Neverending

I’m on the neverending search for a walking foot so I can finish my jeans quilt. I bought one, it didn’t have bracket. It had a half bracket to fit on my machine, the lower half. Of course it wouldn’t stay screwed in place. I took it back. I bought another walking foot. It was…

Jeans Quilt

Jeans quilt still waiting to be finished. I bought an even pressure foot at a local quilting supply store, but the foot did not stay attached to my sewing machine. The machine has a screw to hold the foot in place, and works well when there is a member above and below the screw. The…

Jeans Quilt

Yesterday and today, I replenished my supply of straight pins, increased my supply of safety pins, and went to three stores before finding a flat sheet at the right price point and with the right “look.” The top is currently halfway pinned to the batting and backing. I still need to buy a walking foot…

Jeans Quilt

Not the last two weeks, but the weeks before have been spent keeping busy in little spaces of time at the sewing machine. This will be a strippy, scrappy quilt. Again, my goal is to not buy fabric for the quilt top if possible. I find that a height of 8″ blocks really uses up…