...Bob Bob Bobbin Along

 

 

 

 

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Back in April, at the AQS Paducah Quilt show, I purchased prewound bobbins.  
Well, I'm here to tell you THEY ARE A GAME CHANGER!!  
So far I LOVE THEM!!

 

 

 

 

 

Most of the time I sew on a Janome 5200.  These bobbins work perfectly!  I've been told not all machines can use prewound bobbins, so, you'll have to decide whether or not to try them.  This package was $30 and that is not an insignificant amount of money for a TRY.   Honestly though, I'm glad I took the chance.

But Wait, there's MORE!!! (This line is from a song I used to sing with my kids, "Bats in my Belfry."  HERE)

Prewound bobbins for Miss Ellie!  YES!!  Purchased from The Featherweight Shop, they are flawless in my 1951 Featherweight!   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I'm about to make a blasphemous statement... This Wonderfil Efina Cotton thread is so, SEW nice!  (Sorry, Auntie Nyla.)

My Quilting Auntie, Nyla had her ideas about quilting.  As far as she was concerned HER ideas were the ONLY way to do things.  And, in her mind Aurifil thread was THE ONLY thread to use when quilting.

Well, I think Wonderfil just might give Aurifil a run for their money. 

As any Featherweight owner will tell you, as cute as these machines are, the bobbin area can be temperamental.  This thread - prewound bobbin combination was absolutely PURRRRRFFFECT!

Miss Ellie hummed along with NO bobbin thread tangles or breaks or skipped stitches.  I'm in LOVE!!

I took a chance on these Featherweight prewound bobbins because I trust The Featherweight Shop.
Find them HERE.  Had I seen these "in the wild" I may have passed them by.  But, I'm hooked now!

My only niggling thought is the waste....the empty bobbin....you just toss 'em in the trash.  I was told that the bobbins are good quality and can be reused, but if I jump over to the prewound side, why would I need so many empty bobbins?  I would like to send them back to Wonderfil to be reused.  (I know it's a teeny, tiny piece going to the landfill....but it all adds up...) 

 Give prewound bobbins a try!  You just might fall in Love!! 

Once Upon A Time....

...in a city far, far away (Portland, Oregon) a sad woman (a non-quilting, sad woman) at the encouragement of her quilting Auntie joined a Block-of-the-Month group at a local quilt shop (Cool Cottons). After a bad break up with a boyfriend, she needed something.

The first BOM lead to another and the adventure began.  But now she had a stack of blocks and too many other ideas she was anxious to try -- the blocks were set aside.  (Her very first UFO.)

Then, a few years later at the siren call of "The Babes" (grandsons) there was a big move to another state. While many household items were left behind, not much left behind was from the sewing/quilting room. (And by now there were more UFOs.)



Fast forward 5 more years: American Patchwork & Quilting issued a challenge for 2018....complete 12 UFO projects this year.  The now-happy woman signed up. (Read January 8, 2018 and February 10, 2018.)

 

Each month a number is published on their Facebook  page. That number corresponds to the number on your UFO list. That is your assignment that month.  May was #6.

Here it is July, but FINALLY, my #6 is ready for the quilter.

The layout is not any particular pattern.  My quilting friend, the "other Charlotte", has a computer program that will figure out layout and fabric requirements.
Quilt Pro.

How cool is that!





Recognize the triangle setting blocks and the outer border fabric?  I've used this fabric in other projects, one being my Nephew's Tee-Shirt Quilt.

You just can't beat a good blender! I did have to search the internet to find more of this fabric.  The original yardage was purchased in Portland at  Fabric Depot a year ago.  

That is why it is always a good idea to keep the a piece of the salvage with fabric information.

The result is both BOM blocks combined

 
This will be for my sister; for her birthday later this month.  She mentioned a few years ago she wished she had a quilt big enough for her bed....this should do the job nicely; 80" X 124.

I realize it is pretty long.  I didn't pay attention to the layout...oh well, it is long enough to go up over the pillows when (if ?) she makes her bed.

Because I didn't pay attention, I ended up with two blocks left over.

Quilters do not make mistakes, they make variations...and pillows.

Happy Birthday, Peanut.