many joyful hours of quilting

many thanks, everyone! Rita, you were so timely in your reminder about the bobbin, so I peeked every single time I put on a new bit to sew and by carefully checking, managed to change bobbins before that row of holes Thank you!!! You are right, that fabric gets in the way and blocks the bobbin from view, darn it! LOL!

I am having so much fun. Just since Friday I've gone from 160 individual triangles to pairing them all up to now, Sunday morning, they are all in their neat little rows --- 4 rows of 20 pair each. And that is just sewing in the found moments here and there, not yet neglecting my family duties......(emphasis on the word "yet"). Amazing!! That would have been 5 or 6 FULL days of sewing when I was working by hand. I am stunned. And it is so fun!!!!

Off to a morning at the park with my family, but tonight I hope to join the 4 rows so I can do the hand applique and then attach this section to the 2 already done and this quilt top will be finished!!! Next week, I'll quilt it!! Hard to imagine!!!

I'm so happy for you, Heather! Enjoy every minute with your new machine!!!

Heather, How great it is to see you with that long awaited sewing machine. She's lovely. I am glad you have enjoying it so much. Keep us posted we are eager to keep learning about what you are doing.

Very good Rita! I shall try that with my kids

"Back to sewing, just wanted to share the picture with you guys! (well, snack, sweep/mop, then sew....)"

Ha, that will soon change to: sew, snack, sew, snack, sew, sew, clean, sew.... "what's for dinner mum"..... 'A QUILT!' Welcome to the club Heather. You look so happy in that photo with your new best friend. Hope you have as much fun as I do.

PosyP wrote: thanks Rosemary for a good laugh. Great way to start the day

Heather, congratulations on your new baby! I can see many wonderful quilts ahead of you. Enjoy!!

Sure looks like you have found a wonderful new sewing partner!! Happy Sewing!!

yes, you can easily see the thread in the bobbin - mine is top loading and clear too, but I haven't found a way of seeing through fabric yet, and I am seriously experienced at trying.

PosyP wrote:
this is a very good tip, thank you!!!

One thing I love on this machine, it has a top-loading bobbin, and the cover is clear, so I can easily see in to the thread. So maybe that won't happen to me quite as much. Maybe. (hey, a girl can hope, right??)

Also, thanks to the many tips here, I did buy a LOT of extra bobbins (it came with 4, and I bought a rectangular case of I think 24 more) so I can have bobbins loaded in the various colors I need and ready to go, since I tend to swap around projects. So maybe that will help as well.

One thing I've learned already --- the machine sure makes the sewing part go faster, but the pressing, pinning, etc. takes just as long. LOL! Although, I must admit, that 1/4" foot is marvelous and does save that step (marking) at least!

Heather - you know when you are sewing and you just run out of thread a couple of inches before the end - well this also happens with sewing machines only it is usually the bobbin that runs out and if you are not careful you can find that you have paired up 2-4 pairs and machined them only to find that there is no stitching in them, just a neat row of holes - don't ask how I know

Limbania55 wrote:
thanks, Limbania! Buenos Aires is on my list, too....we haven't made it over there yet. We focused first on Brazil specifically, thinking once we're moved back to the US, who knows if/when we'll return. We're just about done with all the Brazil places we had on our list so will branch out soon to the rest of S. America. Well, "soon" being a relative term; perhaps next year we'll get over there for a visit.

Great photo, thanks for sharing. Sounds like you and Maggie are having fun and accomplishing a lot. May you both enjoy lots of creative time together.

That's great that you're traveling while you live there. Never been there but have seen great pictures of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. My Mom and 1 of my sisters were there on vacation a few years ago and came home fascinated. It's on my bucket list, together with Buenos Aires, Argentina so, maybe some day...