No, not the weather Spring, but rather one of the springs in the tension system on my Gammill. So, I’m happily quilting away on my longarm yesterday when I start getting thread break messages. Only the thread isn’t broken and I haven’t run out of bobbin thread. That starts the investigation. And along the path … Continue reading The spring sprung!
Antique quilt update
I spent some time this week working on repairing a friend’s antique quilt. It’s a slow process as the fabrics are quite fragile. The first step was separating all the layers, one stitch at a time. Thankfully it came apart with no further damage in spite of the batting being stuck in places. The next … Continue reading Antique quilt update
Snowy Sunday
It’s a cold and snowy mess here today. We haven’t gotten much snow yet, but it’s changed over to sleet and predicted to change back to snow later. I’m inside just listening to the sleet on the windows. Hopefully the greenhouse survives okay. It’s a cheap frame and I have cactus wintering over inside it. … Continue reading Snowy Sunday