So the latest insane project is the design of a VW Bus quilt. Never having appliqued before, I truly did not understand how addicting this could really be. While I had intended for this to be a new years project, I had nine 9X11 quilt squares made before Christmas!! But of course, true to form, I had one issue after another just getting to nine squares. First, my not so old - basic singer sewing machine, which should have been maintained better in retrospect, decided not to co-operate. Missing stitches, puckering fabric, chewing through my appliques, what a disaster. To the rescue, my mothers vintage 1970 singer - or as I affectionately like to call it - the finger F&$ker. Don't look away for even a second, this machine has one speed- warp drive and if you aren't paying attention, you will look like Edward ScissorHands in no time.
So after much frustration, I got the old girl running, and haven't looked back. Hope to have a finished project before spring. Have a look at the first two I made, I will post more pics of the others soon.
