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Summer Nights is a pattern from Aunt Em's Quilts, offered through a monthly subscription.
I followed most of the instructions ... as usual, substituting a few and using some orphan blocks I had lingering.
Sore hands halted my hand quilting once I was about a fifth of the way into the job. I just couldn't keep hand quilting so I had to change the game plan. Not looking forward to free motion quilting on my regular machine with minimal throat space I was in a bit of a pickle.
I had never bought anything on MarketPlace before and hadn't planned to, but after hearing a family member bragging about all the great deals there I found myself there checking out sewing machines.
Right away I saw my new to me machine! Picked it up a few minutes drive away and got acquainted with my Janome 6650.
The handquilting was removed and free motion quilting began.
Background done in loopy swirls.
Lots of practice with different designs.
Washed and wrinkly cozy.
I'm still sad that I can't hand quilt ... at least not nearly as much as before, but I am excited to make more quilts and finish them up with my new toy.
Here you can see the top section of the quilt that's not showing in the pictures over the fence:
The not so glamourous basement floor is a great spot for trimming just before binding.
Linking up with Cynthia at OH SCRAP
That's a beautiful quilt! Love the design of half night sky and half the village. Your quilting looks wonderful - hooray for a new machine!
ReplyDeleteThanks, now to finish another top so I can get some more practice on the new machine.
DeleteSo much BEAUTIFUL quilting on an even more gorgeous quilt!! VERY nice job!!!
ReplyDeleteSummer Nights is gorgeous and you did such a beautiful job quilting it. Love the details in the houses. Woo Hoo on finding the perfect machine to use for this beauty!
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