small wall hanging on my frame this morning and put the binding on it this afternoon! I made this one in May. Sometimes you need to just sit down and piece! And that's what happened with this wall hanging. I made it all in an afternoon. I plan to put this in my foyer above the Singer 201 sewing machine table. I'll go back to client quilts tomorrow morning!
The pattern for this quilt is a free download, click here!
I've been stitching quilts for others for so long I forgot I had some of my own to get finished. Today I put one of those on my frame. Here it is! This one was made 6 years ago! It has 1840s reproduction fabrics used in it, and they are homespun all except for the background fabric. I hope to get one more of my own on the frame before I start back on client quilts!
I've taken a week off from stitching because I stretched a ligament on the side of my knee. Not wanting to make it worse I rested my leg for several days to give a chance to heal. Today I'm gingerly walking around my longarm frame to start a quilt for a customer. Here's a photo! You can't see it in the photo but I'm stitching the Linda's Daisies pantograph on it with pink thread.
