Enchanted and quilted......

One quilt down....Woo hoo! It is the one I started the other day....The nice orangey bright one....I sure like it too.....it started out as a disaster when I went to quilt it...I dont know what I was doing, but somehow the backing got folded under and I quilted a whole row that way...I am going to make a confession here...I am a closet cusser.....I cuss at my machine a lot. Now in my heart of hearts I know it is not the machine making mistakes but it makes me feel better. That is why I am upstairs...so no one hears me....At least I hope no one does....So I figure out luckily that the back was all screwed up, I cuss and kick the bins under the quilter and then I get out my picker....this is what I call a seam ripper...so my picker and I spend some quality time together and I right the big wrong...I adjust and repin and then it quilts up like a dream. I swear my machine likes the orange thread I used...It just was purring and I said all kinds of loving things to it to keep it that way and to make up for my earlier potty mouth.....Here is my honey holding it up in our tiny living room....he is six feet tall and you cant see him, so that will give you an idea of the size.......

Here is a close up of the quilting......

I usually just stipple it and freehand whatever I feel like it...I dont use pantograms, in fact I took the top tray where they go off.I am short and I couldnt see up there...How fun would quilting on a ladder be anyway? When I first used the quilter, I did a queen size quilt and I worked and worked on it...I did feathers and flowers and loops all kinds of fancies....it was beautiful until I took it off and realized that I put the top on the rollers the wrong way and the top was inside the quilt...good times.....that is when my picker and I really got to know each other and I became a closet cusser....really....
Today in the mail I got a 6x8 quiltie from Donna from my round robin group...my theme has been red, black and white....Isnt this awesome? especially with Valentines Day just around the corner....I love it!

Also today, I had to go to Salt City and my first swap partner for the Enchanted ornament swap lives there so I hand delivered her package to her porch....my car has GPS which I just love.....otherwise, I never would have found it! The swap calls for one handmade ornament a month and some little goodies...she said in her questionarre that she liked old linens, ephemera, bits of old jewelry and anything to do with sewing....My ornament is a wood circle painted with an acorn, ( this months theme) then mounted the wood on a wreath and put on some ribbons....I included a couple hankies, some costume jewelry and paper items.

....I also put a retro fabric panel in the tin.....so one down 11 months to go......
Tomorrow I am going to start piecing one of the two ufo's that I have...I actually am looking forward to it...What are you working on?