Meet Elisabeth Louise

Yes, I name all of my machines and Elisabeth Louise is royalty! She's a Baby Lock Tiara! I got her from Quilters Corner because their service and support are excellent!

I live in a very rural area and Elisabeth Louise may be royalty, but the name is just a bit pretentious, so I will be calling her Betty-Lou. I think that will help her fit in just perfectly! I even rearranged and cleaned up my sewing room, just for her arrival.

Still have plenty of room for my husband's visiting chair.

I'm pretty impressed that everything have fit so well into this room, it isn't that big. Betty-Lou is running pretty well so far, although I haven't really put her through her paces yet. I'm excited that next weekend is a long weekend (MLK Day), so hopefully I can really test her out.

Linking up with Marelize at Stitch by Stitch for Anything Goes Monday!

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

"The Pat Cave", My Comfy New Sewing Space

About a month or more ago, I asked myself  - why was I using the small spare bedroom as my sewing room and not the larger one???? Really, do guests need that much space???  Now deciding to move and actually moving all my ...stuff, well that can take a while. Still not completely done, but I really like working in my new space. I love having the big tables on both sides of my machine. The left side holds my quilt when I'm free motion quilting and my cutting board when I need it. I even basted this quilt on it. The right side holds all my other stuff - thread, small iron and pad, etc.

 Even room for a "guest" chair when my husband needs to visit the "Pat Cave".

 Needless to say, I'm still quilting my "Make It Right" Challenge quilt. I'm probably showing you more than I should, but I don't think anyone is going to copy it on this short notice.

I'm linking up today with Leah Day for FMQ Friday, can't wait to see what everyone's been up to this week.

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

WIP Wednesday

I have been working diligently on my "Make It Right" challenge quilt. The top is done, the quilt is basted. The problem is that I can't really show it to you, it's a secret.  Okay, I'll show you a sneak peek.

 I know that this isn't much of a sneak peek, you'll just have to wait until June 6th. Something else is different in this picture. I switched the spare bedroom and my sewing room. Do guests need more room that me for my sewing???  I think not!  Anyway, I'm not fully settled yet, but it is going to be cool. When it's done I will show you pictures of the room. My new setup is SWEET! I was able to baste this quilt sitting next my sewing machine.

Needless to say, the quilt only took an hour or so to press and baste. Now on to the fun part, FMQ. And I plan on quilting the snot out of it!

I also finished my Elephant quilt, just in time to enter it in the Blogger's Quilt Festival in the Bed Quilts category.

I also entered my Koi Pond quilt into the home machine quilted category. 

Voting starts on Friday, May 24. I'm shamelessly asking if you will consider voting for my quilts in their respective categories, but you really do need to check out all of the quilts. They are a world of inspiration.

Here are this week's stats:
In-process: (4)
Express Your Love
Layers quilt
Grandma's Quilt
Making It Right Challenge

New projects: (0)


Finished (1)
Elephant quilt

I'm linking up with  Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

 

 

Color Me Quilty!

 

Pat

Stop the Needle, Go Clean Your Room(s)

I admit it! I'm messy! But it even gets to me sometimes and I have to stop and clean up before I can do one more thing. That's what I did this weekend. The mess started with trying to get ready for Christmas and has lingered on....it REALLY isn't pretty! I'm quite embarrassed.

BEFORE

Cutting design room in chaos!

Fabric storage in disarray!

Cluttered sewing room!

Seriously, how could I even sew with this disaster??

Exploded into the guest bedroom!

AFTER

Cutting design room with room for cutting and design!

Fabric storage standing tall!

Sewing room with room to sew!

Even room to set up my back-up machine!

WOW, there really is a bed in the bedroom!

Now, there still is a considerable amount to clean and organize, I didn't show you the closets. My husband is taking bets on how long it will be until I smutch it back up again! Well, at least until my guests come and go! ;)

Color Me Clean(er)!

Pat