I started this month with a long weekend at home (Melbourne Cup), spending time sandwiching and pinning four children's quilts. The Happy Helper assisted me in bringing the table tennis table into the familyroom, where I could pin the quilts without crawling around on the floor. Bliss!
The quilts are for four different children - one for a very good friend's second grandchild, the others for another good friend's grandchildren. It took one full day to sandwich and pin the quilts, with pressing tops and backing for each, and ensuring the batting had been able to breathe for a few days. It took a few hours to make binding for the quilts as well.
I started quilting one of the quilts and had problems with tension during the free motion quilting. So frustrating! But not with the walking foot. So I put the machine away and will try again next week. I do prefer a combination of walking foot and free motion quilting, especially to highlight names on quilts etc. We've just returned from being away so I'm sure I won't get all four quilts quilted and bound during December. Especially if my free motion quilting doesn't improve.
We were away for ten nights, with a couple of full days of train travel, so I took some small embroidery projects to do. Our trip to Sydney on the train was great in that I got lots of sewing done as well as a good way through a book. Then I lost my embroidery hoop! (I think at the airport hotel in Sydney but I didn't realise it until we arrived at our holiday destination.) I had to wait until we were back in Sydney before I could buy a new hoop, ready for the train ride home. So I didn't get all the planned hand sewing done. :-(
I've also spent a few hours in November piecing scrap quilt blocks as a form of mindless sewing. Some days you just need time at the sewing machine, for nothing particularly important.
November 2024 fabric tally
Fabric used: - 0 m Fabric acquired: + 0 m
Running tally: + 58 m
