Ongoing Quilt Projects, Continued from the "No Appreciation...." Thread

[DuckLady]

I have the best hubby ever.
He is heading to Portland (an 8 hour drive) and before he left, the sewing machine shop called to say my Juki was ready to be picked up on the other side of the mountain about an hour away. We are also under a storm warning (It just started snowing). So he right away went and got my machine and brought it home before heading out. What a catch, huh?

 

[speckledhen]

I ordered a SewSlip, which is the same as the Supreme Slider, but less expensive, I think it was $21. And I finished the quilting on the sunny Carpenter's Star quilt. I pushed all day to get the hand quilting in the center done. Now, for a machine clean out and to run a million bobbins for this next quilt, which is technically a full size.
Here is the back of the quilt. Not one tuck, yippee!

 

[speckledhen]

Pillow cover, with actual working invisible zipper, complete. I'll let the customer buy her own pillow form. But, I learned a new skill. Old dogs can learn new tricks. And, just think, most all those little triangles would have ended up in the trash if I hadn't saved them to make this.

 

[speckledhen]

Except for binding, she's done and larger than anything I've done on a machine thus far (or by hand, for that matter). I know I have to get the drop-in table to offset the frustration I had with hang-ups on the edges of the extension table that goes with the machine.
I put it on and took pics but forgot to tuck under the pillows, so it can be either way, but the big center star is centered better if it is tucked a little bit.

 

[speckledhen]

Finished the top today, but I'm trying to do the quilting on my 3D Blooper quilt before I continue with this one.

 

[speckledhen]

Working on the final border. I have one side done and a second over half finished. This has been a loooooong journey, I tell ya! I won't be doing any ruler work on a large project ever again, only smaller, easier-to-handle ones.

 

[Rushdoggie]

straight line quilting with walking foot on this throw with a minky backing

 

[DuckLady]

Thanks! I figure I am getting ready for retirement in about 7 to 10 years.

My hubby’s bad cat thinks she wants to quilt or at least be sewn into it. She just hopped up and flopped down.

 

[speckledhen]

Trying to get this quilted, though every afternoon we have thunderstorms and I have to unplug my machine. We've had two power outages within a week's time, fried a computer (that was on a UPS unit, just like my machine is), etc. I also found that there is not one machine guy within 2 hours of my house to service my machine. The guy who did it at the Janome dealer in Murphy, NC retired and no one replaced him. So, I have to be careful with it.

 

[Rushdoggie]

Just finished this last night and washed it today. My first queen size, and I quilted it with my walking foot on my Juki. I'm pleased with it and that I made it through a lot of scraps and old FQ.