MORE ON CHLOE

I'm at a quandry right now on the last lilac block to embroider. The picture shows the embroidery fits in the lilac block but the recent (March)  instruction changes by BERNINA have the design overlapping on both long sides. I was very careful to keep the lilac pieces during the cutting just in case I needed another piece so I can remake it if I need to. Then on another page they recognize you can chose either method. I think after writing this post I've made my mind up to just center the design and embroider, letting the design overlap to the thin inner border; option A. In absolute worse case scenario if I absolutely do not like the look I can remake. The kit did come with about 1/3 yd extra of everything but the lilac! I've got all the borders stitched and just this one lilac piece and 2 other blocks are left to stitch out. These other 2 blocks will have the center of the main block stitched and that will go very quickly because they aren't a very filled design.
Then I will layer the quilt, batting and backing and at this point the plan is to do some of the quilting embroidery designs from Diane Gaudynski's latest collection then finish with some BSR fill in work.

CHLOE CORNER DESIGNS UPDATE

I decided that I would rotate these so they offset each other for the bottom two corners. For the top left it's also rotated so it is mirrored of the bottom left.

CHLOE PROGRESS ON THE 830

This is the large corner design for each of the ( 4) 3 corners. I ended up first rotating the design in the hoop so it fit the length of the hoop. Then I hooped my stabilizer. Next I used the seam of the 2 flying geese blocks to butt up against the side of the inner hoop. That helped keep the pieced fabric section straight in the hoop.

I hadn't even thought about any other border than the one from the kit but once this design finished (some 80 plus minutes later) this screen displayed.

On the right side shows an option using endless embroidery. Wouldn't that make a beautiful border on this quilt! If you have the time that is. I could see it stitched on the Candice lavendar - the same fabric that the corners are stitched on. It took me all afternoon today to stitch out corners 2 and 6. Maybe tomorrow night I can get another one stitched out, with any luck!

The next posting I will show the beautiful method I found to do the center block on the 830. It's two hoopings, even with the jumbo hoop but this is a very cool techinque that I'll share.

Once A Year Specal

BERNINA is offering this special only on this coming Saturday. If you've been on the border regarding a new machine or especially the 8 series machine now is the time. This is how I purchased my 830.

BOBBIN HOLDER AND MORE

Ran across this wooden work of art to store my bobbins in. Made by a husband of a long arm quilter in Pennsylvania. Go here to see other products by Fred. I just ordered a cherry bobbin holder for me. This is for the 8 series but he has other sizes available that would hold bobbins of all sizes. I thought it was beautiful.

Check them out.

FLOWERS AND FLOWERS

 QUILT SHOP HOP 

Deb Yaden took the pattern for the floral applique blocks from the finishing kit from Strawberry Patches 2011 Shop Hop quilt and digitized the designs using her Bernina embroidery software.

Didn't she create some beautiful flowers! Here's tips from Deb regarding stabilizer, etc.
"I used 2 layers of a fusible, medium weight stabilizer. My stitch width was 8. I think 9 or 10 might have been better." She did offer to share her embroidery designs if anyone is interested. If you missed purchasing the pattern contact Strawberry Patches to purchase your copy of the pattern today.
I think she did a great job!

 CHLOE TIME 

Finally, am trying to establish a Sunday date for June when we can meet and kick off this very creative quilt project from Bernina, P&B fabrics, and OESD. If you haven't purchased the fabric kit or the embroidery designs and want to do this project please contact Strawberry Patches today. This is a Bernina embroidery software project for those that have Editor Plus or Designer Plus versions of our software. If you've not seen this before, the embroidery designs are based on the designs in the lovely fabric patterns.

And yes, there is one of fabrics with lime! Yes!! The fabric kit includes fabrics for the top and binding.

Memorial Day

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend but remember and appreciate our military personnel and their sacrifices to protect our rights  for our freedem we have enjoyed for hundreds of years. And hope to continue to do so for many more hundreds of years!