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Tiny Tree and Vintage Ornaments Update

Posted on December 20, 2019 | 20 comments

I am very close to the end of working nearly a month without a day off (from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas Day). The madness is calming down and I believe I am going to survive another crazy shipping season after all!

I have even been able to enjoy some peaceful sewing time!

The Temecula Quilt Company’s tiny tree is sewn. The quilting will wait…the piecing is what I needed for the time being. I think I will be decorating this little guy with buttons.

The Vintage Ornaments quilt (and here) is slowly getting quilted. The last time that I shared, this quilt was quilted in the ditch, and the ornaments were outlined.

Since then, I have quilted inside the setting triangles.

I am now marking lines to quilt the sashing.

I do have template rulers, and a ruler foot for my domestic sewing machine, but I find it easier to mark my lines, and free motion stitch without the ruler. It is what I am used to…maybe someday this old dog will learn to use the rulers for how they were intended.

Maybe.

Hey…whatever works!

For the curious, I am using Wonderfil’s rayon thread for the decorative machine quilting.

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Tagged free motion quilting, LCsCottage, machine quilting, Temecula Quilt Company, Tiny Tree, Vintage Ornaments

Aunt Sukey Spins Off – Machine Quilting

Posted on January 24, 2016 | 7 comments

“As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.” -David Friedman

“How did it get so late so soon?” -Dr. Seuss

“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”-Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

I have neglected my blog. I like blogging, so what can I say for myself?

A demanding job, apathy, depression, a time-out, a boring existence, self-pity, frustration at the lack of control of my life….

Sheesh! You’d think somebody died or something! Get a grip! Change the negative brain recording!

I’m shaping up. Mentally, that is. Many of those emotions I’ve listed above apply to a big project. That would be my Aunt Sukey Spins Off project.

Yup. I became bored and frustrated with it, and it became a monster sitting on my shoulders and whispering great doses of guilt into my ears.

I don’t understand myself. Why…oh why…do I insist on complicating things. I love the acronym, KISS…keep it simple, Stupid. I love it, but have yet to apply it to myself.

Here I’ve made this classic traditional red and white quilt. So far, so good. But I can’t decide how to quilt it, and I go all out on the thing. And then I become frustrated. The quilting doesn’t fit the quilt.

There are times when I really should take a cue from my good friend Judy Butcher. She knows how to quilt a traditional quilt.

Alas, I’m committed.

We’ll see how it turns out.

In spite of myself.

Aunt Sukey Spins Off

Aunt Sukey Spins Off Part 1

Aunt Sukey Spins Off Part 2

Aunt Sukey Spins Off Part 3

Aunt Sukey Spins Off Part 4

Aunt Sukey Spins Off Part 5

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Initial Pillow

Posted on February 23, 2015 | 17 comments

I have decided to make one pillow a month. One pillow for each of my grandchildren.

I think a pillow with their initial on it would be a fun and personal Christmas gift.

Totally doable for me. So, yes, for the first time ever, I’m starting my Christmas list early.

Here you see the initial already machine appliqued onto a white background layered with batting and muslin. I drew a squiggly machine quilting guideline with a blue washout marker.