Do you name your sewing machine(s)?? I don’t….It’s just my “Juki, brother, etc” My main workhorse machine is my Juki TL18QVP, it’s a straight stitch machine and this guy is heavy and sturdy!! I LOVE it!! I rarely take it to the “spa”, it has no bells and whistles and no electronics which makes it …
I finished quilting another customer’s quilt- thanks Kathy! Kathy MAILED me the quilt and it was a fun surprise to open it and see that it was a quilt made with MY pattern! This is a blue batik version of “Nighttime by the River” It was quite big and she chose “Finesse” as the long …
A local customer called me up I think 2 months ago and asked me if I had any cowboy quilts, I didn’t, so she went on the hunt for cowboy fabrics (without picking out a pattern first!) Then she dropped off a pile of FQs and went for a hunt for some solids/blenders and came …
I recently finished quilting a customer’s T-shirt quilt It was a BIG quilt! I don’t mind quilting T-shirt quilts but I often get asked if I could make some for people and I turn them down. To me they are boring and once you start ironing the interfacing/stabilizer onto the back of them, all the …
A lady contacted me about quilting a quilt for her for a grandchild I think, she is from England and had used some British fabrics in it, then someone in the family was Dutch and someone was from Singapore (Chinese), it ended up being a very international quilt! The Chinese symbols were iron-on appliqued and …
I finished quilting a customer’s batik quilt and this thing was HUGE!! After the first pass or not even, I knew it was crooked a bit, it often happens when a quilt is so BIG and you’re adding the borders, the weight of the quilt can easily pull down, so the borders were a bit …
Last week the only thing I really managed to do while Anja was sick, was to Long arm quilt this big quilt for a customer It’s all about horses 🙂 For the quilting we found this cute stars and horseshoes pattern and I used a light brown thread and quilted it allover with QCT And …
I recently finished this Washington’s Puzzle Quilt (fitting for President’s Day week!- which still has a sale going on btw for KITS!) I used the Washington Puzzle die by Accuquilt It makes 4″ Finished blocks and then I added 2″ sashing and borders so it finished 26″ x 26″ I long arm quilted it with …
maybe 2 weeks ago a friend dropped off a quilt to long arm, and told me not to hurry, and I just got busy with stuff that I put it aside, then Saturday at lunch time she texted that she was going to a basketball game 5 miles from me (and she lives an hour …
A close friend at church asked me about a month ago, if I could print 4 small quilts for him, they are Christmas panels and he just needed to add borders to them and then gift them to others from church who’s part of their bible study. I’ve quilted for him and his wife before …