tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825468067779997682024-03-12T17:20:44.545-07:00Ginnys QuiltsCome in, Sit long, Eat well, Talk much.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-78696177101860946602012-04-26T22:56:00.001-07:002012-04-26T22:56:50.609-07:00A Quilted Prom Dress!Today I thought
I would share with you something a little bit different. My oldest
daughter had prom this Saturday and the darling girl actually agreed to
allow myself and my dear friend Annie to make her dress, but not just
any prom dress mind you... but a QUILTED prom dress!!!<br />
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Now
she did have one stipulation, if she didn't like the dress she would be
allowed to purchase a dress to wear to prom, I agreed because after
all, it is her senior prom, her last one. The one that MATTERS!<br />
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Now
my first disclaimer is this I CAN NOT and DO NOT sew clothing, Oh hell
no! But I am lucky enough that my friend Annie just happens to be an
excellent seamstress! So she handled the construction phase, while I did
the actual quilting and crystallizing of the dress. And like a dummy I
didn't get a single shot of the dress on the frame! <br />
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Instead I have these photos to share, No mind you prom is not for a
couple of days, these are of Torrie this evening after a day in outside
in the rain taking photos for her school....<br />
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This
is a close up of the bodice area before the crystals were put on. You
can see the quilting fairly well in this shot, but it really doesn't do
much for the dress....<br />
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This
is my lovely daughter, like I said she spent all day in the rain taking
photos for yearbook! I will post better pictures after Prom!<br />
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This is the quilting down the thigh, it tapers off at the knee, it is the same floral design as the bodice.<br />
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This
is the bodice, filled out and with crystals, I had to be very careful
of the floral placement when stitching this... did not want any awkward flower centers....<br />
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And the back, the band is quilted as well as the straps.<br />
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Oh and the good news, she loves it!<br />
Thanks for stopping by today...<br />
Happy Quilting,<br />
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Matt and David feeling rather proud, and for good reason, they each finished a quilt!<br />
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And I think they actually had fun doing it. Matt has decided that quilting should be an Olympic sport!<br />
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These are just a few of the quilts that everyone has been working on.<br />
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I had a great time both quilting this quilt and adding the crystals,<br />
I think it fairly shines. Enough so that I will be entering it into a couple local shows!<br />
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I even put crystals in the feathers!<br />
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I really had planned on keeping this quilt for myself, but after showing it to Bobbie and seeing her reaction. I will be giving this quilt away after the quilt shows.<br />
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It will go to a good home! Now I have to make myself ANOTHER ONE!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-503786153933554972011-12-14T22:54:00.001-08:002011-12-14T22:54:23.236-08:00A Peacock quilt for Rhonda.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Last week my darling husband called me from work to ask if I could make a
quilt for his managers, it seems that she doesn't have any heat in her
office. I said I would and set out to make this quilt. I played with the
layout on EQ7 until I found something I liked and then got to work, it
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I had a lot of fun making the quilt, and deciding how I was going to
quilt it. I needed something fast and easy, yet elegant to match the
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So, I decided to do a simple swirl type fill with tiny peacock feathers
in the black, stitched with black thread so not to detract from the
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Then in the pinwheel blocks I had a feather party! Each half square triangle got a peacock feather! <br />
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I needed to make this a super warm quilt (due to the lack of heat) so I
opted for Minkee on the back with Warm and Natural as the batting. I
love how the quilting shows on the back of the quilt.<br />
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Stuart took the quilt to work today and by all reports she loves the quilt!<br />
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Now I think I will make another one, for me! And I am going to add some hot fix crystals to mine!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-84076245085143333732011-12-08T13:26:00.000-08:002011-12-08T13:26:56.527-08:00What I've been working on.I have been a busy busy girl! I wish I could say that I have been working on personal quilts, but nope that's not the case. Oh don't get me wrong I am certainly not complaining! I have been getting more and more customer quilts and that makes me very happy. Plus I am now doing at least two classes a month over at the shop and that is a good thing too.<br />
