Singer 15

I am hoping someone out there can help me.  I am using my normal machine and for last couple days, I have been trying to sew binding onto a quilt, and I can sew maybe three or four inches and the top thread breaks.  I have cleaned the tension, cleaned the entire machine, changed needles.  I even switched different brands of thread and I am still having the same problem.  I even adjusted the foot pressure.  It sews fine while doing patchwork, just cannot get it to work on sewing binding on.

If any one is familiar with a Singer 15, let me know what I might be doing wrong.

Nebraska the Good Life....

If things continue to go well for me, starting the first Tuesday in January of 2012, I will be presenting a book club in relationship to the North Platte Canteen.  The book, Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen by Bob Greene will the selection.  Because of the great service the women of North Platte, Nebraska displayed to people whom they had never met before, and whom they most likely would not see again, our book club is going to do something special this time.

Because I feel its important to give back to your community in any way you can, we will be making quilts that are inspired from the World War II era.  Those quilts will be then finished and donated in the area to local shelters for immediate need in the area. 

If you are interested in learning more about the North Platte Canteen or would like more information about the upcoming book club and community service project, please a comment and I will respond when I can.  I have a new e-mail address so those of you with my old address, please leave a comment as well and I will get in touch with you with my new e-mail address.

Why hello!

Yes it has been a long time since a post.  I am feeling much better and things seem to be going ok for the moment.  I have felt like quilting again and I have been working on some very simple quilts.

Pictured below is the hand quilted quilt that we finished.  I taught this class once a week as I could.  It feels great to have it done, and it looks pretty good too. 

Not a whole lot is going on right now.  Its pretty quiet around here these days.

Quilting Update

Here is some pictures of the quilt that I am teaching hand quilting on, we have rolled a few times and I have worked on it extra...its so relaxing!

To Small to Save....Part Deux

So, a lot has been going on here on the home front, personal wise, so last night / today / early this morning, however you want to look at it, I set the top together, and am thinking about using yellow, red gingham, and a black and white polka dot for the border of the To Small to Save quilt. I think I like, but that just could be I have been up all night thinking about things, and mindlessly sewing.  It certainly helps me to relax...and I know there should be sheets on the bed, but why?  It's currently just being used as a design wall.

So what do you all think of the border choices?  They aren't pieced on the top yet, just cut, I am getting tired!  HaHaHa

Wow two posts in one day, what is up with me?  Work is going well, the hand quilting class is good, I am feeling better, just tired most of the time when the end is done.  But alas, the world is still spinning and I have a lot of stuff to do...so I best be getting to it! 

To Small to Save....

When people give me boxes of fabric from deceased family members, there is always a shoe box marked "Quilt Piece's to small to use."  I always found that funny, but then I realized I did the same thing.  This quilt top is made from pieces like those.  Pieces to small to use, but use them I did, and one shoe box crammed full yielded enough to make a top 60" x 80".  I will probably put a border on it and machine quilt it and use it on our bed.  Its a good utility quilt, and all the past quilters will see that those pieces, were just right to use...

What I am working on....

is a crumb quilt.  Now that I have most of my fabric packed and weeded down to basically 5 totes, I am trying to use up some of the strings and bits I have found while purging other things.  I am just doing mindless sewing, its easy and its what I need at the moment.  I need 35 blocks, and I have 15 made, so almost half way there.  I am still knitting socks, which is relaxing while waiting at the doctor's office.

Sorry this picture is blurry, I  just used my phone to take a picture, not to good at taking pictures in low light.

The Quilting has begun....

This is the quilt that I pieced many moons ago, that I pulled out to teach hand quilting on.  It will make a nice utility quilt for the couch.

Persian Pickle Club

Since I still in the area, I will be doing a short class on hand quilting at the Keene Memorial Library in Fremont.  The title of this selection is The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas.  To learn more about this offering please click the Hands On Book Club link at the top right of the screen.

You can also check out the libraries website to see what else the library has to offer. 

Have a wonderful Independence Day Weekend!