I was just going through my quilts looking for Easter ones and I came across these two to share. The first was one I designed for McCall’s Quick Quilts a few years back. I love it more and more every time I see it. I will be turning this into a Quilt Cabana Pattern in the future.

And this little cutie is from my book, Little Quilts For Big Occasions. It fits in that wall space perfectly!

I love choosing quilts to display for each holiday.

Machine Buying – Ok, so I went back to the sewing center today to purchase the Baby Lock Symphony and of course, it was out of stock. I brought my Viking to trade in and had a discussion with the salesman about the free motion issue as I wanted to be upfront about the machine. He told me it is a common problem and that they have discontinued Viking machines because of too many problems with them.

Since the Symphony was not immediately available, he offered me the next model up, the Esante. This is a sewing/embroidery combo. It would have been $800 more but he was willing to work with me and offer it for $300 more…kind of a no brainer EXCEPT that the Esante is really geared toward embroidery. It was missing all the good free motion feet which he offered to throw in plus the piecing foot. I hemmed and hawed but noticed it also didn’t come with the extra bobbin case, it didn’t have the pivot function or the button on the screen to lower feed dogs from there without reaching around. I didn’t know what to do…give up that quilty stuff for embroidery? I already have an embroidery machine…a cheaper one but just the same, I don’t use it much.

In the end, I ordered the Symphony which will be here in a few days. The very nice man also gave me $600 instead of $500 for my trade in and is throwing in a dozen bobbins too. I will do a post with their link next time around. Have to run now…

I am thrilled about the new machine and can’t wait to move forward on my quilting journey with a properly functioning machine. A machine having trouble can really bring a girl down!

Forgot this quilt from Seasonal Trios!