Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Happenings

I quilted on the CCCat's longarm today. WhooHOOO! With her guidance, I've accumulated a few pantographs and cones of thread!! Here's the newest color additions....These are So Fine thread from Superior.




This is the one panto I bought. It's called popcorn and I really like it. I would show the rest of the pantos but can't seem to copy the pictures. We used two different pantos on the quilt because we just wanted to know how they looked! This longarm quilting is incredibly fun. I am so, so fortunate to have such a generous friend. We make a good team. She quilts, I cut and fuss, I quilt, she cuts and fusses....well mostly today I quilted while she did the grunt work. We are also a good team at getting in trouble in fabric stores, at quilt shows...ect. Now, I have never attended a show with her but have managed to spend 100's of dollars while she attended!! I told her she is not allowed to go to another show for a long time. It is waaayyyy too hard on my checkbook! UUURRGGHHHH!!!! I tried to post the pictures I just spent time finding of the threads ect. but blogger is acting punky!


We managed to get the entire Mary Engelbreight quilt finished.....despite me. I was a bit distracted. I am leaving tomorrow to go Ohio. My dad has to have some tests and a possible procedure so I'm going to be with him and my siblings. I will bind and post photos of the quilt when I return.

7 comments:

Diana said...

Love that panto. I bet the pattern looks great on the quilt. Lucky you to have a longarm to play with!

Hanne said...

Lovely panto. I bet it looks great on a quilt.

Silverthimble said...

So Fine thread is the best! It never disappoints! I have also found that it is perfect for applique and sewing on bindings. Because it is so fine, it just disappears into the fabric! I love it!

Teresa said...

How nice to have a long arm to work with. A very nice panto.

Susan said...

How exciting that you've been playing on the machine! I loved the Superior metallics best of all the metallics on the market. I used mostly Valdani cottons with my machine, but I'm sure the Superior ones are great. Yeah, I'm officially jealous. =)

Greenmare said...

popcorn is one of my favorite pantos! that one is fun and goes good with so many themes. sometimes it looks like flowers, and sometimes it looks like cloud swirlys. if you understand that sort of talk. ;-)

Elaine Adair said...

I have kept this post as NEW so I can keep practicing this pattern. Don't know why my brain just does NOT absorb this - something about changing direction, I think.

Poor baby with the fat lip! 8-) Hope it's back to normal soon.

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