This quilt, which I began in January as part of a Quilt-A-Long over at p.s.i quilt {scroll down to the Postage Stamp Quilt Along}, has finally rolled off the quilting machine! Mrs. Singer had a problem with thread breaking, but after a trip to the repairman and some handy work by Mr. Hearts on one of her brackets, she has been sewing again! Yeah!
Quilt stats:
- Size: Twin size at approx. 60"x80".
- Quilt top fabrics: Sip of Summer Collection from Connecting Threads and white tone-on-tone from Northcott Studio.
- Backing fabric: Lemonade Daffodil from Sip of Summer Collection by Connecting Threads.
- Batting: Hobb's Thermore 100% polyester, ultra low loft {pure white to keep the white fabric in the quilt top looking white}
- Binding: Lemonade Daffodil from Sip of Summer Collection by Connecting Threads, double fold binding attached by machine for durability
- Pattern: From p.s. i quilt Postage Stamp quilt-a-long
- Quilting: All-over meandering stitch with white Cotton Essentials thread on my 1896 Singer long-arm quilting machine
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8 comments :
Wow! This is the first time I ever saw a old Singer set-up like this! I have a 15-91, did you design the frame?
@ Connie - I purchased the Singer machine together with the table and didn't design it myself. You can read more in this post - http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/2010/10/vintage-long-arm-quilting-machine.html. The whole kit and kaboodle was purchased off Craigslist for ... dare I tell you? $300!!!
Mrs. Hearts
Wow! I'm loving this! And I just read your comment on you got the whole thing for $300? Holy Moly! You did GREAT!
@ Lee Ann,
Yes, 300 bucks. It was still a lot of money because my husband had been out of work for months, and we didn't know he would be out of work for 49 weeks total. I smile a HUGE grin and laugh when I see the cost of a new one without a table. However, new ones are a lot more sophisticated than Mrs. Singer - she cannot do near the delicate stitching those machines do, but I do love her dearly, and all I want her to do is a meandering stipple, and she does that just fine.
Mrs. Hearts
Wow! It's absolutely fantastic! Great work Mrs.Hearts :)
What a darling patchwork quilt. Love the bright colors.
I love it! So bright and cheery yet so simple. My favorite!
Just beautiful.
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