Tomorrow Is Surgery Day! :(

I probably will not post for a few days, I am having nose surgery tomorrow. :( Nothing major, just fixing some old breaks and sinuses. The surgeon said that he would be rebreaking my nose, cutting out some bone, cartlidge and tissue. One side is completely closed off and the other side only has about 50% opening. My nose is straight enough, the mess is on the inside. Also having my sinuses done while they are in there.

Like I said, it is nothing major, but I'm sure I will be uncomfortable for a few days. So I will post if I feel like it, if not, I will be back on here in a few days.....
Kristie

My Quilting Frame Is FINISHED!

Hehehehe! It's official, I'm a real COWGIRL! :) Here is our new bull! Richard and the boys picked him up this afternoon. He is a beefalo, half beef and half buffalo. Anyway, they get him home and get him out of the trailer. Got him in the lot were we are going to keep him and the dogs got after him......long story short, he got loose! Jumped the logs and through the barbed wire and through the woods he went! Richard and Andrew chased him for a few miles on foot through the woods! Finally back here within sight so I went to help them then. Let's just say we fought all over this farm with this little bull. He only weighs about 350lbs but he is just EVIL! Got one lasso around his back foot and another around his neck. Pulled the truck and trailer up to where we had him, took forever to get him in the trailer. We all have rope burns and blisters everywhere. Cuts and scraps too, like I said he went through the woods and acres of blackberry vines, but he is finally put up for the night. Giggle, we just left him in the trailer for the night, put him some food and water in there and will deal with him tomorrow! :)

Richard finished my frame this morning! :) I am one happy girl! I still need to stain some of the wood but I will get that in a few days. I just love it! It is a very sturdy 12 ft frame! I can also use a larger machine than the one that I have but this will probably be the only one that I ever buy. My machine is a 13" Bailey. I really like is so far.

I attached my handles to the back because I wanted to learn how to use a pantograph. My other set of handles for the front should be delivered any day. Anyway, I loaded some fabric on to practice with. Had trouble the first thing! Took me about 2 hours to figure out what was wrong....a wonderful lady called me from the Bailey Yahoo Group and helped me. I knew it had to be something simple because I had just bought the machine and it sewed great until today. The problem was.....I HAD THE THREAD WRONG! There is another thing by the needle that the thread needed to go through and it DOES NOT show that part in the manual! So she told me that, I redid the thread and it works perfect!!!! I am so happy with my machine and frame! I plan on practicing a lot more then I will start on my 70+ tops!

Now I will leave you with another silly Donkey photo!

I think I am going on to bed, my backing is starting to hurt from being jerked around by that bull.

Kristie

Now I can start!

I am just so excited! My baby was delivered yesterday evening!! It is a Bailey Home Quilter! I just can't tell you how long that I have wanted one of these. I didn't realize that it would be delivered yesterday until about 2 hours before it got here. I was pacing the floors! :) By the time that Richard got home and I was showing him everything about it, I was all teary-eyed!


I don't have it on the frame yet, but should within the next couple of days. My frame is not done yet, because I didn't actually expect the machine for another week or so.

I did play around with it while I had it sitting on the table. It sews great! Didn't even have to adjust anything, just threaded it up and started sewing! I could go ahead and quilt a quilt on it while I have it on the table but I will probably just wait until my frame is done.

Now maybe I can get these 70+ tops quilted! :)
Kristie