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| The beginning, April 2010 |
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| After my return from retreat at Cambria CA, March 2011 |
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| Mayo the Wonder Dog, May 2011 |
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| The actual picture I am working from |
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| Me and David at breakfast |
I went to the Machine Quilters Showcase here in Kansas City yesterday. After I saw all the wonderful quilts and visited the Sulky thread vendor I headed over to the Handiquilter Headquarters in the center of the show. I sat down and played with the Sweet Sixteen, and I must tell you that I didn't want to leave!
But alas, this is not in our budget. Not when we still have a house on the market to sell, and we took a bath on the other one we just sold. So, for now, I will quilt smaller quilts on my Pfaff (which I love too) and dream of the Sweet Sixteen. It makes more sense for me to practice, practice, practice on my own machine and save the money for a purchase in the future. (I'll post more about the quilt show next time.)
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6 comments:
I was glad to see a picture of David on your blog this morning. I took machine quilting from him in Houston this last time and he was a great teacher. I learned To Slow Down if nothing else. And to find your own rhythmn or pace. He removed a lot of the PANIC I feel when quilting and the lessons he guided us through were so helpful. I was just showing my sample "sandwiches" to a friend the other day. He happens to use the same Bernina I do (and they were our class machines) so that was a bonus as well.
He is a fun teacher and made the class enjoyable. Know you have enjoyed your time with him.
I took his class at Road to California this year and during one break I sat and watched him quilt on the sweet 16 and wow - that's a good description of what he does slow and deliberate. But he is meticulous is all he does. I wish our class was more than two days - just wasn't long enough.
Sharon, I'm seriously lusting after an HQ Sweet 16 sit-down machine as well. I'm just not a stand-up quilter! I am taking a week long workshop from Jill Schumacher in early June and hope to gain even more confidence. Jill is a protege of Diane Gaudyinski and she is good. I've taken a few of her short classes, but a week with her is going to be awesome. Maybe for my 60th b-day next year....maybe.
Oh how cool is that! What a great thing to spend time with him and learn so much!
I can so relate to your insecurity, or past insecurity I should say, about machine quilting. Maybe I need to slow it down too and try to be more deliberate in my stitching.
I just started machine quilting with my Babylock Quilter's Choice and you're right, the slower you go the easier it is. I always thought you had to drive the machine at 10,000 rpm's but you can't control it at that speed. So glad you had such a good workshop with David, Hope you keep practicing and and keep us posted on your progress. Looking forward to seeing some great machine quilting from you.
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