Update and A New Project

My goals for this weekend were to finish binding the star quilt and get the borders sewn on the blue and yellow quilt, get it sandwiched and put in the hand quilting stand.

I did not bind the star quilt. I don't have any fabric so I will need to purchase some.

Friday, it took me from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to cut and sew the three borders on the quilt. It always takes me forever to do borders. I'm not sure why.

So today, I hope to get it sandwiched and ready to quilt.

I have found that I spend way too much time on the computer or on my table playing games so I am going to try to spend more time sewing, quilting, and working on hand work. So, I have been seeing all of the redwork, etc. that people are embroidering and decided to start on a quilt from a pattern I purchased years ago.



I am tracing it in small sections. I hope it works out all right. This is my first attempt at anything like this. But, I am moving right along.

It is a dreary day so I guess it is a good day to clean the house relax and do what I enjoy.

Happy snipping, stitching, and quilting! 

Block 1 Complete

I decided to use the machine to embroidery the bible verses on the blocks of the "For His Glory" quilt.  I was able to get the first one completed.

I absolutely love it.

Happy snipping, stitching, and quilting.

A Productive Day

I took my computer in to see why I couldn't get my embroidery files to save on my memory card. The girl at the shop didn't have any idea. She has a 64 mb card at the shop for sale so we tried it and it worked. She said she has used a 2 gb before so maybe that is the largest I can use.

My husband took the 4 gb card and formatted it and it still would not work. I am going to put a question in on the Janome website and see if the size is the problem or if it might be something else.

Craig was at school and work all day, Kelsey left to go to work at 3, and Larry left to go to work at 2:30 so the house was totally quiet all afternoon and evening. I worked on stitching out the embroidery for the blue baby quilt. I got it all embroidered and even have most of the borders sewed on.

I used my Janome 1600P DB machine for piecing this quilt and do not have a 1/4 inch foot. I can really tell the difference and will be ordering one soon.

Is anyone out there having problem with their return (enter) key on their computers when in blogger? About a month, ago my computer started messing up when hitting the return key to start a new paragraph. When I hit the return key, the cursor will often stay where it is or go back to the beginning of the paragraph I am working on. I then have to use the arrow keys or the mouse to get the cursor where I want it.  I do not have this problem in Microsoft Word.

Well, it is Saturday morning. I just finished watching the Fons and Porter quilting show. I am going to grab a peanut butter bagel with my cup of coffee, have a glass or orange juice, and hit the sewing room. No one will be home with me again today until after Kelsey gets off sometimes after 1 p.m. Then she'll be in and out. So I'll be able to sew all day again. An afternoon walk and church services tonight. What a wonderful, relaxing day.

Happy snipping, stitching, and quilting!

Frustrated!

I really love to get new "toys" and new software programs, like EQ6, and now the digitizer for my embroidery machine.

Except . . .

I am very impatient when it comes to learning how to use them to their fullest and my best advantage. I want to sit down and be able to do everything immediately and it doesn't always work that way.

Wednesday night, I spent 3 to 4 hours trying to figure out how to save an embroidery design to my adapter card so I could insert it in my machine to stitch it out. For some reason the software doesn't want to write to my memory card adapter.  I know the card is not bad because I was able to save a word document on it.

So, I guess I'll call m dealer to see if I can come in on Friday or Saturday for another lesson. This time I will take my laptop and machine and the memory card with me so they can look at it and see if it is user error (which I believe it probably is) or if there is something wrong with the software.

Well, tonight I put the 1gb memory card (that I received free designs on) in and it worked. So I know the software is not recognizing my memory card. After searching the Janome forum, I found that my 4gb memory card is too large and I need to get a 1 gb. Of course, no store in my town sells them.

Oh, the perils of living in a small, small town.

Happy snipping, stitching, and quilting.

A Little Bit Accomplished

I dropped by the Dollar Tree today and while I was there some tea towels caught my eye. They were white with colorful stripes on one end. As I have been visiting other blogs, I keep coming across cute tea towels with embroidery on them. These towels just seemed to call my name. And a couple of them came home with me.

So I sat down and picked a couple of spring flower patterns and away I went. Here are the results.

Gotta love Dollar Tree. They do have some bargains.

Until next time  . . .

Happy snipping, stitching, and quilting.

Not Getting Much Accomplished

I had good intentions of getting things accomplished tonight. Did you know that the hours from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. are the shortest hours in the day? I know, they really aren't, but those are the hours I am usually home and up and they sure do seem to fly by.

I worked a little bit with my embroidering tonight. Trying out the new machine and checking out the designs.

Then I did managed to applique a few things on a wall hanging I am making for my kitchen.

I'm going to be out of town for the next two days for a literacy workshop. Believe it or not, I have decided not to drag my lap top with me.  I am taking my Kindle though. I can't imagine sitting in a hotel room and not doing anything but watching TV. I have to be doing at least two things at a time.

So I will be out of touch for a few days. I know what I will be doing on Friday evening. Probably being lazy and checking out blogs. But I can embroidery while I am reading so maybe I'll design a small embroidery piece for a spring table topper to embroidery out on Friday evening. Yep, that's what I'll do.

Until Friday . . .

Happy snipping, stitching, and quilting!