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I have just finished piecing a beautiful quilt top that is due to be quilted this weekend, it is for Stuarts boss. She doesn't have any heat in her office so he ask me if I could make her a quilt... this is the results! <br />
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I have finished 4 customer quilts since Thanksgiving. Here is a snippet of what I have been working on, each is very unique and had it's own challenges.<br />
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GinUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-89977089607643287472011-10-25T08:26:00.000-07:002011-10-25T08:28:23.581-07:00Happy fall, a trip through the maze.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's that time of year again, fall... The leaves are turning, the nights are cold. We have fired up the pellet stove so the smell wood smoke now fills the air. This fall is bitter sweet to me. This will be the last fall that Torrie will live at home as my little girl. I keep coming back to that reality. It pops into my head at the most unexpected times. That at this time next year she will be off, living her life separate from us. She will be an adult and in college. I have been making a point to not slack off on some of the things that have become tradition for us, one of those thing is the yearly trip to the pumpkin patch.<br />
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We have made this trip every year since the girls were little. There is a bit of a ritual, Morgen always jumps from the straw pyramid, we always get caramel apples and of course we get our "perfect pumpkin" and as the years have slipped past and the girls have grown so have their pumpkins. The winner for the biggest pumpkin this year was Morgen. Hers weighed in at<br />
40 lbs. <br />
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The there was the leisurely stroll through the corn maze. Oh and for those who don't know I am NOT fond of corn mazes. I guess I am to much of a control freak, I don't like the feeling of being lost! After about 2 miles (yes I had the pedometer going) we finally found a "shortcut" out. I told them they cheated. No one listened.<br />
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My two pumpkins, so grown up yet so very young!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by today. Have a Happy Halloween!<br />
Ginny<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-47891443399038734972011-10-21T09:15:00.000-07:002011-10-21T09:35:59.742-07:00MQX West and a Class with Dusy FarrellSo, I mentioned how much fun I have been having lately and my trip to Portland for MQX, I could rave for days at how awesome the show was. One of the coolest things I got to do was take the echo puzzle filler class with Dusty, he is an interesting instructor, very free form and easy to talk to. You get the feeling that he is just an nice guy! Any how I jumped at the chance to take his class because I love his quilting style but just could not wrap my head around echoing those swirls. Well three hours later I was rocking the swirls! Plus very quickly picked up one of the flower designs I have always struggled with, on and a curly feather. Yep pure inspiration, that's all it took!<br />
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So, I get back home head full of swirls and curls and spirals, had to
finish a quilt for a friend. When I got it done I threw a narrow piece
of black on the extra backing and played for about 20 minutes... This is
what I did!Yeppers I am super proud of myself!!! And now that I have the feel for it, I know I will get better. So what do you think? Pretty wild huh! <br />
Oh and I love the new thread I got. It is Superior Thread, from the
Rainbows line, called "the quilt show" Oh and a close up of that feather
at the bottom.<br />
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Did I mention that my Crown Jewel stitches like a dream...<br />
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Well that's all for now.<br />
Thanks for stopping in again,<br />
GinUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-60368464141049015022011-10-20T23:02:00.000-07:002011-10-20T23:02:44.532-07:00Candy Mountain Quilts.Well, two posts in one day I think it is a record! <br />
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I finally got some work done on my Candy Mountain Quilts site. It took me a while to get everything written up. But I am now set up to take customer quilts via the internet! My pricing guide is there, quilt prep, and photos (not many yet) of my quilting. I will be posting more photos as time allows. I plan the page to be kind of a photo album of sorts, so not a lot of chatter. (I will leave that for here.) So stop by <a href="http://www.candymountainquilts.blogspot.com/">Candy Mountain Quilts</a> and let me know what you think. If you find errors please let me know. And if you like what you see, then pass it on!<br />
Thanks for your support!<br />
GinUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-6820438329563754012011-10-20T13:52:00.000-07:002011-10-20T13:52:07.544-07:00MQX and Eagle ScoutNot sure why I have been having such a hard time keeping up with blogging, I just can't seem to find the time to write. I keep saying its because I a super busy and that really is the reason! Between my customer quilts, my own quilts, donation quilts and now Garrett's Eagle Scout project I hardly have time to breathe! I am going to keep this post fairly short and just talk about two things.<br />
