That box was all that remained from the mountain of cardboard that surrounded the newest piece of technology in our house. Yes, the Mister bought me a Handiquilter Sweet 16 sit-down quilting machine and I have been busy quilting up all those quilts I have made - in my dreams that is :)
For the moment I am just getting familiar with the machine, it seems quite noisy to me, and is a bit different from quilting on a domestic sewing machine, the amount of space available to move the fabric sandwich around is wonderful.
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My first attempt resulted in very long stitches but I seem to have that mostly under control now, I'm planning on spending at least 30 minutes a day practising my quilting, because practise makes perfect or so the saying goes, but I think I will be happy with almost perfect.
Congratulations! what an exciting purchase ... do tell how you go with practising and what you think of the machine - I toy with the idea on and off and would love to hear how you find it.
ReplyDeleteOh how exciting! Your quilting is already beautiful... and "almost perfect" definitely works for me! Have fun!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! With that 'almost perfect' start will be looking forward to your progress! Fun!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope you will be happy with your machine! almost perfect will be good :) I know of another blogger (and I'm sure there are many) that have this machine and love it. I kind of think they are all loud to me though! something to get used to I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteI am so pleased you are having fun with your new machine. I know you have the self dicipline to get in that daily practice and will be an expert in know time.... BTW Perfection is over rated in my book :-)
ReplyDeleteHow on earth do cats fit into such tight spaces , and apparently enjoy it. I know that Bobbin winder box is not that big and Cody is enormous
DeleteCongrats on your new machine ! SO jealous ;-)
ReplyDeleteWell done Pip! Soooo lucky! This is my dream. Love to hear how you go.
ReplyDeleteGreen Green Green with envy. Don't think my mister would be buying that for me any time soon but it is on the dream purchases for the future.
ReplyDeletePoor Cody...no wonder he's in a box.... you have a new love interest and he's unimpressed.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the new Sweetheart! She's purring already!
Wow! How exciting! Looks like you're doing a great job already. Don't practice for too long - you need to dive in!
ReplyDeleteHi Pip, you lucky duck to have a husband to spoil you! I think your quilting is already so good on the sweet sixteen. I had a dream to own one many moons ago.
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