I had chance to play with two stunning sewing machines, a Husqvarna Viking Topaz and a Janome Horizon with a full 11.5" of throat space which I saw put to fine quilting use this afternoon, had my first go at FMQ which I loved - so exhilarating and liberating - and was given free run of a fab scrap box where I managed to find loads of scraps for both my planned Melody Miller and Welsh flag quilts. My two fur-kids were very ably and affectionately entertained by the two resident gentle giants, although the least said about Daisy sneaking off upstairs for a quick nap on our hostess's bed, and bringing a sock back down with her to greet us at mid-afternoon snack time, the better!
Some things I also learned this weekend were:
1) the first idea I have of how to achieve something is almost always wrong....
2) when using a tutorial and going off-piste, as it were, with different fabric, it's probably best NOT to slavishly buy all the notions asked for in the tutorial beforehand, in the blind belief they will just be fine with the amendments - ie buy a 14" zip only to find you need 20".....
3) it's best to realise your catering size brownie pans won't fit into your domestic oven BEFORE making the mixture to go in them. (Don't panic, brownie devotees, I bought new ones!)
4) it's best not to think too much about where the dog found the roll of Sellotape she just deposited on the spare bed because it will either a) raise too many questions about the standard of your housekeeping or b) raise too many questions about which cupboards she has now worked out she can open, to the point you become too paranoid to ever leave her in a room on her own again!
All in all, a nice, relaxing, distracting weekend. And I'll leave you with a picture of the box bag made this weekend as a very, very belated birthday present for a lovely friend, from Aneela Hoey's oval box bag tutorial, adapted to use Melody Miller's Ruby Star Vinyl records.
Sounds like Bella and Daisy had just as good a time as you :)
ReplyDeleteglad you made use of Kelly's 11.5 inches.
ReplyDeleteYour bag is so clever - what a fantastic way to use that fabric.
ReplyDeletesounds like you had a ball, love your round record bag!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun time was had by all and well done for finding a great use for those over sized vinyl records. Still have a FQ I don't know what to do with because I had no idea they were going to be *That* Big!
ReplyDeleteIt was a brilliant day all round and thank you soooo much for my wonderful new MM pouch, I bloody love it! xxxx
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