Finished quilted piece: dark brown fabric, golden brown background quilting, turquoise quilted motifs (feathers, flowers). Turquoise corded piping, dark brown binding.

Complete!

I showed you the finished ITH quilting yesterday, but then I decided to finish off the piece as a small table topper — about 16″ x 17.5″. I had a small piece of teal for the piping and more of the dark brown Grunge for the binding, so it all […]

Small quilted piece: dark brown background fabric with lighter brown stippling and turquoise motifs: hearts, feathers, flowers.

ITH Quilting done

The project I was working on the other day is now at the next stage. I’ve finished the in-the-hoop (ITH) quilting and will look to see what I have available for binding it. It was a fun project, and my replacement Bernina 790Pro handled it beautifully. The trickiest part is […]

Photo of a large sewing machine stitching brown and turquoise motifs on a dark brown fabric sandwich.

It’s here!

What’s here, you ask? Why, my brand-new replacement Bernina 790Pro!!!! It’s been a month since my original Pro sort of blew up, but Bernina sent me a new one that I picked up from my dealer  last night. The only reason for the delay was that the local tech — […]

Strips of fabric in a mottled lavender, along with several purple zippers with colorful zipper pulls.

Punting …

My beautiful Bernina 790Pro is still out of commission, though there is light at the end of the tunnel! When the local tech was finally able to get back to work after three weeks flat on his back, poor guy, he tried to order replacement parts for my machine. However, […]

Purple fabric pin cushion with teal accent in a Cathedral Window layout. The center has a gold swirly button with white "pearl" center. There is a small purple and white tassel sitting next to the cushion but not attached.

Stuck

That’s me — I’m stuck. I have several projects in the planning stages, and I can’t work on any of them. That’s because my beautiful new (since September, 2023) Bernina 790Pro died just over a week ago. It was refusing to stitch, so I took it in for the tech […]

Navy fabric machine embroidered mug rug.Embroidered motif shows a moon face crossing over a stylized sun. Text on the left is "Solar Eclipse," and on the right "04.08.24" in gold.

Solar Eclipse 2024

No, I won’t be able to see the total eclipse tomorrow; I don’t live in the right place, and I won’t be traveling to get there. That’s okay; I’ll see a partial one, and that’s fine. Still, this eclipse is big news! One of the machine embroidery sites I like […]