Lael's latest quilt

This month has been a busy one. Lots to do in the yard and plenty to do inside as well. I finished Lael Lovell's latest masterpiece. She does such a wonderful job in her piecing. I always love her color choice. This was a kit, so the fabric was pre-selected. I used Superior Thread threads Magnifico in the top and Sew Fine in the bobbin. I made a template using freezer paper to mark all the feather work. I am very pleased with the way this one came out. Lael just picked it up and was extremely happy. This one took a while to quilt.

Now I need to move on to my own quilts and get things ready for the Dixie Quilt show that will be held in the ladder part of April at the Dixie convention center here in St. George.

I really enjoy quilting, but my hands have started hurting pretty badly. I am afraid I am going to have to kind of cut back on the amount I do. I worked on this one in 4 hour blocks. 

I have been doing a lot of work in the yard too, trying to get things planted and ready for summer. It is nice and warm. I love this weather. I have two little tomatoes on one of my plants!

Easter is just around the corner. Dave and I will be staying here in St. George. I had thought we might head to Moab, but he wants to take his telescope out in the desert and so some photography of the night sky. I will go out with him, I doubt he will want to stay more than one night. I am hoping he will want to go up into the mountains when it gets a bit warmer. We need to use the small motor home we purchased. 

I hope everyone has a very Happy Easter!

March 3rd 2015

It's March already! It has been a while since I have posted on this blog. I have been doing most of my posting on my face book. I have been very busy this past couple of months.
The Dixie Quilt Guilds bi-anual quilt show is coming up in April. I have been very busy with getting work done for a few of my clients. I have a couple more that need to be done in time for the ladies to get the bindings sewn on in time for them to be entered in the show.  The PHFA group I belong to are going to be featured at the quilt show this year. I have a few pieces that I need to get hanging sleeves sewn onto for the show. Time just have gotten away from me. The older I get the slower I seem to be getting. I spend much more time thinking about a project before I start working on it. Everything seems to take me longer also!
I had been having problems with thread breakage on my long arm. It has been very frustrating. I finally purchased a new bobbin case for the machine and have had much better luck. I think that my older bobbin case had developed a bur or something.  I have an Innova long arm and they are machines that really can use any thread combination. Anyway....... I had had issues with different threads, but nothing that I could pin point. I adjusted tensions, changed needles... checked timing and finally purchased a different brand of bobbin case. The bobbin case I purchased was a more expensive one than I had been using. The check spring looks like the check spring in my Bernina. I have had much better luck.
Here are a few of the things I have been doing lately.....