Plan, Do, Check, Oops

Plan:
Prio 1 - the wedding quilt
Prio 2 - both the mystery and the applique class

Do
Quilt quilt quilt on the wedding quilt
Slow and steady progress on the other two. My leaves are getting better, and I've organized all of the pieced strips for the mystery in their respective blocks - 4 for block 1 and 4 for block 2. Whenever I get a chance, I work on one of these projects.

Check
Wedding quilt now in the binding phase
applique - still need to do a few leaves
mystery - working on block 2,

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Tools: washi tape, bobbin holder, templates, pincushion

Washi tape is Japanese rice paper tape. It's hopelessly addictive because of the many beautiful patterns. It can also be used just like masking tape, and it doesn't lose its glue, so I can use it in my sewing room.
Most recently I used it to hold quilting threads out of the way while machine quilting.

A piece of garden pond hose cut open makes a great holder for bobbins. I really don't like any of the holders on the market, but this

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Dnp slice and dice done

Doesn't look like I'll get the top ready tonight - the blocks aren't together, and there are 2 borders to cut and sew. Not a problem, I'm happy to have gone as far as this.

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DNP Quilt Along Saturday noon – blocks sewn

It's Saturday lunchtime, and my quilt along with the Cyberquilters is going smoothly.
Last night before I went to bed, I finished cutting the strips, and this morning I sewed all 16 blocks.
After lunch I'll give them one last starch, then slice 'n dice them.
The smaller layout is the one I've chosen, and will save the argyle layout for a future quilt with more interesting fabrics. This quilt I'm K.I.S.S.ing, Keeping It Supremely Simple.
Some blocks and the chosen layout are shown below.

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Disappearing Nine Patch Quilt Along

As a member of Cyberquilters, I'm joining in on a quilt along this weekend. Pattern is Disappearing Nine Patch, and I'm making this for my sister.

Here's the block and some computer-generated layouts. I haven't decided yet which one. And there's a teeny tiny voice in my head that says swap the pattern and the pink.

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Update on the wedding quilt

Today the quilting went as smooth as butter. Having a 12 inch harp on my sewing machine really makes it easy. This quilt is also divided into 3 sections, so I just worked on one section at a time. The first sections I finished last Sunday, but due to a business trip I didn't get back to it until today. Once I started quilting, it went so smoothly that I finished not only the 3 sections, but I also added the hearts that I'd once planned to incorporate into the quilting process.
Next step after burying the threads is to

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machine quilting diane gaudynski

After a weekend of very miserable quilting on Isa's wedding quilt, I spent last evening ripping half of the stitches out. The rest will come out soon.
So I reset, got some advice online about machine quilting, and recceived the Diane Gaudynski book I'd ordered weeks ago. Guide to Machine Quilting.
The best and most consistent advice I got was to relax and take it slowly. Also the wine and soft music really clicked in my brain.
After work tonight, I first took an hour to familiarize myself with the book, reading up to the point

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Latest production

After a retreat and other miscellaneous sewing time, here are a few pics of what I've been working on.

An earbud holder, made from that folded fabric technique used for coasters and potholders. I used the circle sewing attachment for my Bernina to sew this up very fast.


Some blocks for an Anita's Arrowhead quilt, made from a 10 inch square pack. I trimmed the squares down to 9.25" and cut 2.5" width, which results in a 9.5" block.

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Who can resist lavender? I couldn’t

Here's my new vintage baby, a Necchi Supernova Julia.
Made in either the late 50's or early 60's, it's a very neat machine. I bought it because it does decorative stitches, and I want to see how it's done. Sorta like the fact that I just sit there and watch my ruffler foot do its thing - somehow irresistible.Even the case is adorable with a plaid pattern.

I did blow a capacitor in the foot pedal when I powered her up, but I believe that's easily fixable.
The stitches picture is a comparison between the Necchi and my Bernina

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In the hoop pocket purse

This is an easy project for someone with embroidery software. There's even a free tutorial from Bernina, which uses their software, but it should be possible to figure it out from the tute.
Bernina tutorial for the pocket purse.

What you do is:

1. Make sandwich with Fabric right side up, then a layer of cutaway stabilizer, and another piece of fabric right side down.
2. Hoop this and stitch out the pattern. 
3. Trim the edges close to the satin stitching, add a closure and fold the bottom over. 
4. Zigzag the right and left sides down, and then you have a little

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