I am finally getting around to quilting my Stars Quilt! I am so excited! This is my first quilt and I have learned a lot from making it! I know, and have accepted, the fact that there are many mistakes that I have made in this quilt but I think it will add to the character and I will take them as a learning experience.
School has started up again and this semester is going to be much harder then the last. I wanted to try to finish all of my WIPS lying around the house before school takes over, and this quilt was one of those projects on my list! I mainly have been quilting it at night because of school and work and it helps me relax and fall asleep.
I use my mothers old sewing machine. My dad bought it for my mom when they were dating and I love it! I love using an older machine, especially one that has meaning. I am still learning a lot of the different settings on the machine and I am constantly looking back into the manual for tips and tricks. I started quilting this completely free hand (I am just doing straight lines) and some of my lines were closer together then others and some were a bit wavy. While I was rummaging through the boxes of accessories to the machine I found a quilting guide which I attached to my machine and it has been so helpful! It has an adjustable bar that acts as a guide to help with straight line quilting! Now my lines look ten times better!
I have been really enjoying listening to some podcasts while I am sewing and quilting and even knitting. I am loving Welcome To Night Vale. I love the weird sense of humor and I look forward to their little proverbs at the end of each episode! They have a Welcome To Night Vale mug for sale that is on my wish list!
Hopefully I will be done with this quilt before school gets busy and I wont have to put it on hold again!
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