Moda Lumiere de Noel by French General Table Runner

Now that was a mouthful and don't make me type that name out again!

I do love me some French General fabrics though! If I were rich

I would buy them, every thing they design and manufacture!

They are my Anthropology!

I made this runner Saturday from a pattern that Robin gave me for table runners to be made out of charm packs. It's called Triangulations.

It was very easy to make and I thought the above said fabric was going to be just perfect for this pattern but I wish I had used fabric with more distinct darks and lights.

I think the design would have been more prominent.
It's still just perfect for me and my dining room table!

Of course it was quilted on this!!

Yep, it came at 6:15 or so yesterday. I thought I would have a stroke waiting on that brown truck too. I got her in and all put together, played/fingered with/drooled over the accessories and then went to wind the first bobbin......OMG this machine is soooooo fast! I about fell out of my chair, scared me to death! Have you guys ever worked in a sewing factory? Well I have and those industrial machines are so fast that it takes a lot of getting used to. I was afraid that this was going to be way tooooooooo much power for me!

However when I finished the bobbin and got my sleeves rolled up and my courage built up, I stuck my tongue out the side of my mouth for concentration, I kept my hands way away from that needle and began to push down ever so slightly on the foot controller and she started off nice and slow! Whew!!! I can control the power of this machine with my foot after all!

It is a dream to sew on! Sews beautifully! I can't even describe the difference between this one and my other machines for quilting. Of course it only has a straight stitch but I have the other machines for the decorative stitches. This baby will be my Quilting Princess!

I AM SO HAPPY WITH THIS DECISION!!

Now I have to practice keeping my foot off the thread cutter button on the foot controller!

I hit it a couple times and cut my thread when I wasn't ready to stop, while quilting the table runner. That'll come with time! That's one feature that I loved about industrial sewing machines.

See "Becky leves here Juki!"

I am not very good at free hand cursive yet!!

I am out the door again today in class but when I get back I will try to post the pictures from the professional photographer who stayed at The Fairy's Rest over the weekend!

They are awesome and made me cry when I saw them.

She posted them on Facebook yesterday and they were quite the hit!!

In about a 3 hour period I had almost 400 hits on my website!!

woowoowooo!!