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Remember the post where I told you I was offering grace to the company I ordered parts for my longarm?  I had to remind myself about that post.  I ordered the parts last Wednesday.  As of this Tuesday, they hadn't processed the order.  I was extremely frustrated.  I had a half-done quilt on the longarm and a patient customer waiting to get it back.

Thankfully, about the time I about lost my cool I finally got a response that my part had been ordered and would ship the next day.  The part is here and I have finished the ...

The frost is rapidly sucking the life out of my marigolds, so I figured I would grab this pic real quick!

One of the things I love about the computerized machine is that I can re-size pantographs.  When I just had the hand-driven machine, I was stuck with whatever size the pantograph was.  I like sizing them so they complement the blocks.  It helps keep from having a large pantograph on a small block, or a small pantograph on a large block - where it doesn't look right.

Today's quilt is a good example.  Small dogs would have really taken away from the blocks.  The customer wanted the blue-grey thread, which really stood out.  If the dogs would have been ...