At Friday's Pizza and Patchwork at Mita's shop (Patchwork Cottage) I asked for help on my Samurai Squares quilt. Peggy gave me some good advice, which I took, about the borders. I still wanted to do some type of free-motion on the outer border, so I decided to use clear thread on the top. That way my free-motion (lack of skills) won't show too much.
I packaged up my quilt, got to work, left for a moment and came back to this:
Seriously, does she look comfortable?
So I had to find something to occupy her. She liked this toy for a while:
Notice the snazzy summer collar. It has bumble bees on it. AND it matches the ball in the tube. Bonus!
Kitten is kinda lazy when she plays now she's older.
I went back to work on my quilt border, but I had the darnest time. The clear thread kept tangling and getting caught on stuff. I went through an entire package of Schmetz 90/14 needles! I purchased the new package of needles to take to Alabama, but now I have to go buy more. I HATE the noise the machine makes when I break a needle. It SCARES me!
I remembered that I had used an applesauce jar full of rocks (stay with me) when I quilted with clear thread before, so I found the jar I had been using for the locker-hooking string and adapted it for the clear thread. And I'll be danged. It worked. Smooth sewing after that.
Oh, and FYI, you cannot use a walking foot and a Super-Slider at the same time. (But that was yesterday.)
And tomorrow (maybe) binding (oh goody!).
Drum Roll Please--
This is a milestone akin to turning over 100K in my old car. Mom asked me how many posts I've done. I had no idea, so I tallied this blog (237) and my previous blog, Karmen's Page (55), so that makes 292.
Is it time I figure out how to do a give away?
Any soldiers out there who quilt and need supplies? Or want to surprise someone back here at home with a quilter's gift?
Is it time I figure out how to do a give away?
Any soldiers out there who quilt and need supplies? Or want to surprise someone back here at home with a quilter's gift?