Artquiltmaker

As you may know, I have been coveting a new machine for awhile. It didn’t happen last year and this year isn’t looking that good either. Still, I can dream and look and make my choice.

Janome just came out with the 11K Special edition and they put a stitch chart on their website. I used this to see if my favorite stitches will still be available and if the one stitch I didn’t get (kind of a serpentine stitch was available. Also, my favorite star stitch is still available. Hooray. The chart is small, but it is a great idea.

Back to my regularly scheduled dreaming..

The ever ingenious Deirdre sent me a link to this blog post where the writer shows you how to make personalized bubble mailers. Seeing as how I never have the right sized bubble mailers and have copious amounts of fabric and bubble wrap, it is a possibility that I might actually make a few. I don’t usually have time to put together something like this when I want to get a package off, but I can see the uses. Something to consider, regardless. I love the web and how you get to see a lot of different types of creativity.

Before the web, I would have never been able to find out about how the Kerr/Ringle color workshop went. ChrisC from QuiltBits (http://quiltbits.blogspot.com/) commented on the blog saying she had attended. Here are a couple of photos from the workshop.