April 27, 2022

I finished the apron yesterday--yay!!

April 26, 2022

 I had a Beginning Embroidery Users class on April 7.  Francine was supposed to use a lesson plan--as the owner instructed her.  Apparently he knows how scattered she is.  We were supposed to bring our FSL baskets to show; and then she went over some things like stabilizers, needles, etc.  She got tired of that and then asked us if we wanted to embroider on toilet paper--which everyone did.  So we all embroidered on toilet paper--that was the thinnest paper I've seen for a long time!  Probably won't ever embroider on toilet paper again!

We had another Epic2 class on April 25th.  She was supposed to teach on QuickFont, design positioning, and the ribbon attachment--didn't happen!  She spent about half the class teaching the other lady how to  take designs from a CD, put them on the computer, transfer the designs to a flash drive, and then use the drive in the sewing machine.  So, what did we learn: 1) the site where we could download QuickFont; 2) the above computer lesson for the other lady; 3) she did a very short stitch out of 3 decorative stitches.  After 2 hours of the above, I said I had to leave.  Traveling 140+ miles and spending 2 hours for the above made me really disgusted!  So today (26th) I went to the site and tried to download the QuickFont program from the MAC site onto the MAC computer.  It gave me an .exe file which doesn't work on a MAC.  Can't remember my password for my 4D Embroidery software registration (that was in 2008!) nor where to put in a new one.  Anyway, needless to say, I'm at point 0 on QuickFont and will have to call support.  Francine was supposed to show us how to use it--didn't happen!  We had no teaching on design positioning or the ribbon attachment.  Not sure whether I will make that drive again for so little teaching.

I had paid for a virtual learning class for the Epic2 embroidery side and finished everything except the zippered purse.  When I started to put it together into a wall hanging, I ran into trouble.  Since the squares (4x4) are so bulky with 2 pieces of fabric, 2 pieces of stabilizer, and batting, I tried to press the seams open, which needed steam.  I ruined a couple of blocks--can't steam iron no-show mesh as it melts it and crinkles it.  At that point I gathered the blocks up and put them away--maybe I'll try to do something with them in the future and maybe not.  I learned a lot so it is ok--just no wall hanging.  I do count it as a finish!  

So, the next thing I did in April was to make a quilt top from the fairy panel.  I finished it today (26th) and it isn't bad but not exceptional.  I used a picture of another panel quilt to make it.  I think I have 3 more panels to finish.  I hope to finish the apron yet in April.  

April UFO #9

The UFO drawn for April is #9.