We have a lovely new housemate who owns a sewing machine and has been giving me lessons on how to use it. Simultaneously at work they are attempting to break the Guinness World Record of the longest bunting in aid of Fair Trade fortnight. They are providing triangles of fair trade cotton which people are meant to decorate (however they like) and then hand back. I've been using this as an excuse to experiment with the machine.
The photo above is my solo attempts at using the machine. I've made one previous triangle which was much more abstract (I didn't take a photo of that one before I handed it in), where I tried to 'master' the straight line, but these involved sewing curves which were a lot more tricky. I've enjoyed playing around with the machine though, and once I complete my hand stitched quilt I'll look forward to making another quilt by machine. It is SOOO much quicker on a machine. I'm beginning to understand why people think I'm crazy to hand stitch a queen size quilt. Still I've started, and feel that I should continue on principle :) ... So ten years later, I may have a finished product to show off!
I've added 2 lines of sashing to the first row of my quilt. It's quite difficult to photograph as its so big, but to give a sense of scale, here is the first line of the quilt draped over the back of my sofa and (the same row) hung over my door. Its getting easier and easier to picture what the finished product will look like. Can't wait! :)
