I took a break early yesterday morning to do some cutting before I did anymore canning. I am starting a new quilt!!! It is a Craftsy class with Edyta Sitar called, Trail Mix. I am very excited about this new quilt. I love her patterns and she is very informative in her Craftsy class. This is one of those quilts that you have to cut and sew very accurate.
To start I needed to cut 300+ 1 1/4" strips. I got them all cut!
The next step is to sew these into strip sets of twelve. I only got 3 strip sets sewn and pressed. At least I got a good start on it.
I haven't posted about these machines but they are piling up waiting to be cleaned and serviced. Let me tell you about these. The Singer on top, I bought at a yard sale for $5. It sews, it just needs to be cleaned, oiled and such. The middle machine...my mom bought a Singer machine in a cabinet at a yard sale and they threw this one in FREE just to get rid of it. She gave it to me to see if it worked. The cord is missing so I haven't been able to really check it out yet. It is a Euro Pro. The one in front, mom bought today at Goodwill. It is priced $4.99 but she got it for 1/2 price. I have one just like it already. So $7.50 for 3 machines!
My mom has always sewn for as long as I can remember. She still has the sewing machine that she pieced all of my clothes on when I was a young child. I think right now she has a total of 4 machines and when I service the Singer Fashion Mate (in front) I will send it home with her as well. I think she is planning on doing a lot of sewing once she retires! LOL!
I did a little more canning. 5 more quarts of green beans and 9 pints of spicy chicken veggie soup. I have about 4-5lbs of jalapenos that I will be canning later today. I gave my brother a jar of the Cowboy Candy and he LOVED it! So I am going to can him a batch.
I should know the date for my next hexie class later this afternoon. They are having a meeting and setting the date and will contact me afterwards. I gave them the dates that I was available in September so the rest is up to them. I'm excited about doing this second class. I just pray that it goes as well as the first one did.
To start I needed to cut 300+ 1 1/4" strips. I got them all cut!
I did a little more canning. 5 more quarts of green beans and 9 pints of spicy chicken veggie soup. I have about 4-5lbs of jalapenos that I will be canning later today. I gave my brother a jar of the Cowboy Candy and he LOVED it! So I am going to can him a batch.
4 comments:
So much for any thoughts I might have had about signing up for the Trail Mix class ... as my cutting and sewing aren't always as accurate as they could/should be. I try ... I bought a cutter and I took a class on precision machine piecing, but I still fall short. :-(
I'm sure your next hexie class will be a success ... wouldn't it be interesting to follow up with your "students" in a few months and see if any of them have been bitten by the hexie bug?
let me know how you like the Edyta Sitar class, I have thought of taking one of hers and I haven't. My cutting is not great - maybe if I buy one of the cutting machines I will then.
I had to look up that quilt before I commented. What a stunner! Just lovely!
You always find the best deals on machines!
I really admire your canning skills, Kristie.
Am currently working on my first hexie quilt and am loving it--would love to be closer to take a class
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