I have been quilting on my Back to School quilt the past few days and I love George. As I have been working on this quilt and really enjoying the process I have been trying to decide what the difference it.
1. I love the throat space – a big 20″ and the size of the table. I can quilt on part of the project without having to stuff and fluff as I work. Since my table is out in the open I do have to fold it up sometimes so it doesn’t fall off the table. If I start feeling the least bit of drag I know it is time to rearrange alittle.
2. I love the speed. Not that I go fast all the time, but that when I want to the machine will keep up with me. I don’t even have George set on the fast speed. I have it at the middle setting and I still don’t ever put the medal to the pedal.
3. I love the set-up (any my new studio workspace). I don’t have to move my machine back to it normal place before sewing classes – I just leave everything as it is (except taking quilt off from under the needle.
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Reasons why I love George!
Friday, October 24th, 2008I Love the Space on George
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Last night I was quilting on Emily’s quilt and I was just working away and then I realized that I was quilting on the side of the quilt but had the entire 86″ stuffed in George and it didn’t even seem tight. This is what machine quilting is suppose to be like.
Emily working on her froggie quilt – shhhhhhhh it’s a NOYB (None of your business) project
Jennie modeling her new pants and blouse that she completed.
Janardan playing games.
Tom working on our cars for the “Night at the Races” activity coming up this Saturday.
Grandpa Tom and the girls.
Staycation
Friday, September 12th, 2008The next few days is going to be a Stay at home vacation – thus Staycation. The past few Septembers the girls have come with me to Idaho to visit my father. We spend the week sewing. Since my dad passed away in February we decided to still get together but they would all come to my house and enjoy the NEW studio. Emily (and her two daughters) and Jennie (and Janaradan) arrived on Wednesday. Yesterday we had a somewhat lazy day. Some of us attended a baby shower for Edna (who is expecting twins). I work with her in the Young Women’s in my ward. After we returned from the shower we actually got going on some of our projects.
Emily is working on piecing a feedsack quilt she is marking. This is the second one she is making from this pattern. She wants to (or have me) quilt it on George .
Jennie is trying to decide what project she wants to work on. She said that she wished that she had brought something to quilt because she wanted to try out George. I got out a bunch of projects that I said she could quilt. She is going to quilt a Halloween stack n’ whack I pieced a few years ago.
Autumn and Prairie played outside, but when it started to rain they decided that it was time for a movie.
I started working one of the blocks for the back of The Generations Unite. This quilt will have six generations represented (and worked on by four generations. The footprints are Prairie’s when she was 5 days old. Jennie choose the paper-piecing hummingbirds and
Emily choose the Easy Piece blocks in the corners. One down, thirteen to go, then to had my Folded hexagons.
#2 quiltied on George
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
I LOVE the table that came with George. Having so much level table space to the left of the needle and behind is wonderful. I am really enjoying quilting with George.
Here I am working on the feather border.
Another picture of the feather border.
The quilting is completed! (It about 10:30 AM on Saturday morning.) The wedding is at 3:00 pm and the reception starts at 6:00 pm.
I decide to sew down the binding with the sewing machine, that way I can for sure be done before the wedding. I don’t want anymore wedding quilts hanging over my head. (Please be patience, they are coming. I know, you are not going to hold your breath – that is probably a good idea.)
I like the corner design I did. I think it is a good transition from the feathers.
I even quilted the year & bride and groom’s names on the quilt. (Do you think that will count as a label – probably NOT!) You can only really see the brides name, but the other are there. Trust me!
Now to do a quick clean up job in the house since Tom will be home in a few hours (and I need to iron his white shirt for him – the QUEEN of Last Minute is in good form today.)
Friday, August 15th, 2008
It was great quitling last night! 
I love the large table space to support the quilt. I did put the card table to the left of my chair to support the quilt over there.
The amount of space between the needle and the machine was unbelievable! There was not all that stuffing, it just worked it’s way through. 
The stitch quality on the back is great also. George Is here!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Here is a pictures of the table and George in the back right hand corner of the truck.
George coming home to Pelham.
Taking George to the back.
We had to take the door off to get the crate (with the table) into my studio.
Here is George coming down the stairs. I am so thankful that the driver offered to help me get George into my studio. I am not sure what I would have done. I am sure that I would have taken the table out of the crate before bring it inside.
We got the crate with the table into my studio just in time for the afternoon session of sewing camp. Cassie suggest that we cover the crate with a table cloth to keep from getting splinters.
Camp is over and it’s time to start taking the crate apart. At first I thought is was put together with nails, so I got out the crowbar, but as it turned out they used screws. It was much easier getting the crate apart because of that.
Here I am taking the screws out.
The sides and top of the crate have been removed.
Wroking on getting the sewing table off the bottom of the crate.
Pictures of some of the odds and ends that came with the George machine.
Here is George getting his first look of his new home.
Made the needed adjustments and have the plexi-glass around George.
My first test piece. I think I am really going to like machine quitling on George. Guess I’ll put the samples aside and quilt my Morning (aka Mouring) Quilt. Check back tommorow to see how it goes.
No George last night!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008I am not sure exactly what happened, but the driver NEVER made it here last night. He is suppose to be here between 11:30 am – 12:30 pm. I am keeping my fingers crossed!