Lois
Love the colors in your quilt

Lois, do you have interesting decorative stitches in your machine? I used some on the 2 narrower borders of the the queen quilt I'm working on. Then I did light embroidery on the other 2 borders. A couple of ideas for you.

Luann - ooooh...aaahhh. Looks like you have a computer attachment for the long-arm? That should be lots of fun! If I won the lottery...

Geneva, others who use Kona fabric, does it soften up when washed? Texture just isn't as smooth to me as other quality quilt fabrics, but. it comes in so many great colors though.

When I can't find something locally, I order fabrics online. But, I'm on yet another fabric diet, so haven't bought anything for months. Need to use up what I have. But I will make an exception for fabric needed for a specific project that will be put to immediate use and the other fabric for the project must come from my stash and constitute at least 50% of the total project. I really need to be very strict with myself.

Kathy

Lovely and bright Lois

Come on Sybil pull yourself together you've got work to do

I've been gone for just a bit more than a week and let me tell you, you folks do amazing things in a short amount of time. I have been busy getting life back in routine order/ laundry, groceries, garden chores. But today I am back at the sewing machine. Finally. I am thinking I might get this queen size quilt done this week. I have 2 more blocks to quilt ESD then it's just the borders. Don't know what to do there. The wide one will be just parallel lines but the green one has be stumped. I am open for ideas. Don't think I'll do more than the SID on the main body. I am thinking anymore would just get lost in the busy-ness of the scraps. I am going back to quilt that last block then it's rest time and time to ponder re the green border










Again, you folks are amazing. Can't believe all the work getting done. We are doing a great job keepin everyones nose the the grindstone.

Very nice setup for your machine, Luann. Aren't you itching to make something?

LuAnn! I almost forgot to congratulate you on your new "baby"!! Glad it arrived safely. Have fun today learning about it!
geneva

Rosemary your Maxiture is amazing! I'm sure it will win! The border is the perfect addition.

Annis, love all your red quilts. You are a busy lady!

I like Bella and Kona solids. It's hard to find any here in the tri-cities. So I usually buy 5 yards of black, cream and white. I am currently using some cream that I bought before I moved here, with some Kaffe fabrics I bought a couple weeks ago for my new granddaughter's quilt. It's so nice to have it on hand.

I am stopped on the baby quilt as I am waiting for Sybil to grow tired of her affair with Mr. Fix It. Mr. Fix It says her circuit panel died and he hopes to be done this coming week. I need Sybil to embroider the baby's name. Meanwhile Constance is doing a wonderful job filling in.

We've had out almost 2 year old grandson here since Thursday night, so he's keeping us very busy! He loves my thread box. He has emptied it several times.

Take care everyone!
geneva

Wendy,
It's really quite easy once you get your rhythm working for you. The computerized portion has a learning curve, but as long as I go one step at a time, it should be fine. Listen to me,, oh woman of confidence!? LOL
LUANN

Gosh that looks complex. Good luck

The baby has been installed and tested. Today will be a review/training in basic machine operation.
Everything about it appears to be in perfect shape, despite the delivery man's attempt at giving me a heart attack!!




And soon there will be more fun stuff coming from me.

Thanks to all of you that empathized with the beginning of this week.

May God bless you with a bobbin that lasts thru the seam your sewing,
Luann

Rosemary, that quilt is amazing!!! What is the size of it? WOW it will be a winner.

Sharon in HOT Colorado

Rosemary, Maxiature is absolutely drop dead gorgeous - I defy any judge to disagree with me

Beautiful Quilts, Annis, you're going to make some people very happy - but I have no clue what the name of the block was - am in general pretty clueless on block pattern names - for me if it's star shaped and pointy it's a type of star, if it seems to be turning it's either a falling star or a type of windmill... (Most likely that's because I'm lousy at following individual block patterns and generally rather do something wonky.
There's no to small or too large for a mug rug - just the wrong size of stuff people use it for! If I have a proper 'three pines' cafe au lait'' bowl and croissant - I really need your larger muggie