I have been busy getting my SALE page set up over the past few days, so kept putting off posting updated photos of my miniature quilt, and stitching. So here we are!
Jo Morton Little Women “Abbygayle’s Scraps”
I also managed to finish the stitching on Scarlett House‘s A Sampler Grows. The cushion and fob still need to be sewn up and that will probably happen some time this week.
Since I finished that I immediately started in on Milady’s Needle‘s Garden Delight, and made it this far.
Every other week, when I’m not sewing, I’ve been stitching on And They Sinned and here’s where I started when I picked it up yesterday.
In the mornings I am supposed to be working in my craft room and sewing. This is the quilt I was supposed to be making, and some of the fabric I chose. However, it didn’t happen. I don’t know what I’ve been doing wrong but I have not been able to get my HSTs to cooperate with the full squares. It’s due tomorrow, but I’ll be taking in bits and pieces instead for the instructor to help me. And of course I’ll be receiving instructions for a new quilt which means I’ll have 1 month to make 2 since I’m determined to keep up!
My mother’s Nantucket Rose is finally ready for her. I stitched this back in 1999 while living in Okinawa, Japan, and she brought it out this past January for framing. I wish she had not gotten glass because it blocks the green suede mat that mimics the trees (and makes it impossible to get a reflection free photo 😉 ).
And last but not least, Black Betty is ready to come home! I shared a hint in an earlier post, but I finally got my hands on a Featherweight. She came all the way from Canada, and, according to my sewing machine doctor, was in near perfect health.
She was purchased in an estate sale by a man and I feel like I stole her from him since, including shipping, she was just over $200. LOL Whoever the woman was that owned her previously obviously loved her. The gold decorative paint has been rubbed away in the front plus the orange card you see is actually the original “service” card from when she was made back in 1948. The only bad thing is because she came from Canada her instruction book is in French 😉 I cannot wait to sew with her.
Oops, one more thing! Recently, Kathy Tracy, of Country Lane Quilts, hosted a fabric giveaway on her blog. It was sponsored by Andover Fabrics and was for the new Jo Morton Blue Variety. I won a charm pack!!! 😀 I love this fabric (the blues you see above are from that line) and already have in mind a quilt I want to use the charm packs in. Thank you again, Kathy, for hosting the giveaway. Thank you Andover Fabrics for the fabrics. I do believe the Jo Morton fabrics are my all-time favorites and already have in my possession the new Madison Manor line!
