Happy Quilts

These two quilts went to my sister and her family for xmas. It's a real treat for me to see them in their new home!

A New Favorite

This is my new favorite applique stitch that I found on my 820! I didn't want to do invisible thread (thought it was kind of dull) and this one is easy to do and adds a little texture.
Having fun in the studio.....

Still Here!

Wow! It's been awhile. I'll post photos of the quilt I'm working on really soon. I chose the colors/fabrics remembering the drive up to VT for Thanksgiving - noticing all the colors along the highway - and I'm hoping they all sing together in this quilt. We'll see.....

Next Session Quilts

Here's a little peek at the 3 projects that I'm teaching in the next session at The Happy Quilter. All quilted and bound! Yippee!!

Sunday

After the busy weekend I did some sorting/cleaning up/procrastinating in my studio. Here's a future project that I cut strips for.....

and this is almost quilted, but I'm stalling while I figure out what to do in the borders.

This is something I should get to but didn't - this is an old cabinet where I keep my fabric..

and this is what the inside looks like. That's a project for another day!!

Blind Hem Stitch

How many of you have this stitch on your machine and have never used it? Until today, I could say that described me. I've had two pair of pants in the closet for about 6 months now waiting to be hemmed and today, I finally decided to look in the manual and find out how to do this! Why did I wait so long?!?!? Just make the hem look like the one in the diagram in your manual, put the #5 foot on with some matching thread, and it's practically done before you start. I was going to hand stitch another hem down during the Yankee game tonight (keep your fingers crossed - yes, I am a fan) but I think I'm going to run up to the studio and do it before the first pitch!!!

Brownstone Quilters

I just dropped off two quilts for the Brownstone Quilters Guild Show today. It's next Friday and Saturday and you can get all the information and directions to the show here.
It is sure to be a wonderful show - definitely worth getting there to see all the beautiful quilts.