A couple weeks ago on a Saturday, Kimball helped me remove the end of my 5' quilting frame, and we extended it to it's full 10' length. Kimball opened the box for the stitch regulator and got it all hooked up to the sewing machine. I'm sure glad he did that, I don't think I would have been able to figure the instructions out. Next, I actually sewed the leaders for the poles, which was the last thing I needed to do to finish setting it up the quilting machine.
Don't mind the mess. I haven't gotten around to cleaning yet.
Last week I went fabric hunting in some boxes of fabric downstairs and found this cute panel for a baby quilt. I figured it would be perfect for a trial run on the machine. It took me the better part of the evening to figure out how to get the two layers of fabric & the batt loaded on, but I did it. The next night I took the plunge & did a free hand meander on the quilt top. It went really fast, it probably took somewhere just under an hour to quilt. It in no way looks professional, I need to practice a lot more, but I thought it turned out pretty good for the first try!
I joined another online quilting group the other day - and read that they are doing a "Mystery Quilt". The fabric requirements have been posted, and during the month of December, the cutting instructions and pre-sewing instructions will be posted. Mystery Day for sewing the quilt top together is December 31. I thought this sounded fun, so I went in search of some fabric tonite for my mystery quilt. Here are my fabric selections:
Hopefully I made good color selections & the quilt will look awesome!
I was going to post some more cartoons, (yes, Richard, there are more) but it's past my bedtime, so it will have to wait until tomorrow...
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7 comments:
Wow, that is huge! Next, you'll have to post a video of how that thing actually works. ;) The quilt looks great.
That little quilt is cute! Yes, I agree with Heidi that you need to post a video showing how it works.
Those Christmas colors will make an awesome quilt! Where do I put in my order? So how does a quilting machine work maybe a video demo is in order. Us, with technical minds...
If I was to put a quilt together and say was in the area sometime with it would you put it on your sweet quilting machine? If you see any monster truck material let me know.
It looks amazing if you ask me. Of course, it is a small picture, and I am easy to impress. But still looks amazing just the same. Pencil me in on the Calendar sometime in January!
Anndrea - You & Tyler are going to have to come out from under your Idaho rock and come to some of the fine ASHCRAFT events held in Utah. Then maybe we can negotiate a quilting event for you! Otherwise, I'm pretty expensive.
Wow, that is quite the set-up!
The quilt turned out nice!
I can't wait to see how your mystery quilt turns out, the colors look good so far.
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