This is why I'm in a hurry with the bed quilt
Because my old quilt is shredding!!! Shredding evenly all over the surface!
And I cannot buy a new one, or I'd be admitting failure. I'm going to make a new quilt for my bed, before the old one falls into rags on the bedroom floor.
The clock's ticking :-)
And I cannot buy a new one, or I'd be admitting failure. I'm going to make a new quilt for my bed, before the old one falls into rags on the bedroom floor.
The clock's ticking :-)
ISO the brown fabric I ran out of
Yay! Nice floral fabric on sale for $2 / yd!
So I bought all they had and cut out a dress for myself, with a tiered skirt. Fabric allowance? Who knows, I just cut a pile of straight pieces for the tiers and it looked like a big pile :-D
Got the top done and the first tier before I realized I don't have anywhere near enough. Walmart's all out of it, and I've checked three local Walmarts. It was already on the discount pile when I found it and there was some lag time before I cut it, so it's really all gone by now.
Perchance anybody out there in Net-land have more of this particular fabric?
So I bought all they had and cut out a dress for myself, with a tiered skirt. Fabric allowance? Who knows, I just cut a pile of straight pieces for the tiers and it looked like a big pile :-D
Got the top done and the first tier before I realized I don't have anywhere near enough. Walmart's all out of it, and I've checked three local Walmarts. It was already on the discount pile when I found it and there was some lag time before I cut it, so it's really all gone by now.
Perchance anybody out there in Net-land have more of this particular fabric?
Machine Quilting Five Minutes Later
Since this is a scrap quilt for cuddliness and doesn't matter, I thought I'd try my amazing new free motion quilting skillz on it.
This was the very first try, smack in the middle of the quilt. It took only a couple minutes and look how pretty it came out!
I had one goof-up that I had to restitch, and one broken thread.
Since taking the pictures I've done a bunch more sections with no goofs and no broken threads. At this rate the whole thing will be done in no time.
It's easier than trying to crisscross the blocks or stitch in the ditch-- why? Because without the machine presser foot, the layers move freely around and any scooting evens out instead of compounding as you get further. Also, since there's just one area being worked on at a time,there's less muscling of that mass of rolled quilt around inside the machine!
This was the very first try, smack in the middle of the quilt. It took only a couple minutes and look how pretty it came out!
I had one goof-up that I had to restitch, and one broken thread.
Since taking the pictures I've done a bunch more sections with no goofs and no broken threads. At this rate the whole thing will be done in no time.
It's easier than trying to crisscross the blocks or stitch in the ditch-- why? Because without the machine presser foot, the layers move freely around and any scooting evens out instead of compounding as you get further. Also, since there's just one area being worked on at a time,there's less muscling of that mass of rolled quilt around inside the machine!
Frugality Win - Tablecloth Dress!
As long as one doesn't mind walking around wearing a tablecloth.
And I don't.
And I don't.
Always Wanted a Dough Blender!
I’ve ALWAYS wanted one of these! Not quite enough to pay the $20 ish that they sell for, though.
But this really neat one was on Freecycle. It’s brand new in the box, with manual, MADE IN USA. The lady I got it from had always wanted one, too! She never ended up using it.
So now it's down there in the box, warming up a shelf in my storage area, making me happy... until I pass it on to the next Freecycler who's always wanted one of these?
But this really neat one was on Freecycle. It’s brand new in the box, with manual, MADE IN USA. The lady I got it from had always wanted one, too! She never ended up using it.
So now it's down there in the box, warming up a shelf in my storage area, making me happy... until I pass it on to the next Freecycler who's always wanted one of these?
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