THE NICHE OF A QUILTER, READER, PET LOVER, AND GARDNER

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

New Cutting Matt

Yesterday I took advantage of the sale on the huge cutting mats at Joann's and bought one. I love it because it's about 59 inches wide and it covers most of my cutting table. I have started hand quilting the small quilt and am enjoying every minute. Im really glad I bought that small pvc frame. It's so portable and light. It's perfect for my small quilts. I can sit and watch T.V till I'm ready to go to bed. It's when I get back to my quilting that I realize how much I really enjoy hand quilting. I basted the quilt on the floor and boy were my legs sore the next day, and that was just a 55 inch quilt. Well at least my legs got a work out.

7 comments:

May Britt said...

A dream of a cutting mat!!!

Unknown said...

Great mat! Is that music on your blog or am I hearing things?! lol

Love your pieced back. Been doing more of that myself.

Diana said...

I always wondered if those PVC frames worked! I do a lot of hand quilting, but I just use a wooden hoop.

Linda C said...

got to have good tools for the job, right?

Too bad you could not get the quilt up on your cutting table instead of down on your knees. That is a hard way to go, girl!

Shelina said...

That is a great mat and a great quilt frame. I've been meaning to get to hand quilting one of these days.

Nancy said...

I'm so green with envy! I want one of those mats just can't make myself pay the $$$.

Mary Johnson said...

I like hand quilting too but do so little of it. I keep saying I'm going to pull a finished top out of the stack and just hand quilt it. The frame looks good - I left mine in GA because I hadn't used it in 4+ years since I use a hoop for smaller quilts.