Quilting Progress

 I have been working on my getting my cake quilt quilted.  If you remember that my quilting foot broke a couple of weeks ago, I tried a new foot and it messed up my machine, which I had to fix.

It occurred to me that I still needed to outline (or stitch in the ditch) around everything, so I put the original foot back on it and I am almost done with that part.  I have a couple of pink sashing "boxes" left and the brown inner border.  Someone sent me a darning spring that I am going to try as soon as I finish.  I will let you know how it works.  Someone asked me what foot this is, I believe it is the original foot that came with the machine, the machine is 126 years old.

 I found that the middle finger on the left hand is not used in quilting, just the palm.  I put my quilting glove on my hand and put the splint (for my broken finger) over the glove.  I was not able to quilt as long as I wanted to since too much movement does hurt.

I would love to have it finished by this weekend, but I'm not sure it will happen.  I have 25 nine patch blocks to make for a block exchange this weekend.  I have half of them made.  I have to admit that my blocks were cut kind of wonky.  I should have taken my neighbor's offer to cut them for me.

Have a great day!
Missy

Let the Quilting Begin!

I have my quilt all set up and ready to quilt!  

I quilt on my Industrial 16 treadle who was born in 1890 and sews like a dream.

 Here is her pedal.  My stitches are not always even at first, when I free motion quilt, but it is my own fault.  I need to make sure my hands do not go faster than my feet.  As long as I have a rhythm going, my stitches are fine.  Electric machines have the same problem, there is really no difference.

 I have to use a mat when I free motion quilt.  I think I might like to find a bigger one, to cover more area.  I am not able to drop the feed dogs, at least I don't think I am able to.  Some people say you don't have to drop the feed dogs, just put the stitch length at zero, I still like my mat though.

 I need to make sure I have enough lighting, my three dollar chandelier helps with that!  My husband painted it green for me.  Green and blue are my colors for my sewing room.

 Here are my quilter's gloves for free motion quilting.  Painter's tape to tape down my mat, it won't affect the finish on my machine.  I have my screw driver to put on my darning foot.  I am able to use standard low shank feet on this machine.  I also have my tweezers for grabbing threads.

 I paid two dollars for this foot at a a hole in the wall shop in TX.

 Here she is, ready to go!

I started quilting today but I actually cut my knuckle on the needle, I got a little too close.  At least I didn't sew through the finger!

What is your favorite quilting tool?

Missy

Psalms 8:6
"Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:"