Happy Dance and update (all on topic)

TerriLee,

Nice job on the baby quilt. It was a great idea to use it for one of "Polly's babies."

DH has quite a talent! Mine's a terrific support person, but I don't think I'll ever get him to sit down at a sewing machine.

Ahhhhhhhh. What a pretty, girly quilt, TerriLee. Can't you just imagine some precious little one focusing new eyes on that sweet embroidery? You certainly have the embroidery machine mastered. Did it take long for you to learn all the do's and don'ts? Polly O'Esther

"Louise in Iowa" TerriLee,

That's very sweet TerriLee! The babies will love it!

My DH spent several hours helping me with "Quiltus Gigantus" this weekend. He worked really hard! He arranged blocks and brought them to me at the sewing machine and pressed seams. He even suggested that I serge the edges when we finished so the seams didn't come undone as it was handled. I did that while he went to to pick up dinner....yea! We got the whole top done! I would have needed most of this week to get it done since my stamina isn't quite up to snuff. This is a patchwork of strange, donated fabrics that will be used in an art installation by DS for his MFA project. The top is

My golly, that's wonderful to have so much of Quiltus Gigantus done. Just a tiny suggestion, Kathyl. Set your stitches per inch down shorter just a little. It will make your seams less likely to turn loose on you. Maybe. We hope. I'm just guessing that the weight will put more stress on the stitching. Polly

I've actually had the embroidery machine for a few years. It doesn't get a lot of use, but it's fun to do something special with it now and again. Mastered? Nope, not hardly, but I can do basic things with it. I'm gonna try monogramming towels one of these days. The instructions say to put Solvy stabilizer (it washes away) on *top*. Supposedly, it will keep the embroidery from catching in the loops of the terry. We'll see.

TerriLee in WA (state)

Ah HA! I did that! Great minds think alike. My problems came from blocks that were donated. A friend sewed together strips then cut them to size. Her machine's default stitch length is longer than our Berninas, and then when cut, they had NO extra support. I had to repair several seams before continuing.

What a cute baby quilt, TerriLee! :) And your DH's work is amazing -- I'm glad you let us see. :)

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:43:04 -0500, KJ wrote (in article ):

You are the world's greatest Mom. I can't imagine working on something so large.

Maureen