It Feels So Good

When I'm away from the big machines for a while, it feels so wonderful getting back on them again. Marty is a dream to quilt with. He's so quiet and is working like a champ!

Here's some of the quilting going into Sues quilt...

Feathers galore!

Each fabric color gets its own thread color. 13 color changes per roll. And, since Marty is a Q20, that means I'm only getting about 18" of quilt space in there. On a 96" quilt, that means a lot of thread changes. But it's easy on the Bernina long arms making it not a real issue. 

I called Gall Sewing about DW's new hopping foot/needle mechanism that was installed last week. It's sitting a little too low and raising it only causes skipped stitches. I asked Jen if it hitting the throat plate in the back was going to injure the machine. She said it wasn't doing it any good and she'd talk to Jason about it (he was in GR yesterday).

So, I'm not using him at the current time until I get an answer on that. After getting Marty all set up (there's lots to get set up on the machine when you first turn it on) I was able to get two full passes done after my drop off customers departed. I'll be working on this all of today.

I have one customer coming to drop off after lunch. We are getting light snow currently and winter has returned. I'm okay with that. I'd rather have cold weather and snow than muggy weather and bugs. Is it really already Wednesday?