We stopped in at Lehman's, famous for it's old-fashioned and non-electric quality goods. We bought a bigger cast iron skillet. With the kids growing, I had been splitting certain dishes between two 10 inch skillets. Now I have a giant 14 inch pan gracing my stove top. (I love cooking with cast iron!)
Lehman's sells a Janome treadle! Wonder if I am coordinated enough to operate the treadle and free motion quilt at the same time?![Janome Treadle Machine Janome Treadle Machine](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YT9hc8-qSrAFjwiqNu2Bl9g_88z58KZ7h-J_MDqdubLDDYJy7QNUrQqZOTBB-qvTOVnLNKzK7bvUJn9zY9xGYLan2hAQgpXtoqd6O-VqgVtHv_tfXaZIs8ZbRMUwx-LkZu7OYgrmu-KP/s400/treadle+Janome.jpg)
We got home and found out that my hubby had the day off on the following day. As much as I longed to spend some extra time with him, I ran off to Threads Run Through It to quilt on the Gammill Charm. I will be demonstrating this machine for them at the Sewing and Quilting Expo in Fredericksburg, VA in October. I will be there October 4 and 5, if anybody who reads here wants to meet up.![Janome Treadle Machine Janome Treadle Machine](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YT9hc8-qSrAFjwiqNu2Bl9g_88z58KZ7h-J_MDqdubLDDYJy7QNUrQqZOTBB-qvTOVnLNKzK7bvUJn9zY9xGYLan2hAQgpXtoqd6O-VqgVtHv_tfXaZIs8ZbRMUwx-LkZu7OYgrmu-KP/s400/treadle+Janome.jpg)
Since I will be showing how well the Charm will quilt, and such a big machine is great for big quilts, I wanted to stitch something other than just a sample. The shop is about 40 minutes away, so I also wanted to do something I could finish in one visit. I decided to do a fall themed whole cloth wall quilt.
From start to finish this 30x35 inch piece took about 4.5 hours, including the few markings I used in the composition. And I didn't need to rip out any stitches! Miracle of miracles. Other than doing my free motion quilting in the middle of a quilt shop and in front of quite a few people, it was a lot of fun.
I have a promised post in the works on choosing long arm rulers for use on sit-down/domestic machines coming up later this week and also more pics and info from my trip to the quilt shop. I hope you are all having a lovely time with whatever creative and crafty skills you love to use!
at least you have a very, very sweet picture, and memory! looking forward to your ruler post, amy!
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