Thread Tales From A Scrappy Quilter

Sally had a lot of  piecing into this scrappy green quilt.  Quilted with a green variegated thread on top and a little less green shade on the back.  Quilted with Bubbles Big/Small.

It's been a long hard week! For every success it seems we then have an extra difficult next day.  Repeating the very same steps because all we are working on mastering is edge to edge at this time.   So frustrating, but they say give it a few weeks.   The positive side, my 26" (aka The Kraken) stitches beautifully.       The above is my Summer in the Park.  It has been on my custom list since 6/2013.  I decided to do a simple, fast edge to edge on this and give to one of my granddaughters.   I used Pink Lemonade Glide thread on top and bottom.  Colors are a little washed out, its brighter in person.  The last 2 on the frame shots show the correct colors.  I need to perfect my camera phone skills for the new location. Now it needs to have binding made! 2 more little ones, again one open fun design on the bright colored squares. The muslin was  my first "quilt" even though just a ...

It's been a whirlwind of activity the past week getting ready for the changes going on in my quilting studio.   I have re-located from the upstairs loft area to taking over what was the entry living/dining area of our home.   Here are few pictures of what was going on! My 26" now with Mach 3 Auto Pilot computer system.  End of Day 2 of Installation   Gizzy supervising the set up (actually he was a little afraid and hung by my feet for most of the install).  Day 1!       My 26" was moved from upstairs plus set up of the new 22" which is going in front of my Gravity quilt.           Test Drive time for the new 22" on my older frame - Day 1.   Hand guilded custom work with this longarm. Day 2 both installed and ready! A friend was concerned that it was too crowded.   While not a lot of excess space... there is plenty of space to move freely and...