I’m almost finished with the quilting on my quail project! There will be a slight delay, though, while my Bernina 780 has a bit of an adjustment. I don’t want to switch to my 630, as I’m afraid the quilting will be noticeably different at this late stage. Luckily for me, the […]
Bernina
That’s the name of my latest finished quilt! It came from a pattern by Elisa’s Backporch, and it’s yet another Drunkard’s Path layout. I began this ages ago, finished the top, and then let it languish while I decided how I wanted to quilt it. […]
I’m still working on the quilt I showed you last week. I’m doing the border now, and it’s taking a lot longer than I’d foreseen. That’s mainly because the curved cross hatching I’d decided to do there is more time consuming than I’d thought. For one thing, I probably should […]
In my last post, I showed you my new Bernina 780 — new to me, that is, though it was a demo model and so had been used a little. I’ve spent the weekend “playing” with this amazing machine, though I’ve yet to try the embroidery module and its functions. I’ve been exploring […]
As a quilter, I’ve been drooling over sewing machines with a larger harp space. Of course. But who can afford one of these? And besides, I love my Bernina 630 with the adorable skin showing my cocker spaniel and its lovely stitch. Last weekend, though, something sort of fell into […]
My very good quilting buddy, Phyl, invited me to go with her to attend an event hosted by the Bernina Connection in Phoenix. Coincidentally, one of the owners of that shop, Val, used to be my neighbor when I lived in Arizona, and our children were in school together. As […]