It's always those little things...

Three things to be happy about:
(1) remembering the coupons
(2) broccoli slaw
(3) sleeping under a quilt you made

It's that time of year again, when the nights are downright chilly. I keep a quilt on my bed year round, but the last two nights are the first time I've actually slept under it.  Sears and K-Mart, eat your hearts out!

Speaking of eating, my favorite home made snack lately is a combination of raw almonds (I get the large bag from Costco), California raisins and small chunks of crystallized ginger.

Sometimes I add a few English walnuts if I have em.

Snacky-licious!

SO I finished the quilting on that pesky top! 

I put in a new needle before I started, so I knew that wasn't the problem.  Then a light bulb went off  - I adjusted my thread tension and the problem disappeared. 

Why do the small things always gang up to make you feel stupid??

For the binding I used this very ugly "why did I buy it" Christmas fabric.

I mean, blue? 

Really?

Doesn't look too too bad cut up though  ...

And not too too bad attached to the quilt... 

I mean, alongside that very ugly red and green "why did I buy it" Christmas fabric!

I believe it'll fly.


Sew forth and sew on

Please don't stop me now!

Three things to be happy about:
(1) fall breezes
(2) hot oatmeal
(3) turning the calendar

It's October already, where did September go???

My October started out trying to finish this quilt that's due to my guild in less than three weeks.

But I swanee, it seems it doesn't want me to quilt it!  I had thread breakage no less than 6 times and I don't know what the problem is. 

I changed threads (including the weight), I rethreaded, I adjusted the tension, I rethreaded, I RETHREADED - nothing seems to work!  The problem seems concentrated on the top of the quilt, the back looks perfect, no bird nests or skipped stitches. GRRRRRR! 

Today I'll change machines and see if that works better.

Meanwhile, I liked that wonky churn dash method that I found on You Tube (Missouri Star) but I didn't like all the negative white space in the 12" blocks.

I'm making one for myself using 6" blocks and different white-and-black fabrics for the background, for a super scrappy look!

Getting a big ole green infusion from Jennifer's scraps I nabbed at the retreat!

I like how these are turning out. 

I'll make a decision later on the setting, but for now I'll keep "churning" them out!


Meanwhile I'll try finishing my quilt on my Janome, I've never used that machine for quilting before, only piecing.

If it still doesn't work out my only other choice is to throw it on the floor and stomp on it (the quilt, not the machine)!  That won't get it quilted but it might make me feel better!

Sew forth and sew on

Silent Sunday

Nuff said!

Sew forth and sew on