Longarming -

 

 

If you had told me a year ago - 

 

That I would be playing with a longarm today -

 

I would not have believed you - 

 

I was happily making a bunch of quilt tops -  

 

And hanging them in the closet - 

Not worrying one teensy little bit - 

 

About if or when they would ever get quilted -

 

AND THEN - 

 

Last summer (August) I got an email regarding a sale for a frame - 

 

And fell down a rabbit hole - 

 

Since then I have had a GREAT time with my new toys - 

 

When I first got my Q'nique 15PRO - 

(Which is no longer available - replaced by the Q'nique 16X Series) - 

 

And the Q-Zone Hoop Frame - 4-1/2 ft. wide - 

 

I played with a "Practice Quilt" and then quickly quilted 4 more quilts - 

 

Sorry - Blogger decided which photo went where - 

The frame is on the bottom left -

 

#1 - Practice Quilt - bottom right -

#2 - Red/White/Blue "Cheater" Panel - 40" x 40" - middle right -

#3 - An old UFO - Red/White/Black - 48" x 48" - upper left -

#4 - I Used To Be Placemats - 42" x 44" - bottom middle

#5 - Antique Squirrel - 72" x 90" - upper right - 

 

While I was wrestling with the larger quilt - Antique Squirrel - 72"x 90" - 

I decided to upgrade to the Q-Zone Queen Frame - an 8-1/2 ft. frame - 

So I could quilt an entire row in one pass without having to "re-hoop" the quilt -

I knew that I had a bunch of Upstairs/Downstairs quilt tops at 60" x 80" - 

And thought that the larger frame would work MUCH better with those -

And it does - so I'm glad that I upgraded when I did - 

 

When I got the new frame - I quilted another eight before the end of 2022 -  

 

#  6 - Upstairs/Downstairs - Wild Things - 60"x 80" - top middle - 

#  7 - Simply Woven - 60" x 60" - bottom left - 

#  8 - Halloweenie Interweave - 48" x 56" - middle left - 

#  9 - Upstairs/Downstairs - Christmas Green - 60" x 80" - bottom middle - 

#10 - Upstairs/Downstairs - Christmas Red - 60" x 80" - top left - 

#11 - Big & Bold - 62" x 86" - middle right - 

#12 - Woof & Whiskers - TT - Confetti - 48" x 60" - bottom right - 

#13 - Woof & Whiskers - Jiffy Jelly - 48" x 60" - top right - 

 

The center one is the Antique Squirrel that was really too big for the other frame -

 

 

In January 2023 I played with -

 

#14 - Opal KaBloom panel - bottom right - 

Which included two small 4" squares - bottom left and right middle - 

A small beige/white flower - 10" x 10"' - top right -

And a medium sized white/blue flower - 15" x 15" - top left - 

 

They were fun to quilt - but aren't really 4 separate quilts - 

More like 2 mug rugs and 2 pillow tops - 

So I'll just count them as one - 

I'll count the large pink flower as a separate one when I get there - 

 

Then I played with a few more tops - 

 

#15 - Noah's Ark - 36" x 42" - middle right -

#16 - Bee Happy - 36" x 44" - bottom center - 

#17 - Opal KaBloom - Pink Flower - 26" x 26" - bottom right - 

#18 - Red Squirrel - 46" x 57" - top right - 

#19 - Imperial Bargello - 60" x 80" - middle left - 

#20 - Happy Trails - 32" x 40" - bottom left - 

#21 - Upstairs/Downstairs - Pastel Brights - 60" x 80" - center - 

#22 - Upstairs/Downstairs - Marigold - 60" x 80" - top left -

 

Between my U/D - Pastel Brights and U/D - Marigold I had tension issues - 

But I think I have those resolved now -

And - because of those - I un-sewed and re-quilted my Imperial Bargello - 

Maybe I should count that one twice - but I won't - LOL -

 

Anyway - that's 22 quilted since I got my new longarm set-up - 

Some are obviously smaller than others - but there are some at 60" x 80" -

 

Next up is - 

#23 - Upstairs/Downstairs - Winter's Grandeur - 60" x 80" -

 

 

And - according to my list - 

I have another 32 tops in the closet - 

 

Waiting their turn to be quilted - 

Maybe - if I get on a roll - 

I can finish a bunch of them -

Before the end of the year - 

 

And - YES - I said 32 -

 

I'll post the list tomorrow - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -