For the last 2 days I've been machine quilting my sleepover quilt with my small tabletop machine. Since I'm just learning this skill, hand/eye coordination is not that great, so I decided to quilt the whole thing in country stars of all sizes. You know, primitive wonky little stars, and boy oh boy are some of these primitive LOL...;C)) Cute though, and the best part is that you can't really screw these up because they come in all shapes and sizes. My quilting teacher said that the secret to good machine quilting is to practice, practice, practice!!!! By the time this quilt is done I will be able to make these babies with one eye closed, and the tongue between the teeth is almost eliminated today... as it is I made these all night in my sleep. Hard Work!!!
Today I finished the center and now all I have left to do is the border. ALL...(she says) that border sure looks a lot bigger than what I thought it was. It's going to have to wait until Friday because I have a quilting bee tomorrow and I need a break.
It doesn't look good for sewing next week, as I have commitments Monday and Tuesday and I'm having company for the next 3 days after. Then on Saturday we drive our granddaughter to Detroit to catch her flight back to her home state. She graduated grade 12 this summer and she came and spent the summer here in Canada taking time to visit all of the rest of the family. She was 10 when my daughter and her family moved to the States and now she's 18, quite a change in my little angel. We enjoyed seeing her and getting to spend some "special" time with her.
And I guess since we're going to go across at Port Huron I might just make a fabric run at
Jo-Ann's Fabrics. Wish me luck that they have good sales. I'm going to check out on line to see if there are any quilt shops in that town. I know there are probably 1001 in Detroit city itself, but DH absolutely refuses to get off the interstate for fear of getting hopelessly lost . Can't say I blame him. I'm not a great tourist when I don't know where I'm going or how I'm going to get back. LOL....
Until next time...
~~ Fran :c)
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