Update......

so, in my last post i posted pictures of my new sewing machine, well..........i was having major issues with it, so, yesterday my husband and i returned it to the sewing machine store, and paid a little extra and came home with this machine instead. it is a janome memory craft 4900QC, and it has so many features, i do not really know where to begin...a little intimidating, but i will get over that. here are some pics of her.....

An Early Christmas Present

This is my early Christmas present from my wonderful husband. My 11 year old Singer died on me the other day, and I was pretty sad, mad, etc. Of course it has to happen during a deadline. So today I went to my local quilt store (it's a 1/2 hour away), and looked at their used machines. I got this for a good deal, nothing fancy, but it does have what I wanted, blanket stitch, feed dogs that drop, auto lock stitch, love it!!! And she also gave me a lesson on how to use it, asked what I do, quilting of course, she gave me my quarter inch foot, darning foot, and walking foot for free. (Yikes!!) I saw that the walking foot was $50. So I came home and played with all the stitches, love it, they look so good. I need to finish an order before I can play for real and fun!!! I hope you all had a good day, mine was, even though I had to travel in crappy weather (snow, sleet, etc), but I went slow, and it was worth the trip :O}

So, what do ya think?

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Just wanted to say Happy Turkey day everyone!!

I have been working on some wall hangings for Christmas presents. Super cute, very pretty!! They were designed by the wonderful Heather Mulder Peterson. Here is a picture of one of them, I will show more another day, and will have better pics when they are done being quilted.

A Finish

This is my newest finish~I finished the binding last night. It is another original design of my own. Her name is Castles. She measures approx. 64" square. Fabric used was Daisy Chain by Amy Butler and Fusions by Robert Kaufman. She is for sale if anyone is interested. The pattern is finished and for sale also. Hope you like it.

Blogger's Quilt Festival

Hello All~and welcome to my blog. As with all of you I am so wishing I was at Quilt Market instead of home here in Maine. My quilt that I am going to share with you this year is my favorite original design so far, and it is my largest quilt to date also. I call it Stars and Strips.

I entered it into a quilting contest for McCall's Quilting Magazine. You can see it here. I did not make it past the initial cut, but that's ok, I have this beautiful quilt to show, and it has a special story!! It measures 60" x 72". The fabric is Simple Abundance by Bonnie and Camille for Moda. I love Bonnie and Camille's fabric lines so much, they are my absolute favorites! (So I have my Cotton Blossoms Quilt, and my Simple Abundance Quilt, and soon will have me some Bliss Fabric) I am really proud of myself, doing something of this magnitude is big for me, pretty amazing!!!

I would really love to thank you for stopping by. Hope you all have a great weekend!!