Thanks to everyone who chimed in about life with a longarm machine. I was glad to see that I wasn’t alone in fantasizing about having one. Like most of you, budget and space are my main concerns. It boggles my mind to think of the machine costing as much as a car. And since my sewing studio doubles as a guest room, we’d have to find another place to put grandma when she comes to visit.
In the meantime, I’m stitching up another string quilt. This one will be a sample for a class I’ll be teaching at Thimble Pleasures in January. I’m really excited about teaching this class! I’ll share more on this later…
Here’s a sneak peek.
More to come soon…
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So pretty, you have such eye pleasing taste in both fabric choice and pattern. Did you finish the other quilt on time?
You amaze me on what you can do with your sewing machine. Who needs a long arm? You do beautiful quilting. I wish I could master my machine like you do.
LOL when I read the grandma commment! The quilt (and quilting!) is wonderful 🙂
This is going to be another gorgeous quilt! Have you considered a sit down quilting machine like the Baby Lock Tiara or HQ Sweet Sixteen? Still not cheap, but a lot less than a big longarm and takes up less room.
Your quilting looks fabulous Nicole!
I love the quilting you did on this! So cool that you're teaching a class 🙂
I love the quilting design!
Confession: I am not such a string piecing lover. But this. This! Is purely beautiful. GREAT colours, it is just glowing!
It looks lovely! What a great color scheme!
Great quilting design.
Beautiful quilting, Nicole! Your class sounds like great fun!
Gorgeous quilting…glad grandma still has her bed!
Lovely quilting! How come everything you post about is gorgeous? 🙂 I'm sure grandma wouldn't mind the sofa 😉
Love that colour combo and the quilting! As for grandma, the garage? ;o)
Your FMQ-ing is beautiful! You certainly are getting by quite well, despite no long arm. I'm looking at a Janome MC 6600 right now. But I do have a friend who is all ready to rent a machine, and I hope to go with her when she does to see how it works. Even renting, I have to pay for a class, then a per hour rate… Cheaper than buying, but not as cheap as using my regular machine. But as you know, it's a work out…
This is beautiful!
I love your FMQ! I really need to work on that. I also dream of having a longarm quilting machine but the cost is absolutely crazy! At this point in our lives I just can't justify spending that kind of money. But maybe someday … a girl can dream!
Hi, popping over from WIP Wednesday :). Did you do that beautiful quilting on your sewing machine? I will be buying a new machine soon, with learning to do machine quilting on it. I want to get really really good at swirls and feathers. 🙂
Hi Nicole,
I live in Carrboro and go to Thimble Pleasures all the time! So what class are you teaching? I read your blog and think your quilts are very pretty!
I loved reading about the long arm machines too 🙂 Dont think we have access to any in the West Coast of Scotland but I'd love to have a go of one!
Love the colors and the quilting!
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