The weather in Minnesota has been, well…miserable! The temperature has hovered between 20-and 35 degrees F all month and we’ve had three days of snow this week...When it isn’t snowing—it’s raining! The good news…I’ve had a lot of time to quilt!
But even when I’m quilting…
I’m thinking about the weather!
I am still getting to know my new sewing machine…(Read more here)
And I find it has a different “feel” than my old machine–and a different sound, too! Isn’t funny how one gets used to the sound of the machine…
I added some “wind” to the umbrella quilts… and in a note of optimism, I stitched flowers in the blue quilt.
Now I wish they would magically bind themselves…
Next week’s Tuesday Tutorial: Open and Closed Umbrellas
Also, I have had a few requests to do a tutorial on The Flame stitch which is a part of the Fleur de lis motif from yesterday’s tutorial. Watch for that soon.
If you like the tutorials, please do me a favor….send warm and sunny thoughts this way!