Thread Galore

Caleb is starting a new job which means I will be loosing my employee discount at Joanns. Plus yesterday the thread was buy one get on free. So, I went a little crazy buying thread. I stocked up on many, many different threads for my embroidery machine and also for quilting. This picture is just the tiniest sampling of my new stock. It was Caleb's idea to get it all and now I should be set for years to come. It is all so pretty sitting there waiting to be used.

"WIP"sy Daisy

This is my most recent project. I am not one for applique but thought I would give it a try again with these daisies. It is machine applique (not patience for doing it by hand). These are different colors than I have ever used but I think they turned out nicely. The top is now completely sewn together and is about a twin size. Now it will join the other tops I have in line waiting for me to get them quilted.

Untitled Flannel

I have been wanting to try a quilt out of flannel. Flannel is so soft and snuggly. When there was a sale I got some. I saw this quilt idea on a blog and have no idea what the pattern is. I just figured out a pattern based on the blog picture. I like the alternating dark an light blocks. This is also the first quilt that I stippled/meander quilted myself. It is far from perfect but from a distance I think it looks pretty good. With some more practice I will get it down I am sure. It can be a challenge to wrangle all of that fabric around under the arm of the sewing machine. Once again this quilt is nameless. My inspiration for quilting stops when it comes to creative names.

Labels

This afternoon I labeled several of the quilts I have prepared so that I can get busy and finish them. I like to embroider my labels: name, date, and who it is for if appropriate. Previously I embroidered the label on the front, in one of the quilt squares. But for these I have decided to try labeling on the back. Not sure if this will be a permanent change but we will see.

I love my embroidery machine. It goes through phases on how much I use it but I have had fun using it on several different projects.