In the last four days I managed to finish another top, for a customer. It wasn’t a particularly large quilt top, just lots of steps. This pattern uses the wasted triangles method of piecing, which is not one of my favorite methods. I really tried to get the pieces cut at angles and sewed with triangles. The CutCorners rulers are very helpful, using them saves a lot of fabric and I have a few less tiny cut off triangles. I guess if you’re into crumb blocks these are a windfall. I think I will add them to the recycle bin this week.

I am stitching away on the latest custom long arm project. It is all batik, the backing too, and it is causing me grief. I can’t seem to get even tension, the bobbin thread comes through, or it railroads on the back. The top thread shreds, or shows on the back, or everything looks lovely for about a hundred stitches. I have tried every trick I know to make the stitching consistent. This one has me stumped. I am seriously considering giving this one back with a discount, as it doesn’t represent my true skills. Since it is batik. there can be no ripping out and redoing. Plus this panto has a lot of backtracking and it is pretty dense. I have noted this and will not use this panto again without some modifications. I am so glad I am using 80 wt thread, otherwise it really would have been a disaster. I really need to finish this, because the custom quilt I am doing for a baby shower, just got pushed to the front of the line. The baby was 4.5 weeks early, so now I’m late. He’s healthy and everything is going to work out. I just need to hurry it up.

I did get all the new Etsy listings listed and sold one yesterday. So rewarding! I will be tweeking them over the next few days, but they are up and “live”. I have two more Halloween quilts to make, and one Christmas themed custom. I will be busy for the next few weeks.

Be Kind.