Building Blocks

DH managed to put my Longarm quilting machine back together.

He described as playing with giant Meccano ;)

 And he did a good job.

It's all back together and it's even had a test run!

I made up a little quilt last night,

quilted it tonight.....

and will hopefully get the binding on tomorrow night...

Just in time for a very quick gift that is needed for

a colleague expecting a baby.

Not sure why I went for frogs,

but she knows she's having a boy

and she has such a cool design and dress sense

I thought she could 'do' frogs ;)

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Here's a shot of my machine.

She's a big girl with a 24" throat on a 12 foot table.

The last time I sewed with her was the day my Mom died.

I have missed them both the last few months

but I'm ready to sew again 

even if I'm not ready to feel better about my Mom just yet...

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I took this photo to show the quilted top,

the black spotty backing and the paper pantograph used

(stars and loops again - one of my favourites for a boy!)

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My parting shot is of the part of the living room 

where my sewing table used to live.

All my stuff (ok, ok most of it)

is out of the living room and in my 'studio' now.