My First adventure with a Long Arm

Yup you read that right...I got over my fear of ruining a quilt when quilting it and with a little help from my friend Angela (and a little push) I was successful!

I decided to stipple this quilt and even though I looked tense and at times oblivious to the outside world (or the 6 others who were in the room at the time) I was as relaxed as I get.

I was petrified that I wouldn't know where to go with the needle and would have a quilt full of points when I changed directions, but that wasn't the case at all. Once I got my rhythm the curves followed. What do you think? Here's 2 close ups of the quilting.

I have to tell you that this was by and far the easiest quilt I ever finished. An hour or 2 to quilt it and then all I had to do was bind it. Here's the finished quilt. It's a Jelly Roll Race Quilt made from a Veranda jelly roll I won from FatQuarterly during a Talkin' Tuesday chat room. If you haven't check out these great sites you really should.

What are you working on this week? Believe it or not I am going back to the Long arm machine (my new favorite thing in the world) and finishing another quilt, just trying to decide which one to do.

Till next time

Blog Hop Day 2...Carolyn

Welcome to day 2 of our Friendship Blog Hop! Wasn't Tiffany's quilt great? I hope you checked it out and left her some comment love! I can not say enough how much I love this pattern. It was so easy and can be made with either jelly roll strips or fat quarters. And there's directions for both in the pattern.


Today it is Carolyn's turn to show you her awesome quilt! Carolyn's blog is ...Just One More Stitch. She used Sherbert Pips to make hers. Make sure to read her post...she will share with you how we met and why the pips are important to our friendship. She named her quilt Make New Friends. Which is a perfect name for this quilt. While you are at her blog tell her that Sha said hi!

I'm going to keep this short today, I am off to the first Saturday Sew for the Fort Worth MQG!

Come back tomorrow to see my quilt!

Sha :)

Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild

If you are looking for my current giveaway click here. Make sure to scroll to the bottom for it, and remember to enter Shawna's giveaway as well.

Did you hear about the new quilt guild in Fort Worth? It's called the Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild and the kickoff meeting is on Monday August 15th at 6:30 p.m.. It will be held at The Berry Patch on Hulen Street. If you live in North Texas you should definitely come to this meeting. It promises to be a great evening of fun. I will post more info about the guild when I learn more.

Hope to see you there!
Sha :)