Showing posts with label Me and My Seam Ripper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Me and My Seam Ripper. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Ribbit ... Ribbit ... Ribbit ... Repeat




is on-going ... and going ... and going on. 

The quilty kitties are helping.


In this photo, Maestro looks like she does not quite understand the concept.

It tried again to explain that I want to un-quilt this one so I can
quilt it again on my new longarm.
On the surface of things, it seams not to make much sense.
I know I would never finish this quilt on my regular machine now.
Trying to do the same quilting on the new long arm would not match.


It is too pretty a quilt top to let sit unfinished in my closet.

This is the way to go.


Maestro say,  " You can do this, Mommy.  I love you."

Maestro may not understand this reasoning,
but she is supportive.

I can do this!

The sun is shining today!

I was forgetting what the sun looked like.

May the sun shine in your life 
and may your quilty adventures be more productive than mine today.

Happy Wednesday! 

Friday, May 3, 2019

My Un-Quilting Adventures ~ Part 1 ~ Ribbit ~ Ribbit ~ Ribbit


What do I do when I have a quilt more than half quilted on my regular sewing machine

... and I am not happy with the quilting ...

... so I put it aside in my closet for a few months ... 

... and now my new long arm quilting machine should arrive (hopefully) next week.

We are still waiting for the frame to arrive.

I know I am never going to finish it on my regular machine.

I would have done so by now.


The "strand" quilting is not all that "bad."
However, it was making this light and airy top look "heavy" though.
Also, I had difficulty wrestling this large quilt top
on my regular sewing machine.
I became achy and frustrated
and got a wrinkle in the backing.
I just put it aside and it has  been the ghost of summer past
haunting me from my closet.

I think this quilt top is one of the reasons that helped me to finally decide
I needed to commit to getting the long arm.

It seems only right it should be my first quilt on my new Amara 20.



This was my " Last Quilt of Summer 2018" posted Here

I will be sew much happier with this quilt if I make this effort.

So I here I sit with my trusty seam ripper ...

ribbit

ribbit

ribbit

ribbit 

ribbit

You know where I will be this weekend.

ribbit

ribbit 

May you have a happy quilty weekend ... :)

I will be riveted to my seam ripper.

ribbit ... ribbit