I’ve heard all my life that if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.

I don’t *think* it applies here, and I’m now wondering if I *had* planned the quilting, would I had been too stressed to even attempt these half-feathers?

I now think, for this garden, I’m just going to let it grow the way it wants.

Happy Quilting Everyone!

Well that is what I’ve been telling myself.

There’s so much negative space here I have been at a loss as to what to do.

But here is where I’m at, though I keep wanting to ask… “Has anyone seen my invisible  thread?”

I had been looking at lot at sewing cabinets, put them momentarily into various online carts, removed them (dreading to spend the money, and of making a mistake) and I finally decided to NOT.

Here’s the backstory… I moved my primary sewing area to the living room. I don’t have a sewing room, though the Tiara is still tucked into a corner of a room I primarily use for an office.

So now, what I lost in a privacy I did not really need, I’ve gained in actual sewing time, as I no longer have to leave family life to “go sew”.

If anyone comes over – yeah, I sew things. Just squeeze by this and find the couch.

What I originally had for my Janome is a Gidget II (Arrow 611) table. (No link, nothing to sell here, folks, but you will find them online.)

I bought mine from Chatanooga Sewing Machines on Amazon, and was very happy with how it was packed and shipped.

These tables are great, economical and they fold down to slide away under the bed when you don’t need them. I had somehow wound up with 2 of them.

So for another $260.00 or so, I decided I would be able to use the Janome for ditching these quilts if I purchased just.one.more.

So here’s the set-up, one table the Janome recessed in for normal use.

The second one to support the quilt to the BACK.

The third table to support the quilt to the LEFT.

It’s working well!

Didn’t spend a few thousand.

Also didn’t call a realtor!

Happy Quilting Everyone!

Well, that was work out. 4,000 steps and never left the house.

The top is finally together, and I’m waiting for the batting I’ll use for trapunto to arrive.

There is some fullness here and there, but it’s tightened up since I hit it with starch and steam.

Should I also mention that I kept running my hands over it telling it to relax, as if that would actually work. ?? 🙂

I’m planning to puff out the circles with extra batting, and also couch down some metallic yarn to define the stars that landed on yellow backgrounds.

Happy Quilting Everyone!

Sometimes I wonder if I could ditch pins for good.

These are generic clips I got off of Amazon, and for these circles, especially tight ones like this one they really help… and are not “stabby”.

As you can see below, the clips are not really holding the fabric in place… what actually does secure it is me using a stiletto to shove it accurately under the needle.

(Actually happening from the other side, I don’t have a 3rd hand to hold the camera.)

There’s a lot of circles within circles in this quilt, and I’m learning to slow down and concentrate on getting them smooth.

Happy Quilting Everyone!

I am working on the Dream Flight quilt which has inset circles, and these are, right now, a tough thing.

Struggling to get perfect seam allowance, I know in all of them there is some wonkyness.

But I do have one of those “Circle Tools” as a maybe-someday-I’ll-need- this attachment.

So, what I’ve done to rescue them is to overlay my sewn circles with decorative stitches.

I’m thinking your eye sees a nearly perfect circle where there might not really be one…

What do you think?

Happy Quilting Everyone!

My original plan was to get them all on the wall and sort them out later. Lessons learned, start by grouping these pieces where they just might end up…

A new star on the Horizon!

These are the sections A 1-8, and I love seeing it come to life.

Happy Quilting Everyone!