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I got to go to MQX last weekend, Oh my did I have a blast! Stuart and I spent two days at the Expo! This was my first time ever at a longarm quilting show and all I can say is WOW!!! The quilts were stunning (I didn't know you could add that many sparkly crystals to a quilt!) The vendors were great (I spent a LOT of money) The guest speaker was hilarious, the classes I took, well the one with Dustin Farrell was awesome, the one with Karen McTavish, not so much so, and I am absolutely going again next year!!! I will be signing up for more classes, there were just so many to choose from and I was on a very limited time and money budget. I have already started saving for next year and have told the daycare parents I am taking the week off!<br />
I you ever get the chance to go to either the east coast or west coast show DO IT!<br />
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The other thing that has been keeping me busy is Garrett's Eagle Scout, Garrett is Torrie's boyfriend and a really nice young man. For his eagle scout he is donating at least 10 quilts to the cancer center. I agreed to be his adviser. It is an easy job, but I am having to teach him about quilting as we go. He has been a good learner and seems to be enjoying the learning. Here is one of the quilts that he will be donating. <br />
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Happy quilting,<br />
GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-31224240323938962902011-09-08T07:52:00.000-07:002011-09-09T10:31:17.605-07:00Snow Hook Kennel Quilt, Plus some!Good morning, and what a glorious day! The kids are now officially back in school, and I have been busy busy busy quilting. I spent labor day weekend working on a couple of baby quilts and I finished not one, not two but three customer quilts! I think I am back in the quilting groove. I did quilt this summer but not as much as I usually do.<br />
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I wanted to share my latest customer quilts with you. These were made by a friend that I have been teaching basic piecing to, when she first started bringing me her quilts, well her piecing was less than perfect.... I started showing her how to cut her fabric more accurately, and that worked into piecing... before I knew it we had become very good friends and we now meet a couple of times a week to quilt together! Anyhow she decided she wanted to make a couple of quilts for her brother who is raising money to fund his run in the Iditarod. These next two quilts are what she made.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Moose.... I did a snowflake design in the window sashings, and then outlined the main features in the block.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzY8sHSfIX1PcU5sHst40ke8df15HIxfcU2lhXB8RK2qtYpq9B1G8HGHZ2mV74arORZXGBc8gUxfcXuiuPrL81z8Ubp2F5sQN2HCogG1G8Um-GHTL9y1yy9B_qnsYnXB-RFbA6t5FPZM/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzY8sHSfIX1PcU5sHst40ke8df15HIxfcU2lhXB8RK2qtYpq9B1G8HGHZ2mV74arORZXGBc8gUxfcXuiuPrL81z8Ubp2F5sQN2HCogG1G8Um-GHTL9y1yy9B_qnsYnXB-RFbA6t5FPZM/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> This is what it looks like on the back<br />
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This is the other quilt, another attic windows, but this one has pictures of the race team and the dogs. the center block says Snowhook Kennels. That is the name of her brothers kennel. If you want to learn more about this team and maybe interested in sponsoring them in the next race please stop by their blog! <a href="http://snowhookkennel.blogspot.com/">http://snowhookkennel.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My other baby quilt for the weekend it for one of my daycare kids. Her mom came to me and ask if I could use her old crib bedding... (the one seen in this picture) to make her a new quilt. Oh goodie a challenge! so I said sure. She brought me this huge pile of bedding... bumper pads, dust ruffle, baby quilt and sheets. I proceeded to start un stitching.... spent a day with my seam ripper and away I went.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_t8YBzpwqUowQDWGEvCx-Hp5Lihvo27i40VFfpIIFEMXYGU3AfdUjScZhB8shXVt-nDWgIVWlAMruTQk9OQafQku2fHj7gpidwBNRnDGbK4JGihcg2NO7tCHQRS8w3SfKtZL59Wns2M/s1600/Amelia+start.jpg" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After un stitching, I then took pictures of each fabric and imported them into EQ 7 so I could start the design process. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0AcQkDVXK7eQG4Ltx7ctlMMSI5EjxP_LnMPKFzeynB3TVZcFpgqtGa6odCjQMQiaWJ1RVLaBGCxxA2A_fVsER3KEr72AQ6E9XeCNKTkmAfZlptssnRCBvSFyqHdoVQkYlyXH14Gzhko/s1600/am+1+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0AcQkDVXK7eQG4Ltx7ctlMMSI5EjxP_LnMPKFzeynB3TVZcFpgqtGa6odCjQMQiaWJ1RVLaBGCxxA2A_fVsER3KEr72AQ6E9XeCNKTkmAfZlptssnRCBvSFyqHdoVQkYlyXH14Gzhko/s320/am+1+%25283%2529.JPG" width="257" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, I knew I didn't have any really large chunks of fabric so piecing the new quilt was going to be almost impossible, Mom wanted a quilt that will last until she is a teen, so it has to be a pretty large quilt. So the plan was to add borders, lots of borders... this was my first draft. I NEVER go with my first draft! Oh and Mom wanted minkee, so I was able to add other fabrics into the final quilt! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Happy quilting,<br />
GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-28641260783526479082011-08-23T17:30:00.000-07:002011-08-23T17:30:36.562-07:00So as you may have noticed it has been a while since I have updated my blog. I confess I have been a bad bad girl ;)<br />
With summer here and my work load increasing making time to blog always takes a back seat. School I am happy to say starts up again in a week! So with the start of school next week I should be able to write again!<br />
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I will say that a lot has happened this summer. In my last post I mentioned that I had to replace my old computer after the hard drive failed. Well that was a two week process just to get back up and running there.<br />
