Saturday, May 5, 2012

Turning Miss Ida Innova... ON


YEP...she's all wrapped up,
with a 70's themed quilt top from last year.  I'm not crazy
about making square quilts.  But, I ended up doing some
 "jimmy-rigging" to the pattern (some of you, who know me are
NOT suprised with my changing things a bit)...The changes
 kind of created a "square effect" ... oh, well...

 Thread is chosen, and bobbins wound
The backing is a bright green, almost the same color
as this bright lime green varigated thread.  The Thread
is King Tut by Superior Thread Company.  It's one of my
favorites for quilting on the Innova.  =)

I generally use all of 3 bobbins on a queen sized
comforter quilt....this one is about 75" square.

"Wake up...Ida..."  She's sleeping under her new cover


I'll peel back the covers slowly...so as not to startle her...
...maybe tomorrow, I will get her threaded.


I will need to plug her in.  I never keep Ida plugged in.
An electrical storm or strong wind could happen while
I wasn't around to unplug.
 When she does get plugged in...it's into a surge protector.
I don't want to have a power surge to give her the
"hibbie-jeeebiez" while I'm in the process of quilting.

SO...my goal is....
to get IDA turned ON tomorrow. =)

Today, I'm linking up with WonderFULL,
stupendous, awesome SARAH...at...

I know...Ida's not really turned on, yet.  And, I don't actually
 have the quilt quilted or finished.  But,...HEY, I did get it ALL
ready to BE quilted... so, purdy...please???

Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Click on this button to see LOTS of linkys with
fun things to show you.  =)

Do YOU have any Projects in Progress (PIPs)?
Maybe YOU might want to link up at Sarah's too?
YOU could get a "Whoop-Whoop"!

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

have fun with Ida tomorrow.xx

Rosemary Dickinson said...

I'm sure you and Ida will have lots of fun! Wish I had an Ida in my life! Maybe someday!!!

Sarah Craig said...

Yes, you get a WHOOP WHOOP for getting this far - and next week, we'd like to see the whole quilt!!

Barb Neiwert said...

Not fair to give us just a glimpse of that quilt! Have fun quilting today.

Tangos Treasures said...

Whoop, whoop!!! You go girl!!! Can't wait to see the full quilt!!

Chatty Crone said...

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Sue Daurio said...

Oh looks like you and Ida are gonna have some fun!!

Sheila said...

Love those greens!

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

Howdy Ida! Have fun quilting that VW bug quilt. I just love that fabric. It matches my 1963 VW custom bug/truck we made. Woohoo!

LimeRiot said...

Wow! Please tell Ida she looks very fancy :). Hope you guys have fun together.

IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said...

Whoop, Whoop, and more Whoops :) I want some of your energy and definitely some of your equipment!!

Smiles,
Kelly