Thursday, April 08, 2010


Look what came in the mail today.

What a wonderful book!  Well worth waiting for.



Yesterday sewing!

The first 2 rows of my POTC going together...
I am halfway with these 2 - 7 more rows to complete after this


Practise machine quilting.

The white I did with great frustration...I couldnt get the tension right and was trying different threads.
 In the top and bobbin.
Then I put the BSR foot on the machine, ,which I have been having trouble with, and did some sewing on the blue fabric.  I used BSR 2 with the large clear foot, and much to my surprise,I actually managed to use it a lot better.
This morning I did some more squiggles with it, on the blue and now I am a lot happier.  I am using silk thread top and in the bobbin...so I may get some more machining done on the Prism quilt later.
So Joanne  I am keeping up with  my daily practising.

Off to have a read of my wonderful new book, and to sit, listen to my audio book and do some more hand stitching on my POTC quilt.

11 comments:

  1. Your quilt is stunning and your machine quilting practice is awesome. Very good work!

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  2. wow...machine quilting practice piece looks beautiful. POTc prgress looks beautiful

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  3. Oooo that is such a great book!! I was leafing through it again yesterday :0)

    Joan, your "practice" quilting is so awesome!! I am in awe :0)

    Crispy

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  4. Fantastic machine quilting!! Inspiring!!!♥

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  5. Joan, you are amazing! I can't believe your quilt... It's coming together amazingly, and your machine-quilting! WOW! it looks awesome...
    Oh, you'll have to tell us more about your book!
    Thank You!

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  6. Wow, Joan, your quilt is looking great..can't wait to see all the rows together..
    Love your practice quilting blocks, I keep say I will try that, I need to make a day for it..
    Hugs Julia ♥

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  7. Joan.... your free-motion quilting is looking great. And POTC is absolutely stunning!

    http://www.ivoryspring.wordpress.com

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  8. I just waited a while for Jinny Beyer's book too. It was well worth the wait!

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  9. how do you like the book? Crispy mentioned it to me when she got it and I would like more opinions! I see we look at a lot of the same blogs I do not know why I hadn't seen yours before.
    Karen
    http://karensquilting.com/blog/

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  10. I like the swirls you made on your feathers. It adds your own unique signature to them! Lovely!

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  11. I´m pretty sure my BSR isn't able to make such a quilting ...*smiles*

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