Today, I drove to Atlanta with my friend Linda to help her pick out a new sewing machine. She had used my Juki and really liked it so off we went to buy one for her. While she was trying out the new machine, I did some looking around (which is always a bad idea)!!
I was excited to find a set of nested circle machine quilting rulers…..
As soon as I got home I had to try them out!!! Each ruler is 1/4 inch wide and they were fairly easy to use. Here are my first attempts…..
Yes, there are a few wobbles and one where I simply quit and started over, but for the most part I am happy with them. The individual rulers are a bit slippery so I may need to find some VERY small pieces of grippy stuff (the technical name) to hold them in place better.
The guidelines were drawn in place using a tool that I bought at Houston…..
While I was there, I also invested in a sampler pack of rulers put out by Westalee…..
It came with 6 different rulers that can be used to made an infinite number of different designs…
Since I was already in “play mode” I pulled out the petal ruler and gave it a try as well…..
Before I could try any others, I ran out of bobbin thread (sigh) and, besides, it was time to fix dinner order pizza, so I reluctantly put my play things away!!
But, the good news is that tomorrow I am free until the all-important football game at 4:00 (University of Georgia vs Auburn University) ….GO DAWGS, so the plan is to spend most of that time in the studio!!!
Hope your weekend includes some creative time as well……
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Hi There. I am finally catching up. Looks like the trip to look at machines was a very profitable one for you, too. You both cam e home with something new.