Thursday, June 3, 2010

Straight from heaven

I saw a quilting friend in Wal-Mart recently, and mentioned my frustration with not having a sewing machine. She told me about someone in the guild who was thinking of donating her old machine, and suggested I give her a call. Well, I did, and this ANGEL let me use her machine until I could get another one for myself. There's a special place waiting for her in heaven! I picked the machine up yesterday, and went straight down to my studio to play with scraps when I got home.


I participated in a scrap swap set up by V at BumbleBeans. Here are the scraps I received,


and here is what I have done with them so far.


I wanted to take a block (or 4) and put it on point, then put that new block on point, and so on and so forth. It's not something I really know much about, so it was fun to experiment with what size corner triangles are needed for that and whatnot. Perfect project to get used to a new machine as I was just throwing stuff together and sewing, no pattern, no measuring, just having fun. I don't really like the way it looks right now, so I'll probably take off the outside crumb pieced blue triangles, but I do like the look of the block inside the sashing, so maybe I'll make a couple more of those and see if they play nicely together. There are still lots of scraps left.

Today was Pre-K graduation for Donald, my soon-to-be 5-year-old. Here are my two little ANGELS posing with me after the ceremony.


After the ceremony, we went to Donald's restaurant of choice (McDonald's - sigh), and then stopped into a store for a quick bit of shopping before we went home. When we went into the store, it was hot and sunny and about 85 degrees outside. However, when we were ready to come out of the store, the skies had opened up in a torrential downpour with gale force winds. Guess who left her windows down and moonroof open? The good news is, I am no longer worried about those blue quilting marking lines coming out of my Bright Future quilt. It was on the front seat and got SOAKED. When I got home, I opened it up and laid it out to dry and TA DA! No more blue marking lines. There's always a silver lining...

8 comments:

Hazel said...

Well thats one way to get the blue marks out , I think I'll stick to the spray bottle LOL Congrats to the boys ,their growing up so quickly .

Trish said...

I love your block!! You have such talent! Yay for you having a machine again!

Becky said...

Glad to hear you are buzzing along on a machine again! Congratulations Donald! Good job! Love your marker removal method. :)

marlene@ByTheSeam said...

I am so glad that you have a sewing machine to use. How very nice of that lady. I love your block, I think it is very creative. I had heard that the blue marking pen will go away but you have to run cold water on it first.

Shay said...

Whooooooooo Hooooooooooo for having a sewing machine back! You certainly didnt waste any time getting back into the swing of things either. Love the creativity of that scrap block.

Congratulations on the Pre K graduation too, that's a beautiful picture of you and your boys.

Victoria Findlay Wolfe said...

my first thought was, OOH! I love the crumb outer blocks! then I read you didn't! ;-)I LOVE IT!!! It's really lovely. i hope you live with it a bit before you deconstruct... fun fun fun!

Seams to Sew and Quilt said...

Erin your boys are growing so fast and still just as cute as ever....

Barb H said...

Congratulations to Donald--he looks so proud. And you too! Love your comment about the showers washing out the blue marks! Attitude is everything, I say. :)