Wild Thing

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I think this cheater panel has been waiting since November of 2020. I'm not sure I even liked it after I had it printed by Spoonflower Thankfully, it grew on me while I was quilting it. I kind of like my latest quilt now. Especially the quilt back.

I hadn't touched my longarm in at least four years, and possibly longer. So I took it in last fall to be serviced, just to make sure everything was working properly. I then worked up a practice quilt because I know I'm super rusty on free-motion quilting.

I had every intention of finishing this practice quilt by Christmas last year. The actual quilting took only two days once I loaded the quilt onto the longarm. It took me nearly two weeks to get around to the binding. Binding took not quite two hours. I've been playing chicken a lot lately with crochet thread and sewing thread. I did it again with the binding... I won, but boy, was that ever a close call!

It's not perfect. There are plenty of mistakes. Lots of time went into watching and re-watching Handi Quilter tutorials. I had to relearn everything. Literally everything. How to thread the machine. How to adjust the tension. How to work the touch screen. How to drive smoothly...

I didn't have to relearn how to pick out and redo stitches. I didn't have to relearn how to bury my thread ends. I didn't have to relearn how to bind.

When I first finished the quilting, I thought I'd have to do another practice quilt before I begin quilting the baby quilt for my friend's first granddaughter. By the time I finished the binding, I couldn't wait to get the pink floral quilt that has been waiting since December loaded onto the longarm. Who knows??? Perhaps I'll have it finished this weekend! Naaaaa... We're expecting snow tomorrow. If I can snap snowflake photos, I think I'll be tied up editing snowflake photos!!! I can't resist!!!

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