Yay! I got a new sewing machine for Christmas. It has a 30 day guarantee so I need to use it now instead of putting it under the tree for 3 weeks. I did some quilting on it right away. Can't show you very much though. (I will later.)
This quilt has dragonflies. These are the last two I did.
These are the first two. See that learning curve. I maybe should have practiced more before starting on the actual quilt. I hope the recipient of this quilt doesn't mind too much, that it was kind of a learning quilt for me.
Here's something I printed out today. I've been wanting to draw more often. I haven't read it yet but am going to tonight. I bet I can get my boys to draw with me, that would be fun.
I have been having fun browsing the giveaways over at Sew, Mama, Sew and enjoying all the comments on my little prize. I have added a few new interesting blogs to my reader. I'll tell you more about some of them in the next few days.
How awesome! Guarantee or not, I wouldn't have been able to stop myself from ripping the box open once I got my grubby hands on it :)
ReplyDeletegreat job!!! those dragonflies are so fun and the new sewing machine is beautiful
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your new machine and love the dragonflies!!
ReplyDeleteYAY for a new machine! Don't you just love getting new quilting stuff! :)
ReplyDeleteThe more you quilt the better you get. And you can only do that on real quilts! Congrats on the new machine.
ReplyDeleteyay for early Christmas presents! I think the dragonflies are darling!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your new machine. Way to use it right away. I love dragonflies and I love yours. When I do free motion quilting I draw the design on paper. Once I can draw it without thinking about it I can generally quilt it. I think it's the brain memorizing the pattern. Great job!
ReplyDeleteSo fun! Love the dragonflies!
ReplyDeleteYour dragonflies are amazing! I never would have thought of that :) Happy new machine and merry Christmas to you!!
ReplyDeleteGood for you jumping right in...both times I got my new machines there was a week or so of reading the manual and just contemplating the possibilities...plus a little bit of fear - what if they weren't as awesome as I had thought? Of course, they were...but it took a bit!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the sewing machine...love my Janome!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilted dragonflies! So perfect for this lovely quilt! It looks so hard to do but I'd love to try quilting a dragonfly pattern sometime! You rock!
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