Well, hello there! What a busy couple of months our family had. So much has happened in my life since last October. I passed the bar exam, moved, had a baby...and that was just through the holiday months. Things are quieting down and I'm now turning to a bit of sewing.
I bought fabric for the quilt design I showed you in my last post.
I was able to match the colors pretty well to what I chose in Electric Quilt. These are all Kona solids purchased from Missouri Star Quilt Company. I ordered black printer ink today (because I'm currently out of it) so I can print out my patterns and start piecing this quilt. All the fabrics have been prewashed and dried since this photo, but they are still waiting to be pressed.
If you follow my page on Facebook, you might have already seen some of the other projects I've been working on. I'm setting up a permanent sewing space in the new house and so as a result, I have been going through boxes and boxes of sewing supplies. I found some old blocks I made years ago, and you may have even seen them if you've followed this blog that long. I think I made these with the thought of completing a Sylvia's Bridal Sampler quilt. I must have lost steam and moved on to something else, and good thing, because my piecing wasn't all that phenomenal here. The seams are bulky, and I must not yet have really been into machine quilting because now that I know better, I put a lot of effort into minimizing bulk. I picked a few of the better blocks and squared them up, which inevitably means I will lose some points or create some floaters. But it will still be a fun short project to put together so I can get to the part I love the most, which is the machine quilting.
Today I have some housework and errands to run, and then I'll try to squeeze in sewing time. The plan is to get this machine quilted on my Juki, but I've been having some trouble with thread looping on the underside during free motion quilting. I had it serviced recently but it's still giving me trouble. I suspect it may be a threading issue. That will take some experimenting to resolve. Regardless, I have to decide if I want to add borders with applique, or whether I forgo the applique knowing this piece doesn't have the best piecing to warrant so much effort.
In the meantime, if you want to see more frequent updates as I go along, you can watch for posts here.
