A new machine

Yup, I did it. I am in love.

Got a Janome 8900 QCP and have been learning to change the feet and do free motion quilting on it. Trying out the quilt by button instead of foot method. WHOO scary! But the stitches look really great!

Here is my older baby, a Janome 9000.

Stuck on my Storm at Sea. My quilting lines are not straight enough to my liking. So I have put it aside.

I need to get over it and continue on.

Now I have three 100-block scrappy squares completed and one laid out to stitch together.. I really like this for taking a break in designing and being frustrated. I need to think about fabric selection for the sashing.

Baby on Point - Laid out and ready for me to re-start the blocks on the edges.

FRQ - Starting to practice some of Leah Day's patterns on placemat-sized sandwiches. Pretty cool. Doesn't look like hers YET!

Quilt List

I have moved my List of Quilts to a spreadsheet in Google. Much easier to keep track of and to sort.

Now working on figuring out how to put a copyright watermark on my personal images so I can start posting my work on this blog. I will then delete my prior postings and start a real blog. Maybe??

Quilting is what I want to do for my enjoyment. It would be nice to make money for it also.

Do I need a newer machine? I think so. My Janome 9K is breaking too often now.

Consider taking off a second day to go to the Quilt show on Wednesday night and Thursday (all day) and check out the machines and quilts of course!!