Let's Try Something New....

So I love my Brother CS-6000i sewing machine. It does so many things, and I have made some beautiful things with it. Here are some of the baby quilts I have made. In fact, I am working on one right now. I can't post pictures of it yet, SHH, it's a surprise!

This one went to Tennessee, and I just found out yesterday that they are expecting a boy.

These two pink and mint green ones, a cotton and a flannel version, went to a little girl in Florida.

This pink and gray one stayed right here in NC with a little girl.

This one went all the way to Michigan to a little boy there.

Machine quilted and machine washable. I always mean for them to be used and loved, taken in cars. Handy for diaper changes. I found the most amazing quilting stitch on my machine.

Not to mention some other fancy things I have done.

I made this Halloween dress for Holly many years ago. Every little girl should have one of these, once in her life. 💖💖💖

As per usual, I have many projects underway. There is always a basket of yarn by my chair. I also have a diamond dot picture going (a fall scene). I'm also working on N-scale model buildings for the Farmer's train layout.

So of course, now it's time to try something new!

So first things first... record the factory default settings. Or at least how it came in the box. It came with a pretty good manual, and thank goodness, preloaded with thread. Which I thought was great, but it only took me a couple of days to burn through those half-size spools. Luckily I had the presence of mind to go ahead and order some cones of thread, 3000 yards, or some craziness... let's see how long they last.

I can't even begin to wrap my mind around all of the things this baby can do. blind hems, rolled hems, ruffles, gathers. I can't even......... Thank goodness for Pinterest. I re-threaded the machine with the black thread, and boy you have to follow the instructions WORD FOR WORD! I found a video on pinterest that was extremely well done, that I was able to follow and have success right away.

I have the brothers set up on my sewing console, both plugged in, threaded, and ready.  ! I'm ridiculously excited to MAKE SOMETHING!✂✂✂