I'm trying the quilt again using my new Accuquilt cutter. Even though, as a whole, the first quilt was fine, it's technically off. The points don't match & some of the corner blocks are cut off. I'll post both to compare when I get the second quilt top done.
These are pics I took from my deck tonight. It looks like a fiery sky but it's only the sunset, no actual fire this time.
I bought a new foot for my 830 machine, it does rolled hems. I put it on, tried it out but couldn't figure it out. It just didn't work according to the directions that came with it. So I returned to the quilt shop today for further instructions. They had some suggestions like using a stiletto to push the fabric through. I came home & tried it again, still no luck. So I pulled out the magazine with the article that gave me the idea to buy the foot in the first place. I read the article & really studied the photo in the article. Then it hit me what I was not doing. I tried once more & it worked! I can now make rolled hems on my sewing machine,( I never did figure out how to use the serger to make them.) this is good news because I can now make rolled hems on the silk pieces I do.
Score one for persistence.
Here's the second photo of the last post again, the first one didn't take very well.
These are 2 recent projects I just completed. They're going to the kids of one of the fire victims, a single mother with 2 little kids. I figured it was the least I could do
I finally finished this quit top. I'll make another of the same pattern & colors because I misread the directions, thought it said 2 7/8 " when it really said 2 3/8 ". Most of the blocks didn't line up correctly. The end result is okay, but I want to redo the wilt with the correct measurements, but not today. The block is Storm at Sea, the original quilt is shown in the current issue of American Quilter.
I presented this quilt to a neighbor who was forced from home as a result of the Christmas eve fire. Later in the day another neighbor who lost a barn in the same fire brought us a box of goodies as a thank you for helping him clean up the remains of that barn. hence, what goes round, comes fund. Point proven I think.
