Blind Hem Stitch

How many of you have this stitch on your machine and have never used it? Until today, I could say that described me. I've had two pair of pants in the closet for about 6 months now waiting to be hemmed and today, I finally decided to look in the manual and find out how to do this! Why did I wait so long?!?!? Just make the hem look like the one in the diagram in your manual, put the #5 foot on with some matching thread, and it's practically done before you start. I was going to hand stitch another hem down during the Yankee game tonight (keep your fingers crossed - yes, I am a fan) but I think I'm going to run up to the studio and do it before the first pitch!!!

Brownstone Quilters

I just dropped off two quilts for the Brownstone Quilters Guild Show today. It's next Friday and Saturday and you can get all the information and directions to the show here.
It is sure to be a wonderful show - definitely worth getting there to see all the beautiful quilts.

Husdon River

This was the river at breakfast....

and this was after my run this AM. Different boat!

I love to watch how it changes. Now off to get something (sewing-wise) done.

Too Much Fun!

Here is the current view across the river. We are having so much fun watching the colors explode during our first fall here.

This is a cool, new strip ruler....

and here is one of the projects for it that I'll be doing in the next session as a One-Day-Wonder.

And here are two photos of a quilt for the next session. I have been having sooooo much fun doing the quilting on the 820 - and all the other sewing, too! Invisible thread in the top and bobbin and it just hummmmms along.

Catching Up

I have been sewing, just not posting! Here's what been going on here. This first one is a donation quilt and I think it might just be the weirdest quilt I have ever made. It's bound and ready to go. At least it will keep someone warm!

These are parts that will become a class sample using the new Bali Pops. They are gorgeous!

This is on its way to being a large basket. Another way to use up scraps! Can you see the Hudson River in the background? It is a wonderful view. I'm looking forward to the fall colors on the Palisades.

This is for a very beautiful three-year-old who just was just adopted from Ethiopia by some special relatives. It's bound and washed and ready to send off to her.

And this is a sample for an upcoming class at the Happy Quilter.

Labor Day 2009

First a bike ride in Van Cortland Park. Who would think this is in the middle of the Bronx?!? The photo is a little wobbly - that's Frank up ahead - I took it from my bike!

On the way home we stopped at Wave Hill for lunch......

Did a little sewing in the afternoon.......
And in the evening we had a delicious dinner with friends, followed by the annual fireworks in Closter.

A treat of a day. Now back to the real world!!

A Green Go Green Bag

I finally put together a real bag for the cover photo of the pattern. I had made a few bags while I was messing around with ideas and then wrote the pattern for a version I thought would be best. It was a little different than the ones I had made, so I didn't want to put them on the cover. Marcia was nice enough to try out the pattern so her bag went on the cover for a bit, but then I saw this fabric at the shop and decided that I "needed" a green bag for the cover photo. The patterns will be at the shop next week..


Now I am playing with an "It's a Wrap" fabric basket - or maybe it's a tote bag? All I'm sure about is that it's getting bigger and I'm having sooooo much fun. I had some small strips leftover from Eldon and now they have found a use. Photos coming soon.