Ooh La La

Created this beautiful quilt for a young girl. The colors are bright and the fabric is FUN.  This quilt is so large that even the last picture shows less than half of the quilt.

Need for Speed!

With all of the recent orders for larger quilts it became apparent that a faster & heavy duty sewing machine was necessary.  A few weeks ago I plugged in a professional brother sewing machine that I acquired... man does it sew FAST. While the cutting, sandwiching and clipping won't go any faster, the fact that I can now sew 3 times faster than before results in completing quilts much quicker. I will admit is did take some getting used to, it's self oiling and does take a bit more space in my sewing room but well worth it! 

Understand the machine I inherited came with no manual; the online manual wasn't much help. 

disclosure: I sewed on this very machine while attending college in Atlanta (a few years back) and I had forgotten how to do the very basic tasks: threading, adjusting tension, setting needle...

Luckily, I found a repairman within driving distance, he was able to show me how to 'properly' thread the machine and set the tension and after the 1st visit, I was up and running!!

- well... for a week or so - 

Then I broke the needle... let's say changing needles - that's tricky too. It threads side to side vs. front to back on a home sewing machine, once again my machine wasn't stitching, so back in for a 2nd visit!

Thanks to the repair tech at Maquinsal I now know how to properly thread, set tension and change needle! A heartfelt thanks to hubby for not once but twice having to lug the machine head out of it's base and into the car so I could take it in for repairs, it weighs a ton! 

It's been a busy time!

I completed the Amy Butler 'Gypsy Caravan' collection rag quilt. It's georgeous, but then I think all her collections are georgeous!  With the exceptions of custom orders, all of the quilts in my shop that are complete and ready to ship are quilts if they didn't sell...well...I'd be more than happy to keep them as my own.  I've also completed a few Art Gallery fabric collection quilts.

On the cutting room table:
Amy Butler 'Soul Blossoms' - this is by far the most asked for collection
Art Gallery 'Lillybelle' - this collection is colorful and oh so soft!
Art Gallery 'Poetica' (pink serenades, passionate purples, cascading blues and serene greens)
Anthropology - Chartreuse and Aqua
J. Morrison 'Grand Hotel'
Free Spirit by Dena 'Pretty Little Things'

Waiting on the UPS guy:
Amy Butler - Cameo - Amy's latest collection

Can't wait for release:
Art Gallery 'Splendor'  - November can't come soon enough!

Thinking Ahead

Later this year, Art Gallery Fabrics has some beautiful fabric collections they will be releasing!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Lillybelle and Splendor. Can't wait to get my hands on them.

Lillybelle:  http://www.artgalleryfabrics.com/cgi-bin/fabricshop/gallery.cgi?Category=65
Splendor:  http://www.artgalleryfabrics.com/cgi-bin/fabricshop/gallery.cgi?Category=69

Art Gallery Fabric Collections:  http://www.artgalleryfabrics.com/cgi-bin/fabricshop/gallery.cgi?Category=13

Latest Fabric Finds!

Amy Butler has re-released her original fabric collection 'Gypsy Caravan'. Can't wait to receive my stash of fabrics!

http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/fabrics_top.php?fabric=gypsy&flid=2

Twin Sized Amy Butler rag quilt for Kameron!
This quilt contains 54 fabrics form some of Amy's more popular lines (Soul Blossoms, Midwest Modern, Love...)

Time to Blog!

WOW, I've been 'sew' busy sewing, filling custom orders and all I totally lost track of time to update my blog.  There are a lot of new fabrics that have become available, look for those in my next few quilts!  I love to create custom orders, so please contact me if you like raggy quilts but aren't finding the style/color you prefer.  There are endless posibilities of fabrics to choose from.


Art Gallery has released many beautiful collections, here is a list/link to just a few of my favorites, I think you'll find them as beautiful as I do!
Art Gallery - Bespoken
Art Gallery - Poetica
Art Gallery - LillyBelle (June 2012)

I recently received a stash of fabrics from Art Gallery and I can't wait to make a crazy quilt with it - THANK YOU Art Gallery!  I have the perfect pattern for it, look for it on my 'Sew What's New' page in the next few months!