Believe it or not… I’ve been Sewing!
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Being quiet in blogland this week does not mean I have been idle… I have actually been quite productive! ‘Tis amazing!
Emmie G
My main achievement for the week was getting Emmie G “unpacked”:
She was all “glad wrapped” for the move, to protect her, and of course before I could get her going she needed to be un-glad wrapped. I found the easiest way to do it was like this:
Very carefully of course 🙂
Wasn’t long till she was ready to go….
I had forgotten how much I love quilting, just me and Emmie G….
A friend of my sister’s wanted to have her quilt basted so that she could hand quilt it. I offered to help her out, as much a learning experience for me as anything else because I have never basted a quilt on the Gammill before. Because mine is not computerized we experimented with different stitch lengths, deciding in the end to do a hand’s width between stitches as you would with pins:
Two and a half hours later I did comment that I could have had it quilted in that same amount of time and it’d have been done, lol!
It was a big quilt, and Marion did it all by hand of course. It’s for her granddaughter and she also wants to put it in the local quilt show in June, so I told her I’d try to be there and take a photo of it all done. I do admire her for wanting to hand quilt it.. I know if it was me it would take me years!
Wednesday Sewing
On Wednesday I went to Brenda’s again and worked on my Little Patchwork Village… It was a kit I’d bought many a year ago and I started on the stitcheries back in 2012. I forgot to take a pic of the kit, sorry, but I did figure out I’d finished all the stitcheries except for one flower on a block… lol!
So on Wednesday I decided I’d work on cutting up the fabric ready to make the star blocks:
Well, as you can see I have started working on those UFOs, but if I am going to finish 108 this year, I will need to speed it up a bit!!
Hi Joy ,wow you are going to have some fun now my friend,and how lovely you helped your sister’s friend out,oh that pattern will be lovely when finished,love that pattern of Rosalie’s.
Let me know when you go to the well again for the craft day and i will see if i can get there too.
So glad Emmie G is up and running again & you’ve certainly been busy. Do like the stitchery quilt. Of course you know my favourite colour is pink & some of those fabrics are gorgeous. Must give you a call. Have a great weekend & take care.
That first quilt is beautiful!! I love the colors on it. Machine quilting isn’t something I’ve tried doing before. I’ve hand quilted one lap sized quilt, but that is all. Your Rosalie quilt is going to be very pretty!!
I knew you were working on something–and what a pretty quilt–
and I can’t wait to see that pink one done up–
enjoy the moments, di
Well done!! I have been doing a bit of sewing this morning. I have lots of things cut out, so it should all go together nicely right??? Read Di’s blog, so now I am scared on that one, but we shall see. I am trying to work on UFO’s and still keep up with everything else. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! No neat and tidy going on at this house!!
Good of you to help by basting. I love that pretty wall quilt you are working on! With everything you have going on I am amazed at what you do get accomplished sewing wise. I decided today was a good day to make up some shamrocks! hahaha! I do have some big quilt blocks ready to sew together as a UFO project though. So by this evening will be a top.
I have a Gammill like that and I haven’t used it much. Feel like I need some help getting going on it. Did you find any good place to get pointers from?
I am a bit jealous about your Gammill (I know I shouldn’t!!!). so do you now have to repack it up? It’s good to know how to do that big stitching now and I’m sure next time will be heaps quicker. I love the little villages – I did it a few years ago and it is a favourite of mine.
Hugz
What a good friend you are to machine baste that quilt! It’s all in the name of quilty friendships, isn’t it?
You sound Delighted to have Emmie G unpacked and stitching away! Interesting basting experience. There is a ‘basting stitch’ update on my Sw16 but apparently too costly to bother with unless I was doing it big time! The little Patchwork village looks like a sweet pattern – and it sounds like it is nearly finished, with all the stitcheries done already.
It is funny how we don’t realise how much we miss something until we can do it again isn’t it? I am glad you are making progress on your UFOs! I am still looking for mine since they are packed up in the shed somewhere but at the moment the count stands at 23 (and I know there are waaaaay more than that hiding somewhere!) Enjoy your sewing.
Ah………it must be so nice to be working with Emmie G again. But I guess the move isn’t happening any time soon?
Oh I didn’t know you could baste on a long arm.. how good especially for your sister’s friend… what a huge quilt to hand do and have it finished by June…
I’d do it on the Emmie…
You have been busy! Much rather see evidence of suitcases though, but maybe that’s just me, I’m selfish like that! Big hugs my friend xx
Beautiful projects you have chosen. I like them very much too. I am so envious that you are long arm quilting…how talented!