Blue Mountains By Linda H.

Linda made "Blue Mountains" from a pattern in the book, "The Big Book of Scrappy Quilts". The name of the pattern in the book was "Reflections", designed by Kate Henderson. One of Linda's friends found a lovely, good quality cotton sheet in a thrift shop and thought Linda would like it. The sheet ended up being the backing for this quilt. Linda got carried away and made too many triangle units, so those will go in a future project.

Heading To The Finish Line

There is not too much more to quilt on "Quarantine Village", then it'll be done. It was rather silly of me to use a matching colour of Glide thread for each detail. In the end, the thread won't stand out too much, the quilting will add texture. Why do I make so much work for myself? Groan.

Little House Wall Quilt By Linda H.

Linda just finished stitching the binding on this small wall quilt. She said the tulip blocks had multiple tiny pieces and were quite fiddly to sew. Well worth the effort, it is delightful! This one is going to live in Richard's office.

The Old Janome Machine

This Janome machine is now 40 years old, I remember being so excited when I bought it so long ago. We recently purchased a generator, so I'll have some electriciy to sew when we go to our Yukon cabin this summer. I hauled out the trusty old sewing machine to make sure it would be in good working order. The poor old thing was seized up, much to my dismay. I took it apart and oiled every moving thing, even though this particular machine is not supposed to be oiled. Very little movement. Finally, I turned the machine on its side and tried to oil the drive shaft, then flipped it upside down. The shaft was slightly visible from that angle, so I shot some oil down into it. After cleaning up any excess oil, I plugged in the machine and stepped on the pedal. Vroom! Away it went, just like it was brand new. It's not good to let a sewing machine sit around for years without being used. From now on, I'll give each machine a test run every few months.

Table Topper

I discovered a few pinwheel and 16-patch blocks in a drawer last week. A few years ago, I was going to make a quilt with that design, but the project was abandoned. I made some more blocks to go with them so there were enough to make this table topper. There was one pinwheel block left, so I appliqued it on the back to cover up a little pucker. Sometimes it's nice to complete a small project so I feel like I've accomplished something. My "Quarantine Village" quilt has been on the machine for an extended time. My hand goes numb when I'm free motion quilting for too long of a session. It'll get done eventually.