I have not been up to much-
Hello all! Sorry I
have been absent lately. I have been sewing just a little, and getting ready
for our big trip to Pennsylvania to see the family. It will be the first time
all 4 of us siblings have been together in 30 years- and it won’t be for a
funeral- not yet, anyway. LOL. It will
be a hoot! Last time we were all together I was just a baby of 19. Now I can
drink booze with them! Hello Yuengling Beer! Come to me my precious---
I had a class this
last weekend to show me how to use more features on my new sewing machine. The one little
issue was that the woman who was giving me the class was a Viking user, not a Pfaff
user so my class was only about 10 minutes. I am a decent reader so anything I
need to know I will read about on my own I guess.
A few of my friends have been asking how I was liking the new machine. I
compared it to a new relationship- at first it was all great- loved it all.
Then, things started to piss me off. After a week or so (ok, month) of that, I got more used to it and I am once again happy with my purchase.
I am glad the class was 2 months after purchasing the machine ,though at first
that bothered me as well. Also, by selling my other back up machines I had
nowhere to turn when the new one was ticking me off. I had to get out the damn
manual and figure it out on my own, and I did. I think a glass of wine was involved in that attitude
adjustment, or it may have been a piece of very special chocolate.
I did get a few
things sewn. I made this Bethlehem Star for a class I am teaching in the fall.
Not thrilled with the way the pattern was written, but oh well. It is the 3rd
quilt I have quilted on my new machine and I think it came out just fine!
I also made this
pillowcase and it is for a shop sample as well. The fabric for this was in my stash- I am trying
very hard to use fabric from my stash. I must have really liked this flower
print- after making 3 pillowcases I still have 2 yards left!
I have made a few
little wallets- this one is mine-
I bought some wonderful Kaffe fabric to make a shop sample of an Atkinson Design bag, then ended up going
back and buying yardage of the same fabric for a Flowering Snowball quilt. I bought a white solid for the smaller parts of the block (the orange part in the snowball template picture), and am using the Kaffe for the larger part of the block (the white part on the snowball template package). I should have enough fabric for a queen size top. I bought the fabrics (except for the lime green for the centers of my snowballs) at Quilting Hands in Lyons, Colorado which is
one of my favorite shops. They carry Aurifil thread, along with a fantastic
assortment of fabric and notions. They are a wonderful shop- and are moving to
a larger location. I can’t wait for that! ROAD TRIP!
This weekend I am
hoping to get a bit of sewing done. I have my final 3 blocks to sew for a Block
of the Month program that I am participating in. We can pick up the finishing kit in June so I would like to have
all of the blocks done and ready to go when I pick that up.
I also have to give
our place a good cleaning to get ready for my house/dog/cat sitter to come over
while we are gone. The weather may be crappy this
weekend so what better way to spend it than cleaning! My sweet friend Terry
wants to get together this weekend as well, so that will be a nice break from
cleaning. And if it ends up like it did last time, lunch may turn into an
all-day quilt shop adventure- with pie! Whoo hoo!
Hope this post finds
you all well- enjoy your week!
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