Sharon's Turn

Getting our schedules to coincide has been challenging through all the hustle-bustle of the season, but Sharon and I did manage to carve out some time for a sewing day last week - and Sharon quilted on the long arm machine!

And not just one quilt -  she did two!

First, she quilted up this very cheery sunflower quilt which will be gifted to a family member for Christmas. Here are some additional pics of it.

When the sunflower quilt came off the machine, she was ready to load quilt number two. This is a flannel quilt featuring a familiar cartoon character. These are simply 6.5-inch squares sewn together in alternating order. I've never quilted a flannel quilt on my machine before, but this worked out fine...mostly. We did have some issues with tension, and it required a quick second visit the next day to finish it off. 

Sharon plans to give this quilt to her young grandson, who is a big Baby Yoda fan.

These pictures don't appear to be quilted, so apparently I took them prior to loading it on the machine. I suppose we were so preoccupied with figuring out our tension woes, and then getting it done that we didn't think to take a picture of the finished quilting. Sharon did an interesting vertical wavy line design on this, and with the geometric checkerboard look, the quilting is very effective.

So, I will be adding these two quilts to the long arm list - for record keeping purposes.

I've been reminding Sharon to get those bindings on! Sharon, are they done, yet? *smile*

Have you finished your Christmas sewing? The big day is almost here!

Happy Quilting, Friends!