Friday, March 22, 2013

Finish It Up Friday...


I had fun finishing off these cuddle quilts for the hospital while practicing my free motion quilting and using my new Janome 8900 sewing machine.
 I could not decide which pictures to use, so of course I used them all....
 Leah Day suggested that we use a panel to practice our FMQ...As it happened, my sister had just found one on sale at Hancock's.  I went around the animals and did some funky stars.  There is a ...new to me... stitch that is a double serpentine.  I used that here on the binding.  I never drop my feeddogs to FMQ..just like Leah...a Leah wannabee....but on the 8900, I found that I had to....hmmm  I also had to move the needle pressure to one instead of the average five.


 There is a feature on my machine that is a tacking feature.  I tried it out here in the center of the pink squares after free motion quilting the main parts.

Today, I am linking up to Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday!
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7 comments:

  1. smazoochieMarch 22, 2013 at 10:29 AM

    Glad to you are enjoying your new machine. Btw, I love the scrappy & pink quilt.
    Looks like the dawn of a beautiful new day in SC.

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  2. marcellaMarch 22, 2013 at 10:41 AM

    Yea for two finishes! How fun to have such a fancy new machine to play with.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 22, 2013 at 10:53 AM

    These are cute quilts! So fun to have a new machine - that is a machine I would love to have.

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  4. Britt G.March 22, 2013 at 1:24 PM

    What fun quilts - I love the look of panels outlined and then filled in with close patterned quilting. The pink quilt is really great and girly and I love the fabric choice for it as well. Great Finishes!

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  5. SuperMomNoCapeMarch 22, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    Your quilts look great and I'm sure will be much appreciated and cuddled with.

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  6. crookedtailcraftsMarch 24, 2013 at 8:58 AM

    Beautiful finishes! Glad you're having fun with your new machine.

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  7. ShaunaMarch 24, 2013 at 5:15 PM

    Wow!! Both are so cute!

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