I set off to make a quilt for Robin for Christmas. She had picked out a frog pattern and the piecing part went very fast. The frogs are so cute, and I love the colors. It was a pretty big quilt, and a friend told me about a quilt shop in Duvall, WA that will rent their long-arm quilting machine by the hour after taking a class. Took the class, not too hard, and quilted the top of another quilt for practice. I zipped Robin's quilt on the frame and quilted the background. I planned on quilting the frogs' in a diamond pattern, realized it would be very difficult to manage on the big machine, and discussed alternatives with my instructor, Tina. She really loved the look of the diamond quilting for each frog and convinced me to try to quilt it at home on my small machine. This was all before Christmas. I am a little nervous to start, hating to ruin a pretty cool looking quilt. I mentally quilted it many times, and finally, yesterday, got out my machine, threaded it and went to work. Alas, I had forgotten how to use the quilting foot. I packed up the machine, and went to the sewing machine shop. They put me on the path and here I am finishing up Infrognito. It really does look good! Merry Christmas, Robin!
