UFO completion and Stitchers Angel Swap

I have completed another of my quilting UFO's - Cherry Hill Sampler.... I really enjoyed quilting this one as I did all kinds of doodling on it..... I think this will be a Christmas present for someone...... not sure who tho.....

This picture is of the back of the quilt and gives a better idea of the quilting..... show up really nice to with the red thread on black.....

I can cross this off the UFO list!!!!

I also completed my first project for the Stitcher's Angel group. It is an armchair caddy - the original pattern was for embroidery - but I did silk ribbon embroidery instead.... hope my partner likes it!

Today I am going to poke around the sewing room, clean up and maybe work on some nine-patch fabrics made from vintage fabrics.

Thought for the Day

If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Mary Pickford

Machine Quilting.....

My favorite part of "quilting" is the actual machine quilting of the quilt. Before I started longarming I quilted with my domestic sewing machine - my Husqvarna Viking - there was no stitch regulation then, but now many machines have stitch regulation and that makes quilting so much easier. I teach machine quilting on a domestic machine at a LQS - and I love it when a student catches the same quilting fever I have.

I was looking around YouTube and found some great tutorials on machine quilting
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LHv2GV8F-8E
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LBusZ3cGpoA&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XmJeER4fV0k&feature=related

These two videos are from Nicole Webb. I had the pleasure of taking a longarm class from her last October and what a tremendously lovely lady! and I learned a lot also
http://youtube.com/watch?v=C9HzGohUjoQ&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9KbpK07iSJ4&feature=related

Thought for the Day
Do what you love, love what you do!