Trash and Treasure

No quilting right now. The technician came from Richmond yesterday to do the routine maintenance on my longarm. I get it done every 18 months to two years. I needed a new thrust bearing on the belly bar and a new shaft adapter for quick change feet. He also tightened all the belts, changed the tension spring, cleaned everything, etc. I will need to get back to quilting today. I did do some sewing though.

I often sew at home in the evenings, but lately I haven’t been in the mood. In fact, my small machine was still in the travel bag where I put it after the placemat workshop two weeks ago. I got it out and removed the walking foot I had left on it, and proceeded to figure out I don’t have the ankle that the regular feet attach to.

I robbed the one off my Janome 6019, but that’s not a permanent solution. I will either need to find the missing ankle or order a new one. I can probably get one from Sewing Parts Online. I hope. 

Someone had given me a bag of scrap fabrics, and I found these 10” squares in the bag. 

Well, you know how I am. I like the challenge of figuring out how to make something beautiful from someone else’s rejects. I made a cute baby quilt top that took all of about ten minutes.

I will put minkee or flannel on the back, and it will be a nice quilt for a baby girl. I had 8 squares left over, and I don’t now what to do with those. I may end up cutting them up into 5” squares and adding them to the charm squares boxes. I’m not sure yet.

I also cut up some more potato chips from some random scraps.

There are still some more scraps I need to process (always). I need to get back to work on the Summer Challenge, but now that I have the machine out and working, I will be able to do that.

Two of the dogs go to the vet today for checkups and shots, so this will be an expensive week for me!