My quilty kitties are watching me expectantly.
Katniss is giving me, "the look."
Maestro is peeking out at me from under the batting roll.
Nutmeg has given up and is taking a nap in the basket.
Well Nutmeg did follow me into the quilting room and was watching.
Then she decided she might as well take a nap in the basket
because I have gone in the room everyday for several days and not actually
done any quilting.
Today is the day!
I start (re) quilting ...
I have been catching up with other quilty commitments
and ... quite frankly ...
I think I have been dragging my feet on this one.
I think I am feeling a little intimidated by having to actually quilt this one.
I think I need to stop thinking, get over myself and just quilt it.
This quilt is not ever going to be "perfect."
I just need to do the best I can with it.
One of the things I noticed on my first quilty attempt was I had a hard time
anchoring the quilt at the top and sides.
anchoring the quilt at the top and sides.
So ...
I got these $10 "Channel Lock" rings to help me with those long straight quilting lines.
The rings attach over the wheels of the machine on the track.
This one is to do a horizontal line.
Here I am anchoring the top to the already anchored batting.
I used a few open safety pins to help hold the top in place for this.
Then I moved the rings to the vertical track in the back.
Then I anchored the top at the sides.
These channel locks have limited use as I have to go to the back of the table
and move them every time I want to quilt a straight line
and move them every time I want to quilt a straight line
but they were very helpful for these initial steps.
There is an expensive electro-magnetic channel lock add-on to my machine that I really, really want to get someday so I can do free form straight line quilting on my long arm.
I am saving my pennies up for that one.
In the meantime, this will do.
Maestro is curled up next to me now on her red chair as I type this post.
I love how she follows me around all day and keeps me company.
It is cool and going to rain.
Today is also a family get-together day to celebrate our oldest son's birthday.
After that, I will be quilting "this quilt."
Wish me luck ... :-)
2 comments:
I need to look into those clips. I have a very old HQ16 that was adapted for a Hinterburg frame. I wonder if I can make them work on it?????
I use those channel locks all the time on mine. They work so nicely.
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