Grand Format Embroidery and Mylar
This has been the most fun project so far!
Sometimes I get a little carried away with adding bling. Someone needs to restrain me. Seriously. But when I have an embroidery area that is twelve feet long, it’s easy to let my imagination run wild!
Antique Quilting In A Modern Way
I’m frequently surprised by new technology within the sewing industry, but never more so than when Innova added embroidery to a computerized quilting machine!
Coffee Break
OK, I'll admit it.... I am a coffee-holic. I drink at least two pots of "leaded" coffee every day. I consider myself a professional (kids, don't try this at home!). Drinking this much coffee allows me to thread a sewing machine while the needle is going up and down -- truly my best skill!
Bloom where you are planted
With spring finally arriving, I had the urge to embroider some designs with flowers in them. One of my favorite expressions is "Bloom where you are planted", so when I saw this design from Embroidery Library I knew I had to stitch it. Other designs from their garden department shortly followed, and then they just "grew" into a quilt! Isn't it amazing how a small project can just grow into something larger, and then blossom into a rare gem?
Elaine's Quilt
This quilt was partially hand quilted, and then Elaine decided to try stitching the outer border on her sewing machine. After trying to tackle something so large on her home machine, she called me to ask if I could finish it for her. Only half of her blocks were cross-hatched, and none of the sashes or cornerstones were stitched. There were lots of basting threads holding everything together, and grey pencil marks in all of the backgrounds on the un-stitched blocks!