In May 2009, my (quilter) wife was watching one of her boring (to me at the time) shows (Fons & Porter) and they had "some guy" on there talking about some of his quilts. Turned out to be some guy named Flynn that was pushing some sort of frame that he had developed. Behind him, on the wall, was a quilt that struck me and I told my darling that if she could find the pattern for THAT quilt, I would make it.
I had had some experience in front of a sewing machine for the 21 years that I spent in the Navy as a Boatswains Mate. I had the job of working in the "sail locker" (which is a misnomer seeing as ships no longer use sails) But, we did upholstery and whatever else needed to be sewn for a variety of ships. My experience was on industrial size machines that sewed canvass and such.
Anyway, a few hours later, the love of my life found the pattern and she told me that she would not allow me to begin with that particular pattern. She showed me how to make what I THOUGHT she called a 9-pak and since I figured that it was a six pack and a half, I was all for it.
So, my first turned out to be a baby quilt for a niece of ours (I think it was a piece of junk and the niece thought I was a genius)
The pattern that my love wouldn't let me start wit is a double wedding ring variation that turns out looking like fans. I have a picture somewhere on this computer that I made from the EQ6 program. When i find it, I'll attempt to post it for ya'll.
Since then, my love has talked me into buying her a Janome 6600. We got it and she allowed me to try it out. So, then we went and bought ME one. We ran across a pretty good deal the other day for a Bernina frame that can either be 5 ft. or 10 ft. long. We got it for $1,000,00 and it isn't set up completely yet.
This is the one I was talking about (still a WIP)
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