Longarm Practice

Here are some shots of a practice session I had before I started to quilt my third project on my longarm.

I drew out the block I was going to be quilting on my SawDash quilt.

I REALLY love longarm quilting!!

#BFTPqal Week 22

Welcome to week 22 of The Blocks From the Past Quilt Along!

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This week we are headed over to Barbie's blog over at thequiltingmill.blogspot.com where she will be teaching 

us about pages 50, 51, & 82

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NMQG Charity Quilt

For my second longarm adventure, I quilted a charity quilt that our guild put together.

I tried my hand at a paisley swirl.

I really like how they turned out :)

I will definitely be doing this pattern again!

It is now off to another guild member for binding.

New Longarm Adventures!

A few years ago I made this top for Emily Herrick.  She ended up not needing it, so she let me have it back :)

I just found it while cleaning out my stash last week.

I figured it would be a perfect first quilting project on my new longarm!

My only snaff-ooh was I loaded the top the WRONG direction!  Poo poo!

So, I attached a little strip and finished it up :)

Ta da!

I had originally planned to give the quilt to my nephew years ago.

I figure that late is better than never!

Here is sweet Nato with his new blankie!

#BFTPqal Week 21

Welcome to week 21 of The Blocks From the Past Quilt Along!

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This week we are headed to Stacy's place for pages 48, 49, & 81 over at Sewnicetocreate.blogspot.com

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I Got a NEW(ish) Toy!

Yep!  I am officially a longarm quilter!!

While visiting HMQS with Konda, I drank the Koolaid and fell in love with longarm quilting!

I wrestled with the brands and prices and decided that if I was going to get a longarm, it needed to be a Gammill (for various reasons).  The prices for a new Gammill were a bit overwhelming, so considering the long term value of a Gammill, I decided to look for a used one.

I searched locally, I searched across the nation (USA)!  I found one in Fresno that I was ready to go and pick up, when all of a sudden, a used Gammill showed up right here in Payson!  

I nearly did a flip!

This beauty is a Optimum (30") with a 14' table.  It has very little wear and runs like a champ!

This past Monday night, we picked it up (well, the seller was AWESOME and helped us with the disassemble and reassembly! ...along with a few of his good friends)!

My sewing corner has now grown to encompass the majority of our once generous family room :)

(We had to clear out nearly the entire family room to make room for it :)  

All together this beast needs 15' x 6' for operation)

My sewing area even got a once over (with the help of Emily Carr, fabric sorter extraordinaire)

Three of these 55 gallon garbage sacs is full of fabric for our #EpicSewDay #EpicFabricSwap next Thursday! (one is just plain trash)

If you are going to be near the Payson area next Thursday, 

you should come sew with us and partake of the MASSIVE fabric swap!

HMQS Special Exhibit

Remember WAY back when, a group of my quilty BFF's and I decided to do a round robin medallion swap?  (Blogged HERE).  Well, we were able to show them at the 2015 HMQS in Sandy.  It was awesome!

This beauty is mine. 

Konda's

Katie's

Ella's

Pamela's

Amber's

Annette's

April's

Natalie's

Emily's

This is the label I had to hurry and make :)