Saturday, November 19, 2011

What a difference a year makes! or not...

To catch up, in 20 words or less.... got my machine, quilted lots, posted web site, peeps are coming, same mistakes from 20 years ago!

What I (re)learned today.  1)The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.  All relearning today was done today under the guise of my husband returning home tomorrow from deer camp and I still had his Christmas present on the machine.  2)You would ASSUME that I would by now have mastered the skill of making certain the batting and backing were of adequate size.  Last week's quilt saw the ravages of getting to the very last of the 30 hours of quilting and running out of backing.  New skill mastered:  adding additional backing while on the frame.  Check.  New skill mastered today:  adding additional BATTING while on the frame.  ARGHH!  3) Turned the quilt allowing me the ease of continuous lines across, and what did I discover.... that I had loaded it wrong on the leaders.  And that Red Snappers are extremely tight with flannel.  And that Red Edges are extremely hard to manipulate when new and in a hurry.  4)Okay, now this one is ridiculous.  I have made over 200 quilts and put binding on each and every one of them.  My favorite part.... like bonding with a child before it grows up.  I learned today to pay more attention when attaching the binding so that I don't put it on the BACK OF THE QUILT!!! 

It's been a very educational day.  Life is good!