It's been a few months again, but this time I have got a good excuse. Our grand daughter made her grand arrival at the end of August. At the same time, ie. within days my younger daughter moved out into her own apartment. So for the last few months we have been extremely busy with providing support for both of my daughters which has involved a lot of running around, practical help, organising things and also some baby sitting.
Very little quilting was done, in fact no quilting was done at all and it was only the other day that I pulled out one of the charity quilts. A fairly old-fashioned little quilt with almost too much of a good thing going on in terms of busy-ness.
Decided to do an edge-to-edge design over it using my trusted Golden Threads paper again. I sped this up a bit this time and traced and stitched two rows in one hit which did affect accuracy a bit but on the busy quilt that was not even noticeable at all.
Why, you asked... for the last time! Well, after much research and soul searching I have decided to put my machine on the frame (which will arrive in a couple of weeks). It all started about a year ago when I thought about computerised quilting. I know people have various opinions on that but it appeals to me as it combines my love of quilting with my passion for design work on the computer. I started looking at this for a while, however decided against it in the end as the Bernina Q-matic is just too expensive to justify getting it for just a bit of fun. So I concentrated on what I saw as the benefits of a frame and added a Pantograph kit to my order as the next best option. I can't tell you how many YouTube videos I watched quilting on the frame over the last year...learned lots about loading and how it all works and then went through an extended period of indecision and I think that I am still a bit unsure about it all as I simply do not know how long it will take me before I make the transition to moving the machine rather than my hands and whether I will like that change or not. Over here there are actually no opportunities to try in all seriousness before you buy. My closest shop only has the Moxie from HQ set up and quilting on that does not compare to a Bernina. I have tried the Bernina Q20 on a frame for a little moment at the last show and also had a look at another quilter's set up but that's about it! However, I do know that I need to change things up a bit...I need extension, more of a challenge and some renewed learning. The last two intense projects I did left me feeling very bored and confused as to what direction to take. In the end I decided to take the plunge. I will keep my table, just in case, so that I will have the option to revert back to sitdown quilting if I absolutely hate it. This should be very interesting, to say the least.
So, anyway, here is the charity quilt that I just finished on the sitdown with an edge-to-edge design called Lorien's Festival from Hermione Agee.
The back though looks stunning
Will post again when the frame is here.
Karin
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