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One of the other things I had mentioned in other posts was the problems I was having with the Homesteader. Well, shortly after my last post I made the decision to sell the Homesteader!!! I had had enough! It sold the last week of July.<br />
also in that time frame we waited on pin and needles to see if Stuart was going to be laid off, his company got rid of over 1,300 workers. When layoff day came, my darling husband called me and told me that I could use my money I had saved, and the money I had gotten from the sale of the Homesteader and I could buy a ...... Brand NEW Babylock Crown Jewel! <br />
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I am just about over the moon with happiness. I have done three quilts on it since it arrived (Gosh that was only two weeks ago!)<br />
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One of the quilts I did was for Wendi's daughter Kendra. Kendra won a set of blocks from Craft Warehouse as part of their block lotto, she put them together to make this beautiful black and orange top, then she let me have my way with it!<br />
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I was totally happy with how the quilting turned out on this quilt!<br />
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Well, time to make dinner. I will start blogging again soon as I still have much to share!<br />
Happy quilting,<br />
Ginny<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-55881255024453732902011-07-07T10:42:00.000-07:002011-07-07T10:42:08.588-07:00blah blah blah.. :)Wendi says I am being a slacker and need to blog....<br />
Whew that was hard work, glad I could cross that off my to do list!!!<br />
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Ok in all seriousness, she is right, I have been a slacker! But in my defense I have been working, and I have been teaching, and I have been making customer quilts. I have been gardening, and enjoying quality time with Morgen (did I mention she got her learners permit...YIKES) I did enjoy a nice 4th of July with friends, and am doing a busy summer camp with the daycare...<br />
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I do have tons of pictures I want to share... and am still fighting with blogger I just can't seem to get a handle on the photo layout part after the change a few months ago... <br />
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Oh and my poor old Toshiba bit the dust.. quite litteraly, the dog knocked it off my lap onto the floor, boom fried hard drive, I have just now gotten the new machine almost set up, but for some reason everything I type on this computer is tiny, so small in fact that I have a hard time reading anything I type!<br />
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I do promise to get back to blogging soon. I hope!<br />
Till then, may you thread never tangle and you needles never be dull!<br />
Happy quilting,<br />
GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-87526786464915746572011-05-18T09:32:00.000-07:002011-05-18T09:32:43.167-07:00A simple Customer Quilt.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Good Morning! I am happy to say that I think I have gotten my Tension Woes fixed. Wow what an pain in the Butt!!! After weeks of fighting with the tension, replacing parts, and then tweaking and tweaking I think we may finally have gotten things working. Enough so that I was able to work on this quilt yesterday for about 2 hours with out problems (well there were some frayed threads, but I can live with that!) <br />
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She ask me if I could add some borders and then when it is all quilted I will bring the backing to the front to form one more border, the backing is this soft fuzzy rosette material. (not minkee but similar) <br />
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Well, this was really just a short and boring blog today, possibly because I have a whopping headache this morning. I will try to post again later this week!<br />
Thanks for stopping by.<br />
Happy Quilting,<br />
GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-62597508115198478452011-05-11T08:42:00.000-07:002011-05-11T08:42:59.875-07:00Tension Woes...Well, I just re read my last post.. first off, I need to work on my proof reading before I hit publish!!! YIKES!<br />
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I was also ready how optimistic I was when I made the statement " now with my tension issues behind me..." Sadly not the case! After I got done with the quilt in the pictures on my last post I put on a practice piece as I was still getting some loops and tension was still a little off... after three 4 hour sessions fighting with tension and timing, Stuart finally threw up his hands and told me to call Darrin.<br />
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Darrin is our sewing machine repair guys at the shop, I called and he spent almost all of mothers day working on my machine. He did get it about half fixed. The loops I was getting were due to the gap between the hook and the eye of needle, he loosened the bobbin assembly and moved it back just a fraction and that fixed that problem! Then he went to work on the tension.<br />
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Now let me start by saying that no matter what I did I could not get the tension to balance and stay that way, oh I could get it to balance for a little while then BAM loops on the bottom and flat lined bobbin thread! I ended up with the tension dial cranked almost all the way down as tight as it would go and still the same thing.<br />
