The rolling junkyard
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 9:57AM ;)
I was watching one of my Kimmy Brunner DVD’s again the other day, and had to chuckle at her description of her longarm, as a “rolling junkyard”, because I do believe my longarm resembles that comment!
On the front right handlebar, I have a pincushion strapped on. That way when I’m loading a quilt to the frame, both hands are free, I just roll the machine along so the pin cushion stays in front of me. I tried a wrist cushion… after stabbing myself a few times I decided that wasn’t for me!
On the QuiltaZoid front stylus, I keep a hair clip. I can’t quilt with my hair down, it gets in my way and it’s hot!
On top of the machine I have two small containers stuck to the top with velcro. The one in front is for all my thread clippings to go into, otherwise I’m a slob and I drop them on the floor as I go… my vacuum cleaner really resents me when I do that. The one behind it holds some essential items, like tweezers, a Vis-a-Vis pen, seam ripper, and a super fine crochet hook for picking out stray threads that may have become trapped under the quilt top.
On the side of my machine, I have two suction cups with hooks. From one my snips hang, and from the other a retractable string with a dental floss threader hangs… I can’t thread a needle without one as I can no longer focus in on the eye of the needle. Think more chocolate would cure that?
I made some blackberry sauce this morning after picking berries again (most of which I froze!). Jim liked the;)
cheesecake as well as I did, so I figure I’m just going to make one after another as soon as we eat the first until we get sick of it. LOL
Before I forget, I met a new girl at my quilt group the other night. I’m not sure if she is a quilter or not, but she makes the most fabulous dolls! Now before you say “I’m not into dolls” (me either!) go see Paula’s dolls! They are absolutely exquisite little fairies! I do believe I am going to need one of these to perch on top of my longarm.
Reader Comments (4)
Oh CJ, those really are cute. You really should sit one of on your machine. Then you'd have a permanent sewing friend. Just be careful that Jim doesn't see or hear your talking to her. lol
I love Paula's dolls! thanks for sharing.
I've met Paula and her dolls are cute. She had a little shop in Russellville for awhile. I haven't seen her in ages and probably doesn't remember me. LOL about the cheesecake! I love it too and will probably make one in the upcoming week at some point.
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/
My junkyard? Right now the counter in the RV