I'm Trying Really Hard Not To Say This...

...but I am immensely proud of myself today.

There, I've said it.  I know I will probably bring down the wrath of the sewing gods upon my boastful little head, but maybe they're not as vengeful as the knitting gods.  I'll burn a little summer cotton tonight in sacrifice to the just to be on the safe side.  In the meantime

TA-DA!


My first attempt at continuous quilting with the embroidery machine!



Okay, to be fair, it wasn't an intentional attempt.  My intention was to do a few unconnected pieces of design on each side--basically enough to keep the batting from going crazy in the washing machine but nothing too "involved."  That was before I discovered this:

 The design I had just embroidered onto the quilt that has taken THREE AND A HALF YEARS to make was only made for continuous design.  Not that there were any directions with the software--which I will point out is the only embroidery software I bought from Husqvarna (the company that made my sewing machine) and for the insane price of $89.00, I think they could have chipped in a blasted instruction book. 

So now I had the problem of either figuring out a way to duplicate the circle on the other side, or figuring out how to join the designs.  Taking a deep breath, I measured, marked, remeasured and.....

It worked!!!

I still have to do some hand-sewing on the corners as I can't get the silly machine to duplicate the design or do a mirror image or anything else.  But one side is done, and my ever-present companion was on-hand to help me prep to tackle the next side

Now be honest--do you think my friend would notice if only one side were quilted? 

Comments

RobinH said…
Looks great! And does this mean that you've finished the binding?
October 22, 2009 at 8:06 AM
Karin said…
Looks wonderful, good for you for figuring out how to do it!
October 22, 2009 at 6:00 PM
tinebeest said…
You could try and call it a design feature, being only quilted on one side :-)

Looks good!
October 23, 2009 at 5:36 AM
Daniele said…
That came out great! Hi THEO!

(yes, coming up from FB for some air - shocking, isn't it???) ;)
October 26, 2009 at 7:18 AM
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