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So Darrin starts working on it, and gets the same results he disassembled and reassembled and changed springs, moved the check spring, and many more things... alas, tension is still way off. So here I sit almost a month after getting my machine back from it's "upgrade" and Darrin had my face plate at the shop either rebuilding the tension assembly or ordering me a new one. Needless to say I am less than happy.<br />
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The saddest thing about this whole adventure, with my old tension assembly I NEVER had these problems, I am still not sure why they replaced my face plate and tensioner... I did call to ask if they by chance still had my old one.. the short answer was no, and according to Her... the problem is not with the machine but with the thread... well then ALL of my thread must have magically turned to crap while my machine was gone.....<br />
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This is the first time I have been less than thrilled with the customer service from the Homesteader people... and right now I am very very sour.<br />
Sorry about all of the negativity. Hopefully my next post will be happy and quilty.<br />
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Thanks for letting me vent!<br />
Ginny<br />
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OH and if ANY of you have suggestions on how to fix this damn thing, PLEASE feel free to share! :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-10933947255020750932011-05-02T14:13:00.000-07:002011-05-11T08:24:15.489-07:00Candy Mountain Quilts Open For Business... And a Prom!So it has been a few weeks since my last post, and since I don't want to fall off the posting wagon like I did last year I figured I had better take a few minutes and throw something out here LOL!<br />
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Really I have good reason to have not posted much, I have been up to my ears in quilts and prom!<br />
After I got my Homesteader set up on the new frame, and everything fine tuned...well almost fine tuned, I worked on a quilt for Wendi's daughter Jessica, some back story... Jessica is 17 and has had a bit of a heart problem since she was born, I won't go into a ton of detail because frankly it isn't my place to share her trials with the world... let me just say that Jessica is one of my favorite teenagers and I have a huge amount of respect for her, she has already had surgery once (maybe twice) on her heart, and has just found out that she will be having surgery again this summer, they have to replace one of the BIG arteries... (Wendi, feel free it fill in the details if you would like) Any how, as a surprise during one of the medical tests...Wendi made Jessica a really cool Shrek quilt... it is adorable...well to get it done before they left for the appointment I threw it on the frame and did a bit of quilting...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did fight with my machine during this entire little quilt, I could not for the life of me get the tension to balance. Well, once I got it done (it turned out OK, not as well as I would have liked, but OK) I did put on a test piece and played. What I found.. I absolutely can not use bobbin washer in my machine anymore.. not sure why or what the change is but the tension jumps around so badly that I have had to remove them completely. So with my tension issues behind me and the timing where it needs to be, I was ready to tackle my first customer quilt on the new set up, so here it is...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Candy Mountain Quilts Customer Quilt #1!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am now officially (state licensed even) open for Business!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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And just to show that my life is not entirely centered around quilting all of the time...let me share my other distraction this last week... Torrie has a boyfriend, and he ask her to prom... I have proof! LOL<br />
Please let me indulge my proud Mommyness for just a few moments...<br />
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</tbody></table> So, once all the Magic was done, and "The Boy" arrived we took pictures, now for some reason, Torrie was the only one with a date... strange very strange since most boys are afraid of my daughter....<br />
The good news.. "The Boy" (who's name is really Garrett) Was very nice and posed with all of the girls... they were having fun!<br />
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So that's it for today, Thanks for stopping by!<br />
Happy quilting!<br />
GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-13095753585783296722011-04-14T13:01:00.000-07:002011-04-14T13:01:14.034-07:00Oh Blessed Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today was a 10! I hopped on the computer this morning to check the tracking on my longarm, which according to the tracking for the last week was due to be delivered Thursday the 14. Much to my surprise I was informed that it was on the truck out for delivery... Well I canceled my breakfast plans so I could be home for my baby.. and then I waited, and waited and waited, I paced, I fed the kids lunch, I paced some more, I sat and stared out the window, and I waited some more, the kids came home from school, I fed them snack and we all waited, we all stared out the window, Moms showed up and picked up kids, Dads showed up and picked up kids and then I waited a bit more! Finally at 4:25 p.m. the Fedex man drove past my house!!! YIKES then he backed up and came to the door, I signed for my delivery and we brought her in the house... Opened the box and there she was! