I got my machine back earlier this week. It is humming along, I didn’t get to talk to the tech when I picked it up, so I don’t have a full report of what was wrong. The receipt says lubricated feed dog cam and cutting knife. I am speculating that something was amiss after the cutting knife was replaced back in October. I celebrated by making the second Awesome Ocean quilt top. I think I am done with folded/cut off triangles for a good while.

This second Ocean was blue-er than the first. Although I kept the Kelp (peridot) green, I like the first coloration better, this client wanted more blue. I will be getting it quilted up this weekend, using the same panto as the first.

The backing came in the mail yesterday for the Log Cabin quilt. I spread it out on the longarm to relax over night, but got to thinking that I really should wash/shrink it before using it. So it is in the washer now, I am really happy with the quality of it. It’s a Northcott flannel, thick and soft, hopefully it washes well, I do expect some shrinkage. I am waiting on some black iron on interfacing to finish the repairs before I quilt it. There are holes left in the black center squares of the cabins from the knotted pearl cotton ties. I don’t want to replace all those centers, so a one inch square of iron on will patch them up.

This weekend I would like to get the last Starry sign block done. The fabrics I ordered for the mountains came in, but the pink and magenta I chose are a bit too bright. I re-ordered Bella solids in Berrylicous and a Petal pink to replace them. I am thinking that I will start the first of the commissioned wedding quilts this coming week. I need to print out the foundation papers for 32 blocks, each of them are made with two sheets of paper. I may try to use the laser printer for them, I can’t remember if that printer likes the newsprint or not. That printer has been sitting for a while, it has a fairly new cartridge in it, so I should be able to print all of them.

Be Kind.