From Momma, My new Bernina 830

My class project!
This machine can quilt beautiful patterns .
It makes button holes automatically!
It does lettering for Monograms!!!
Here is my new machine with out the embroidery module attached. I can't wait to fly solo on this thing! But first I have to master a few basics.....

From Momma

Hi, I am Tiffany's mom! She wanted me to share with you so here goes!

When I was three years old I fell in love! My grandma had an old treadle sewing machine. When you stepped on the bottom cool things happened up top. One day I decided to jump up and down on it while Grandma was not there to stop me. The feed dogs grabbed my thumb into the machine and the needle made three stitches before breaking off in my finger! LOVE HURTS OUCH!!!!

OK, Fast forward almost 50 years, I am still in love with sewing machines and this week I bought a Bernina 830! It cost almost as much as a car but love is not cheap. Before I was allowed to give them any money I went to a pillow party to have some hands on time with the demo machine. Then after I purchased the machine the sales rep. spent two and a half hours going over the basics BEFORE I was allowed to take it home. I am now signed up for a 3 hour class once a week from now until the middle of April. There is a big learning curve here and I feel a little like my three year old self standing before a fascinating piece of machinery!

I'll post a picture of the pillow I made in class. And I hope to share with all of you as I learn, all over again, how NOT to sew your fingers into the machine.

Love,
Momma

A Memo From Momma

It has taken me a while to absorb all the great stuff I saw at festival.

One of the most surprising was when the quilt angel I was talking to flipped up the corner of one of the big winners of the show and underneath where the binding was attached, was a row of decorative MACHINE stitches.

In the year 1 B. C. when I started quilting nothing was ever done by machine, it made everything take forever and I could never really cut loose and do what I wanted. I love the new attitudes in quilting that allows us all to let our creative juices flow!

A Memo from Momma

International Quilt Festival Starts today! I can't wait to learn new tips and techniques and shop for all the new stuff. I will be posting my pictures soon!

Quilts make great Christmas gifts. It is like giving a warm hug! Lap quilts are esp. good gifts you can cuddle up in them, take them along to sporting events and concerts in the park, or you can use the as art for your walls and furniture. Quilts last and are often handed down in families, 100 year old quilts are not that uncommon and they keep their value. A very special and classy gift!

Love,
Mom

A Memo from Momma

So, we were talking about quilt love, here are a few more ways to use the quilts you love,

4. Take it with you to those cool weather sporting events. A small quilt is easy to pack and fun to share with a friend.

5. Hang it on the stairway wall, unlike art with glass in it, it will bend to a curve and it's no big deal if it gets hit by that ball no one threw.

6. Fold it over your sleeping pillows at the head of the bed. It's a great pop of color without all the fuss of a jillion expensive decorator pillows.

Let me know how you use the quilts you love.

Momma

LOVE Mom

LOVE Mom is officially up on AllwithLOVE. Check out these original, one of a kind, hand crafted quilts made by my momma.

Partners in Crime ... I mean business

So as stated before my love of quilting and sewing has originated from my mother. I remember her sewing our clothes when we were young, making us fun quilts to stay warm in and torturing us for hours at the fabric store. It only seems fitting that my mom be apart of AllwithLOVE. So coming soon AllwithLOVE will be rolling out a Mommas Love category!!! My moms talents will be on display and for sell SOON!!!