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5M5ZFzydko4ta58TGi0WZsvD2RR5xxmgUBKxZvxvyiWUoXwuR37DQogJt6q_eNpB2kTGJzYR39RXK8kvlyPLqrs8UK2n2W9oa2gHcQIvo5JlvG5YtCE8twVK7KKqM1XpHr7XdKQdp4I/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5M5ZFzydko4ta58TGi0WZsvD2RR5xxmgUBKxZvxvyiWUoXwuR37DQogJt6q_eNpB2kTGJzYR39RXK8kvlyPLqrs8UK2n2W9oa2gHcQIvo5JlvG5YtCE8twVK7KKqM1XpHr7XdKQdp4I/s400/002.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Stuart and I then spent the entire evening working on my "new and improved" set up. We didn't quite get finished, we did get the frame leveled, and the rear handles attached to the machine. Tonight we will be getting the encoder wheels put on and all of the cables run. Then I will get to load a test piece on and see how she runs. Tomorrow if all goes well I will put my red snappers on ( got a good deal on them from a nice lady I met online after a major Snafu with the Quilts on the Corner shop) Once that is done I will be back in business!<br />
I can't wait to be able to quilt from my own home again, don't get me wrong, I love quilting over at the shop, but there is something to be said for finishing up dinner and going out to work on a quilt for a few hours before bed. I just sleep better! Plus I am more active, not sitting on my butt playing on the computer night after night.<br />
I will post pictures after we are all set up and quilting!<br />
I hope you all have a wonderful day.<br />
GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-51762151651590300242011-04-09T08:29:00.000-07:002011-04-09T08:29:04.135-07:00AT LONG LAST!!!Good Morning!!!<br />
So first off I guess I should explain the post below this one, it is actually a continuation of a conversation on Facebook, so if you jumped here from facebook well then you know what the heck is going one, if not.. Miss Megan needed a baby quilt quick like and I pointed her to the quilt at the top of my blog, wrote up some quick and simple (I hope) directions and then pointed the way here to show her a rough picture of what I drew up... I can't wait to see her finished quilt. It actually made for a fun morning, yes my life is that lame. I was thrilled to be of a little help to her, she is one of my favorite blog writer, and just in general a great person.<br />
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So, here is my bestest news... My longarm is at LONG LAST on it's way back home! According to the tracking number it is it has just left Charlotte NC. and should arrive here on the 14th. Just in time for a double class weekend. I think this was the longest 2 1/2 months of my life. Thankfully I have had the machine at the shop to use when I needed, but still it will be nice to have mine back and be able to quilt when ever I want to!<br />
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My other good news for the day, ALL medical results are in.. everything came back OK, no cancer!!! They even are going to have me wait till next year for my next Mammogram. Originally they were thinking I would have to come back and do it all over again in 6 months.<br />
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Well, I guess that's all of my good news for the day, I am off to shower as I get to spend the day with my friend Wendi, time to clean up the sewing room before Baby gets here!<br />
Hope you all have a wonderful day,<br />
Happy quilting.<br />
GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-28723151317777332822011-04-08T09:21:00.000-07:002011-04-21T09:02:35.845-07:00A Magic Star for the Bitchy Stitcher!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>This is for you Megan! Like I said in my post, this was a quick and dirty layout. I just used what ever color looked close. Your quilt will be MUCH cuter. I do like the idea of using the yellow for the stars and the star material for the sashing!<br />
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</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">EDIT....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was able to make a better image in EQ 7 even though it is still not perfect. I was able to get the stars in there after all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the pattern I wrote up and sent to Megan on facebook. It assumes you have some basic quilting experience. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Cut 36 5” squares for 4 patch blocks<br />
Cut 4 5” squares for Star center<br />
Cut 12 5” x 9.5” rectangles for sashing<br />
Cut 48 2 ¾” squares to form star points<br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">Cut 5” boarder<br />
Now simply sew together your four patch blocks. I use a random layout when using a variety of fabrics, for yours I would stick to just the pile of fats. Once 4 patch block are made set aside.<br />
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Now place one star point square on one corner of your sashing rectangle and sew from corner to corner, do this for all four corners of the rectangle, you should end up with each corner of sashing rectangle the same color as your star center. Trim to ¼ inch and press.<br />
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Next take 3 of your sashing rectangles and sew them to 2 of your star centers in this order, sashing, center sashing center sashing. Do this twice. This will form both horizontal sashing rows.<br />
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Now take your four patches and attach the vertical sashing rectangles. You should end up with three rows of… 4 patch, sashing, 4 patch, sashing, 4 patch.<br />
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Now simply join these rows to your horizontal sashings.<br />
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Yep clear as mud!<br />
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Now in my usual fashion, I try not to let things get me down and these last two weeks I haven't had time to have a negative thought! I actually have had a lot of fun these last two weeks, Friday the day of my surgery Bobbie the shop owner sold our rental machine!!! YIKES.. Now this is a good thing because after all that is her job, to sell sewing machines, but the yikes comes from the fact that I have a FULL calendar the entire month of April, I don't have any room for down time due to no machine. Fortunately the lady who bought the machine was gracious enough to allow us to continue using and renting her machine while our new longarm was shipped. I taught her how to use her longarm the Sunday after my surgery, and then we waited... Well I have to say I am very impressed with the Babylock people, the new frame and the Crown Jewel arrived Wednesday and Thursday, less than a week after the old machine sold. So, Friday after I got off work Stuart and I headed to the shop to set up the new CJ, we got there at about 4:30, the ladies who were renting that day finished their quilt and we were able to start set up on the new system. Many hours later we had this....<br />
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If you are looking for a good solid mid range long arm, I really would suggest you check out the Crown Jewel. Now the real challenge for me begins.. I have to learn how to use the computer guided portion.. Anybody out there familiar with Quilt Motion? If so give me a shout I am rather intimidated by it!<br />
Well, going to keep this short tonight, it has been a heck of a week this last little while, and I need to get some rest!<br />
Thanks for stopping by,<br />
Happy quilting!<br />
GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-69524251694038926892011-03-26T09:16:00.000-07:002011-03-26T09:16:16.305-07:00A virtual quilt show!Good Saturday Morning!!!<br />
First a real quick note the NO MORE MEDICAL TALK I promise!!! Did surgery yesterday and all went well! They removed what needed removing and left what was suppose to say! LOL The Dr says I will have some cramping and pain. So far so good...nothing... knock on wood.<br />
So with surgery out of the way and 11+ hours of sleep under my belt I feel like a new woman!<br />
<span style="color: red;">*** I am still working on figuring out </span>Bloggers<span style="color: red;"> new photo system, am having a really hard time with it. I apologise how awful the layout looks***</span><br />
And with that I will now get back to quilting. I promised the other day to share photos from last weeks quilt show. So with out further ado... let the show begin (note, only a few of these are MY quilts, and sadly I could not take pictures of all, so this is just a small sampling of our local talent, and boy do we have some local talent!) I will write a little bit about some of the quilts, but I sadly did not get photos of each info sheet. Need to do that next year!<br />
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Just thought this one was lovely! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one was made by Kendra, my friend Wendi's Daughter, she was 11 when she did it. She even quilted it on my longarm! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This quilt was pretty cool. I was not a big fan of the over all design, but the next picture shows what I loved!</td></tr>
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On the right you can see some of the embroidery details. BTW, this was done as a round robin for a sick friend if I remember the write up correctly.<br />
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Well, that looks like the last picture. Thank you for stopping in and visiting this virtual quilt show. If you happen to be in Washington state around this time next year please stop by and see the real thing! It only cost $5 to get in and it is will worth the trip!<br />
Happy quilting,<br />
GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-79013009771875225952011-03-24T14:07:00.000-07:002011-03-24T14:07:26.807-07:00My new frame is here!Just a short posting today... having a bit of a rough day here... will be going in next week for another mammogram, am not dealing with this bit of news very well.<br />
But.. That is NOT what this posting is about. I just wanted to share first pictures of the new frame, Wow!!! <br />
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Plus he made it longer than what they sell on their site, so if you go to Suzyqquilter.com and don't see a size you want, call them and they will probably be able to get you what you need! Yep this just turned into an advertisement LOL<br />
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Hey Wendi, I just got the MOST interesting call from Bobbie!<br />
And with that I shall bid you farewell.<br />
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GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-17430716699503684892011-03-23T10:35:00.000-07:002011-03-23T10:36:34.117-07:00Sold My Frame! Bring on the 12 Footer!!!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sometimes life can be funny.. Yesterday was a day from hell! I had to go in for my Pre Op and then register at the surgery center, I also got to have a mammogram! Yep fun day... So in the middle of all these appointments I get this phone call (I literally was getting ready to take my shirt of and put the little pasties on) The call was from a lady who saw my Suzy Q frame listed on Craigslist! She was very interested as she had just been looking at one at the quilt show last weekend. I scheduled for her to come over yesterday evening... And she bought the frame!!! I will be delivering it to her next week, helping her set up her machine and giving her some tips on quilting with a 9 inch throat machine. I could not be more thrilled. