Monday, December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas

It's a little late in the day but here goes:


Our kids & grand-kids were here for Christmas dinner & gifts. Our 4 yr. old granddaughter gives the most delightful squeal when she unwraps something she was really wanting.  Her brother had a dinosaur Christmas...he added several to his growing collection. I'm glad the one I got for him went home with him....cool, but oh so noisy. It's always great to have everyone here, but the time goes so fast.


Saturday, December 16, 2017

Off The Frame

Here's a picture of the latest quilt to come off the frame. I just love the colors in this one.


This morning I got the next top, backing & batting ready to load. I should have some time to work on it in the coming days. There's always a lot to do before Christmas, but decorations are up, food is pretty well organized, presents are wrapped & under the tree....that pretty much leaves cleaning & I get real tired of that so it will be nice to have a quilt to work on. Once it's loaded the repetitiveness of quilting is relaxing....as long as the machine behaves. I think I need to get a new tension spring and anti-backlash spring. Sometimes the machine gets kind of cranky and pulls the top thread slightly through to the back leaving tiny little loopies...not always, just sometimes. I keep cranking the top tension tighter, but I think the tension spring is just tired.....kind of like me at times.  :)