Kerchief Quilt Top and New Toy!

Rainy weather meant that I could finish the quilt top being made from Kasey's "spa" scarves:

My husband and I spent an afternoon working on the layout of this hodge-podge pile of scarves; I think it came together just fine!  Next step is to quilt it...which brings me to a BIG announcement!

Since the beginning of my quilt making adventure last year, I have loved the quilting stage.  This is some of the quilting I have done on my domestic machine.

 Flowers on my first finished quilt.

 Leaves on pillows.

 Snoopy's Flight Path

But it was the FMQ'ing on this queen size quilt that just about did me in.

And I have a growing queue of quilt tops waiting for quilting affection:

 It is time to get serious....say hello to my latest quilting tool.

I am in love.  It is still early in our relationship but the day after we set her up I was working on a quilt (see the final pictures of this wedding gift here).    I have connected with a very active group of folks in Yahoo who have a lot of good suggestions for optimizing the use of these sit down quilting machines.  I have a lot to learn for sure but I am so excited about playing with this machine!

This is the final week of the Let's Get Acquainted New Blogger Blog Hop!  Participating in this blog hop has been such a wonderful experience!  I have learned so much from the other bloggers and met some amazingly talented and fun people!  The hosts this week are:

Vicki @ A Quilter's Mission

RobinSue @ RobinSue Quilts

Elisa Lea @ Lovelea Designs

Elizabeth @ In The Boon Docks

Jenny @ A Note To Follow Sew

Lorna @ Sew Fresh Quilts

Sonia @ Fabric & Flowers

Emily @ Sew E.T.

Em @ Sewing by Moonlight

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!  Linking up with crazy mom!