Return to Triangle Island!!

Almost sounds sinister, doesn't it?


Mr. Claraspet and I cleaned and moved around my sewing room so that things are set up better. I love my new setup, and now that the Davis NVF is cleaned and ready to go with a new lift cable, I'm getting ready to start quilting.


This is a Davis New Vertical Feed for those who have never seen one. They're wonderful machines. They have no feed dogs, but feed with the needle and a walking foot. Mine is from around 1914-1915, give or take a couple years. I bought it from a friend, who found a much earlier Vertical Feed (ca 1880s) and who didn't really have room for both (and who took pity on me who wanted one!) The earlier Vertical Feeds seem to be a little bit quieter, but I still love mine, noisy or not! (And yes, that's a piano in the background. I have a whole sitting room in with all 15 or so treadles.)




I would have been quilting the Triangle Island quilts sooner, but I had a small mishap with the lift chain. I found out the hard way that part of it was broken. It took awhile to find a heavier chain that would fit, and I hope this is strong enough.


If you've forgotten about Triangle Island, here's one link
http://www.treadleon.net/quiltshop/triangleisland/triangleisland.html

and I know I posted a few times about it. I think it was last year.

Anyone know what the weather's like on Triangle Island?

Triangle Island

Yes, I know it's been awhile since I posted, but, well, let's just say you haven't missed much. Frost killed my seed beans, the boys have been in full swing, etc., and I've gotten myself into another project. Yes, I'm still working on Christmas presents, but I needed the side trip to Triangle Island.

See, our Benevolent Despot at Treadle On did a "Rectangle Island" mystery quilt back in Feb-March. Since it was a blast with appearances by the Evil Twin (not the one that looks like Tom Selleck, the other one) and clues to hunt down on the site, when "Triangle Island" was proposed, I jumped right on ship. I needed something to think about besides the holidays coming up, our first round with Grandma gone. Little did I know I was going to get marooned on the Isle and the cruise company would go bankrupt. Full story here: http://www.treadleon.net/quiltshop/triangleisland/triangleisland.html

To make a long story short, I finished Row 1 tonight. Well, OK, there's that little matter of squaring the row up, which I can't do until the Corner is open on Monday and I get fabric. It's as done as it will be until then, so here's what it looks like:

I don't think it looks too bad, but the true test will be what happens when I join the rows........

For those of you wondering, I obsessed over the color placement until I listened to Mr. C. and did the olde "52 card pick up in a paper bag". My only rule is that no color repeats next to each other.

And so I'm off to work on Row 2......... assuming I can find a plug for my boom box so I can jam to Nickelback (there you go, now I'm dated.....)