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 Glinda (my Bernina Q24 long arm machine) and I quilted 6 customer quilts last week!

First we did this beauty for Diana B.

Next there were three from Terri M. The first two shown below are from the same kit. The kit was for the first quilt but she had enough fabric leftover from the kit to make a second, coordinating quilt. These will go on twin beds in the same room and she wanted the quilting to be the same pattern with the same thread.

And then we quilted up a couple of baby quilts for Kristy D.

 I've been so busy actually quilting things for folks that I haven't had time to share with you how it's going. The short answer is, "It's going great!" I'm still building my long arm quilting business and getting the word out to folks that I'm doing long arm quilting now, but I'm happy with how it's going so far. I'm not swamped with quilts to do for customers, but I am getting a few each week. So it's manageable!

The first quilt I have to share was made by Sherrie ...

 I recently purchased a BERNINA Q24 long arm with Q-matic (computer program) for my shop. My favorite local long arm quilter recently moved away. I knew I would need to find another way to get my shop samples quilted and so would all of her other customers. So I decided to go into the long arm quilting business myself.

The machine arrived about two weeks ago. I've been watching the video class I purchased from BERNINA as well as reading through the workbooks I received trying to learn as much as I can as fast as I can. I ...