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here was the kicker, after she left I noticed the husbands name on her check, I ask Stuart if he knew a guy named Don H.... He say well, yea I worked with him years ago at Hanford, he was instrumental in my advancing to management! Needless to say, Stuart will be going with me to deliver the frame so he can visit his old mentor! It truly is a small world! </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So with my old frame sold, and my new one being delivered tomorrow now all I have to do is wait for my Homesteader to make its way back home! I got an email from Jennifer and they are almost done making all of the upgrades. To quote her...</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Happy quilting,</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ginny</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-28813679751339180762011-03-21T11:49:00.000-07:002011-03-21T11:49:29.917-07:00Fun Stuff.. and not so Fun Stuff...March, one of my favorite months of the year! March means the start of spring, flowers blooming, my birthday and our local quilt show, all of these are some of my favorite things!<br />
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This March has been a good month, well pretty much. I will start with the good and then go from there.<br />
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This last weekend was our local quilt show, I will make a post showing some of the beautiful quilts at the show a bit later. Today I am going to show you a quilt that I did this weekend. This is not my quilt but a customer quilt, a very special customer quilt. You see I am not really in business yet and have only done two other quilts for hire, one was a total commissioned quilt, and the other was a rush job for Stacy.. she needed it done a.s.a.p. for her brothers wedding. Well she called me Saturday during the show to ask if I could do another rush job, I said yes, and this is the quilt. The pictures are not great because they were taken with my cell phone. Now Stacy is a new quilter, I think this is her second or maybe third quilt, she does have some learning to do, but she gets an A+ for effort! She ask me if I could quilt it like the book...my favorite question..not. I was able to do everything except the center medallion on the 5" squares, so we compromised and did a feathered heart... Here are the pictures....<br />
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I was very happy with the final quilt, the quilting really enhanced the finished product! But most importantly, Stacy was delighted!<br />
I am glad I got it done for her yesterday...<br />
Mainly because that will be the last quilting I get to do for the next couple of weeks. The bad news in my life... OK so I don't usually give bad news on my blog and I don't usually discuss my medical issues. But today I am breaking that...<br />
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You see, I go in for surgery on Friday. During my last "girly" check up the Dr. found a growth in my uterus that is now outside on my cervix also. They will be removing the growth and running tests for cancer. I am not scared and not really letting it bother me. I know that it will be all right. I am bothered that I won't be able to quilt for a bit because that is what keeps me sane. So, if by chance I don't post for a bit. Don't worry, I will be back as soon as I have something pretty to share!<br />
Until then, keep on quilting and lets enjoy the warmer March weather!<br />
Happy quilting,<br />
GinnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882546806777999768.post-25315375077689095452011-03-04T12:58:00.000-08:002011-03-14T08:03:44.171-07:00Selling my Babylock and Suzy Q Frame!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgxH4O46_O-4avzjZuhjiWvgQnTbtMN7JAKoMOUdAnPl1-x9CA9k99sv4vPscp77pJ6d0meatU1u5MPzFZYa2ZpTe7PqNL8z1_6Gohlw2SKDcx3dhW3fgnHbIVNliSEA27dVa6Y5GnBs/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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For Sale: Babylock Quilters Choice Pro 9" machine with a Grace Sure Stitch stitch regulator on a queen size Suzy Q frame. The Babylock has a built in thread cutter, comes with extra bobbins, Magic Genie bobbin washers, a ruler foot, free motion foot and several other piecing feet. The Sure Stitch stitch regulator works beautifully and lets you set your stitch length with the simple press of a button. The Suzy Q frame (did I mention I am getting another Suzy Q, I love this frame!) is very sturdy, with metal rails! Easy crank for the take up rail. The leaders have zippers installed for speed and ease in loading your quilt onto the frame!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWI1CadNDDsmpa62GQPRL22i6D3O0D460hag6f-ZXwPChTepbyM0pfzzZXLC9UA-SVLxdumgBIaSIYKb-WryXNdAjV0dqGGgt8IBovVk0dnl-W_xUiw2z_efxrHZMALa-mL_AHCwwkFU/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWI1CadNDDsmpa62GQPRL22i6D3O0D460hag6f-ZXwPChTepbyM0pfzzZXLC9UA-SVLxdumgBIaSIYKb-WryXNdAjV0dqGGgt8IBovVk0dnl-W_xUiw2z_efxrHZMALa-mL_AHCwwkFU/s320/005.JPG" width="293" /></a>I am willing to deliver the entire set up anywhere in Eastern Washington. For everyone else I am more than willing to ship, but the buyer will be responsible for shipping costs. Asking price... Well I am asking $1450.00<br />
But it the buyer mentions seeing this on my blog then you get the Blog Special of.... $1350.00!<br />
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Please feel free to send me an email if you or anyone you know may be interested in this setup. I would really like to sell before my quilt machine and new frame arrive.<br />
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and pass the word!<br />
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Feel free to share this on your blog too!<br />
Thanks,<br />
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