I'm waiting for some backing fabric from Connecting Threads to arrive so I can package up the curved log cabin and mail it to the long arm quilter. I probably won't see it for many months, but that will be OK. I have the binding all made and ready to put on when it returns home.
My machine sewing has come to a bit of a standstill as my Elna is in the shop for a thorough cleaning. I can get my old reliable Viking 100 out, but I have grown very attached to the quarter inch foot on the Elna for piecing. And that's what I've been up to lately. I'm making some scrappy 12" heart blocks for a swap. Each block takes 36 2" squares, some of which are half-square triangles. I got one put together and had the other seven in strips to be put together when my machine started making a high-pitched squeal. I stopped and cleaned everything, checked the needle, and started sewing again. It still didn't sound right, so I packed it up and took it to the shop. Carl had told me when I bought it in the early summer that I should bring it in at the end of the summer. So I guess this is the "end" of summer (ha!).
I have plenty of hand sewing to keep me busy while I wait for Elna to return. Yesterday, I sewed the binding down on the little purple row robin (photo soon when the sun comes out). There are a bunch of scrappy orange peel blocks ready to applique, and I should get back to hand quilting my Atlantic Flyway wallhanging. It's the project I take to my occasional Saturday afternoon gathering of the Calico County Quilters. And then there's that gray/pink lacy scarf I've been knitting for ages...
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and your blog post reminds me that I need to clean my Juki before I get going on any more piecing - it has been awhile - I like that I do not need to bring my machine in anyplace unless-- (just like a featherweight only much bigger!
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