LOL...........I am so glad I am not the only one who has a Long arm sitting idle.

I have the tops made but life has a way of getting in the way. If I am not totally relaxed I can't concentrate.


Chase

I am feeling "normal, oh so normal."

Sounds like a great toy! :) I think I'd purchase some old material from the salvation army, even sheets and blankets and just sew and sew until I got it down just right! congratulations on your new playground!

It is just a big machine.Just a machine.And you are going to be sewing on just fabric.Don't be a drama queen.Just do it.Then do it some more,then more,and more.Become one with THE BIG MACHINE.Put on junk fabric.Make all the animals you know practice quilts.It's just fabric.

This has been a wonderful read for me this morning---I have a Gammill, a really good DVD came with it, and I watched it from beginning to end which was a big help in overcoming my fear of such a wonderful piece of equipment. However, my son is the one who has become my quilter. He is disabled, and has a lot of free time, and I didn't hesitate to get him in on my sewing/quilting efforts. Now, we both love my Gammill.

My big problem currently is, I have a Husqvarna Viking Designer I that I am so scared of 'til it is pathetic. I have mentioned it on this board and Toni C answered me, but I still haven't made myself "get over it" and do some embroidering. Maybe some of you can light a little fire under me.....

I have a Pfaff Grand Quilter with cruise control and all the goodies with a huge (king size) quilt frame. It's been sitting in the garage all set up for 3 (?) yrs. now and have only played a couple of times. Shame on me for spending the money! I wish I could find a buyer at least for the frame. sigh

I want everyone to know how much a charity quilt group would appreciate anyone who would help with quilting. My group made 400+ quilts last year and I know we could have done many more with some volunteer quilting. The recipients are so grateful for a warm quilt!

You LA'ers are ALL a lot braver than I am!!! I think I'll stick to paying others to quilt for me.

I'm just getting used to my new Longarm. Took me a long time of searching online just to figure out how to thread the darn thing or adjust the tension. Once I got that all nailed down, I just do all over stippling at the moment. I figure that I need to crawl before I can run. Following drawn lines is so much harder that just free-hand wiggling all over the top of the quilt.

If you do want to practice some of your template skills, here's my suggestion. Find your local Project Linus group and pick up a few of their quilt kits. I picked up two of them a few weeks ago at our local quilt show. Had the two kits completely assembled in about 2 hours. Gave me some good practice on the longarm too. In the end, I am able to return two completed quilts to Project Linus at no cost to me other than the thread, and I gained lots of valuable longarm quilting practice.

Like I told you last week PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE......load cheap fabric on it and sew sew sew...keep doing what ever you want "key is keep doing it."...If you want to make feathers...make feathers, over and over and over...nothing gets better if you don't keep trying...YOU CAN DO IT, I have faith in your talents....Jim