Last night I quilted up Lily's twin size quilt...well that was after I figured out that the thread I bought wasn't liking my machine or vice versa. Luckily I went over to June's to wish her a happy birthday and bring her some birthday fun and she suggested a differnet thread and then borrowed me some...and she also let me use her walking foot. (It is awesome we have the same Viking Designer Diamond machine!) I have never used the walking foot before and I love it...it is on my list of things to buy. It made quilting this bigger quilt so much easier!
I actually quilted this little doggie quilt with the uncooperative thread, while trying to get it to work. It is okay, served the purpose of getting me comfortable with the walking foot.
Here you can see the back...don't look to closely, but I guess the dog it winds up with will be fine. My sister has two chiuauhuas and so does my mom..they are perfectly suited for my fun little quilts. Today I quilted this little doll quilt which has been waiting forever...and I found a binding in my pile and attached it. Did some hand sewing on it in the car on the way to lunch.
I made and attached the binding on Lily's quilt this morning and DJ has been hand binding it on and off all day. We plan to give it to Lily next weekend when we go to Yuma so she will be working on it all week. My thumb still isn't better...I thought it was from texting on my blackberry but apparently sewing and signing bother it too because I am losing my grip on my right thumb. So DJ said she would do that binding. I need to read a good tutorial on machine binding!
Yes that is Bug in DJ's lap!
This evening I did work a littl on the border for the quilt on the wall behind DJ. Have a way to go on that. I decided to whip up both of the Downy Quiltz for Kids tops that they sent me. They are precut and go really quickly. DJ did ironing and so they went even quicker!
3 comments:
Glorious post to read through; sounds like you had a heavenly day.
LOVE the Quilts4Kids fabric; they always send such adorable designs!
No walking foot?? Oh yes, a DEFINITE for the shopping list if you plan to sew binding by machine :0) Speaking of which; not meaning to push my blog, but I did post a tutorial on machine binding last year: http://skattebo-skattebo.blogspot.com/2010/07/label-binding-by-machine-tutorial.html
Maybe it'll be helpful.
Let DJ know I ALWAYS enjoy seeing pics of her in your posts. She's a DEAR learning all of this "quilting business" ;0)
Hey Andee I will text/call you, if you want to stop by today just need to know what time! This will be great for 4th. July.
I love that your dog is named Bug. He is super cute. Your quilts are so cute! Love show and tell.
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