ANOTHER BASKET FOR ME

I needed something simple to do today.  I realized I really needed a basket to contain my scraps from my Improv That Block project.  I found some cotton clothesline and made a big basket for them.

 

MONDAY PURPLES

 I finished the basket.  It turned out great.

Then I made this 10" block out of 100 one inch squares for a quilter online that asked for a bunch because she needed 3000 of them or something.  Then I find out after, that she has more than enough and doesn't want anymore.  I'll put it in my orphan block stack.

SUNDAY AGAIN

 It's the end of another week.  Here's my Sunrise quilt so far - nine weeks.

Then I got out the Bernina 1230 because with the exchange of feed dogs on the B770 I don't yet have a zigzag throat plate - it's on order.  So, I got the 1230 to use the zigzag because I had a yankering to make a basket using the colored rope I bought at Quiltcon.

I wanted a big basket, so I started the bottom with some white rope that I covered in some purple fabric - wrapping around and around and around.  I didn't get very far though.  I had bugs to work out, remembering how best to do this.

CORD BASKETS

 I made a basket from cotton cording a few days ago.  I only used about half of the 50 yards on the spool.  So, today after finishing the backing for Bird, I made another one.

BORING BOWL

 I got frustrated with working on the Dancing with the Wall project.

It can be tiring.

So, I decided to do something brainless.

I made a basket for holding the scraps as I work on this project.

LITTLE BASKETS

 Amidst the containers of sewing stuff and fabric was a few unfinished projects of Sue's.

I will finish a few, but I'm not sure what to do with this pile of 6" baskets.  There are 79 or 80 or them, made and signed by various people from the Covington Guild (I think).  They would make a great quilt.

OPENED THE BOXES

 After all the rain yesterday, this morning was bright and clear.  

The tide was higher than I have every seen it, right up to the bulkheads.  Jax completely lost his mind and began barking at the waves.  He went out onto the logs floating in the water and had a great time.  Jelly and I watched with amusement.

 After the walk I went up to my studio and cleaned my old Bernina 1230, gathered up all of it's accessories, boxed everything all up and put it all away.  Then I unboxed my new Bernina B770QE Anniversary Edition. It came with a bundle of goodies including a trolley (not shown), an accessories bag and a soft cover, all in black with gold trim.  It also came with a tin full of gold scissors of all sizes and a gold rotary cutter and a gold plated ruler foot and a gold plated number 1 foot.

It doesn't fit into my sewing table, but I added some pieces of wood under it to bring it up high enough that I can use the table that came with it.  Hopefully, someday Darrell can fix the table so that it will sit down inside it.  

It came with some crappy white polyester thread on the bobbin.  Instead of unwinding it all, I ran down to McLendon's Hardware and bought some cotton clothesline and made this basket, using up the bad thread.  It took longer than I thought, but I love it.  I might make some more.  I was thinking I could even dye the cotton rope.  

Then I changed the foot to the Patchwork foot and sewed together the blocks of  my Halloween table runner to see how it would all work.  There is definitely a learning curve to get the quarter inch seam allowance right.  But, I must say, this machine is very intuitive and easy to understand - except for all of the inner computer settings - that will take some studying up on.  It came with some free classes - I'll have to look into that.

STARTING ON THE OTHER SIDE

Darrell got up early and made this case to house my fabric collection.
I've purchased a metal basket drawer system to store it in.
This box will hold the basket drawers.

 Those are the some of the baskets on the right.  Again, the studio is in a state of disorder, to say the least.