Busy, busy -

Trying to get the quilting done on the GREEN top - ;))

I decided to quilt it the same way that I did another one - HERE - and since I had used a fusible batting - pressed it well - then pinned it to stabilize it - I didn't bother with any "stitch-in-the-ditch" quilting -

Instead - I found the middle of one side and used my walking foot to stitch straight down the center of the column of patches - then skipped the next column to the right - and stitched the next column - two more times - for a total of three lines of quilting before I turned the whole thing 90-degrees - to the left -

Found the middle of the next side - and did another three lines of quilting - turned it another 90-degrees and did the same thing on the third side -

Turning the quilt after every three lines of stitching - eventually working my way to the last column of patches - and stitched in the ditch along the border -

I still have to go back and stitch the rest of the columns/rows -

But first I used my "guide" to quilt two more lines to the right of the last seam -

My walking foot came with two guides - a "right-side" one -

Like The Ultimate Quilt 'n Stitch Presser Foot by Clover - HERE -

And a "left-side" one - which is the one I use - because to me - it makes a whole lot more sense - the guide is on the LEFT - and follows the last line of stitching on the LEFT - with the bulk of the quilt to my LEFT - and not to the RIGHT of the needle - all squished up under the throat of my sewing machine. I'm not really sure - but I don't think the designer of that particular item quilts much - but then again - it's probably just me - and my personal preference - LOL - ;))

Speaking of preferences - I needed to replace my favorite ruler - a 6" x 12" that I have had f.o.r.e.v.e.r. because the lines are pretty near completely worn off -

I would really like one that is 6-1/2" x 12-1/2" but those are hard to find - and the one that I did find - has the numbers going the wrong way - from right to left - with the extra 1/2" on the left. That's OK if you're Right-Handed and cutting on the right side of the ruler - but I'm not and I don't - so the 1/2" on the left means that the 1" mark is actually 1-1/2" from the LEFT - LOL - I'd be off a half inch on every cut. And then there are the ones - like Omnigrid and Quilter's Select - with numbers going both ways - which are trying to be all things to all people - and are just flat out annoying to me with a cluttered design and too much to sift through to find the numbers that I want/need -

So -

While I was trying to decide which one was the least annoying -

I found an old 6" x 12" one in my stash -

Still in the shrink wrap -

It has the numbers going both ways -

So I dug out my handy-dandy LEFT-HANDED RULER CONVERSION KIT -

A set of Avery All Purpose Labels -

And made my own numbers -

Going the way I want them to go -

I only tagged one end -

So I know which end to use -

And I used the end that had the numbers going from LEFT to RIGHT along the long side -

It will do until I find one that I like better -

And Missouri Star Quilt Company has a nice 5" x 15" one - HERE - that has ONE set of numbers - and they go the CORRECT way - for me -

So that's a definite maybe -

Unless I decide to design my own - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -