Time for updating Old Bernie ....

Back in the middle of June, a couple of friends and I attended a quilt show in Burlington, Vermont. It had been sooooo long since any one of us attended a quilt show. I didn't purchase anything, but I did look at the new Bernina machines. A gal can dream! 

Fast forward to the middle of July .... Bernie, my 1090, was acting up. The Shop Troll and I went on a road trip to Gloversville Sewing Center to get our Bernina serviced. Bernie is old. I love that machine ... but given his age, and being, again, a mother board issue ... I decided that it was time to buy a new machine. 

Meet Floyd .... 

I haven't used it yet ... I'm attempting to finish my flying geese quilt that I started, back in 2017, on Bernie. It's a work in progress. I had to make 440 more flying geese in order to bring it to a queen size quilt. 

It sort of reminds me of the time when I purchased Bernie ... way back when .... needing to finish a quilt on my old machine before I could use Bernie .... Can you hear Bernie panting? LOL 

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It's been a while ....

I continue to hang on to my peace .... I've actually been quilting/sewing ... I know ... a shocker! 

In an attempt to reduce/declutter, I have been looking to work on quilting projects that have been hanging around my studio for way too long ... Jelly roll rug here I come. 

I bought the pattern back in 2017. 

I found the perfect jelly roll back in 2021 .... Lella Boutine - Christmas Morning for Moda Fabrics. Gorgeous fabric line!

It had been sitting around for quite some time ... high time I do something with it. 

The main reason for purchasing this pattern was to use up cotton batting scraps .... You know, those useless left over pieces. You can purchase a roll of pre-cup batting ... but why? Make do with what I have. Off I went cutting strips. I did not use any type of fusible to join the batting strips. I just butted them one after the other and it worked great.

I will say ... the most difficult part of the rug process is starting it ... the pattern offers various tips to ensure it works out. It would have been more helpful if the illustrations were in colour, as opposed to a black and white drawing ... I found it difficult to wrap my head around what I needed to do ... and yes, I made a mistake but I can live with it ;)

Voila! The rug ....

I like how it turned out ... so comfy on the feet! 

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