Where We've Been!

Been away hiking at the Grand Canyon and Sedona. Beautiful!

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!!!