Life is good!

So I finished quilting the quilt for church. I ended up machine quilting it myself, with just a simple checkerboard pattern on the diagonal. I really like how it turned out! Had a few puckers on the back, but hopefully easily fixed. I used spray adhesive to baste it, and have to say I like that much better than using all those pins! Lessons learned for next time: Iron the batting! Iron the backing - again and again Vacuum under the rug. ;) More newspapers around the edge It's better with a partner! Thanks to Mom for helping me get it put together. Much easier that way!

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I'm making a super fun quilt to auction off at our annual church dinner. This weekend I finally finished all the blocks. I was hoping to get some progress on sewing them together, but my daughter accidentally vacuumed over the foot pedal cord, and it required a little repair work. Oh well, at least it's fixed now!

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Another giveaway ! I'd love to try some new thread!

Well, I have finished 8 and 9. I can't remember which, but one of them just kicked my patootie! Seriously, I think I ripped out every single seam in it at least once. I was paper piecing it, and kept getting the colors backwards. And crooked. Luckily bowtie was a little easier! In the mean time, I decided to make a quilt to donate to my church to auction off at our annual fall dinner fundraiser. I'm using two Hoopla layer cakes from Moda. They are such fun, bright colors! Probably ones I would normally steer clear of, but they are definitely a blast to work with, and I hope people like the final product!