OPAM Another finish for October!

This week I have spent it trying to get this wallhanging quilted.  I started out trying to wind a bobbin with Sulky thread on my Pfaff and well lets just say the Pfaff almost went in the pool!  No matter what I did it would not wind that bobbin.  So the Pfaff went over to the kitchen counter and up from the floor came my Viking #1.  Threaded it up and wound that bobbin just like it was nothing to do...hmmm...So I start on my free motion quilting, of which I am not that good yet..and the needle thread kept breaking, so after awhile I thought ok lets put in a bigger needle did that and it was working pretty well.  Then the bobbin thread started breaking...UGH...I started out quilting around 1:30 and ended at 6:30 that night.  And this top isn't that big!  Wednesday I made the binding and sewed it down.  Here is the finished picture.  So glad this project is done!

A couple finishes for October!

The first one is a Quilt for an Hour that Judy hosts every so often on Patchwork Times. I love this pattern and can see me making another one. Thanks Judy! The other one is a little wall hanging I had bought a kit for and got it finished today! Now it is hanging on my front door. Of course I had to post a pic of Eddie checking out the pumpkins...crazy cat.

Second finish for April!

Today I finished a love cover for a quilt retreat I'm attending in June. Planning on making more between now and then. I sat down to stitch the binding down and Eddie came up and thought he should lay down on it and sleep...ugh...goofy cat! Quickly got him off and got it done before he came back.

I have a finish for April...

And it's only the 2nd of the month!! Woohoo! I made this top at a quilt class oh probably about 5 - 6 years ago and it has laid in the drawer waiting for me to do something with it. About a year ago I found some fabric to use for the backing and got it all ready to be quilted and there it sat for another year....see a pattern here? LOL Well yesterday I sat down and quilted it and made the binding. Today I put the binding on it and it is finished!! Woohoo!

My first finish of the New Year!

Eddie thought he should help me finish sewing Heather's totebag.

I was sewing along minding my own business when bam! I ran out of bobbin thread. No biggie, wind another bobbin...well crap! Ran out of thread....ok think...breath....wind some from one bobbin to another bobbin and pray it works and that I have enough to finish....This pic is how much thread was left when I got done! Yikes that was close!

This is the finished totebag and what we will call the front.


This pic is what we call the back of the totebag.