Time to "Bite the Bullet"

Ok, today's the day to start quilting on the San Antonio Star ( Texas Star) quilt.  I went to the local dealer yesterday to pick up thread for my son's quilt ( the labyrinth that I finished the top for this past weekend) and to see if I could find something to improve the lighting on 'Moe'.  I was going to 'pick Jason's brain, but he had a couple more boxes to move so I was looking around while he did -- and guess what I found ALL ON MY OWN (lol) --

After he finished moving the boxes, I asked Jason about it... yes, it's for my machine!  YAY!  pretty simple to install - just need to remember where I put the extension cord.  I know I saw it with my quilting 'stuff' that I take to the monthly guild sew ins, but that stuff has been moved around a little bit.  

 Hopefully this is all I'll need to get better light over my quilting area.  It was something that I noticed when I was taking the classes with Sue Patten last month - it was so much brighter in the room and it made it easier to see.  Using the Handi Quilter machine was another difference, but I'm not going there.  I don't have one and it would be ridiculous for me to even consider trading 'Moe' in on one ( but I kind of wish that I had bought one instead of buying Moe.)  Ok, enough about spillt milk.

Back!  Found the extension cord ( now will have to buy a new one for sew ins) and installed the light strip.  Really easy to do.  Now to give Moe a cleaning and reload the top.

TTYL  :)

2:14 pm  ... OMGosh!!!!!  what a difference it makes when you put oil in/on the bobbin 'case'.  Moe is running SOOOOOOOO much quieter!!!   I've got one row of the border flying geese done... there's four on the right side that need stitching removed ( I DID NOT LIKE Sue Patten's suggestion of doing curved stitching on them).   This is why.....

 I took those 'curved' stitching out and replaced them with straight stitching 1/4" from the edges.

 here's the first corner block of the center of the quilt

 here's the first triangle of the center.... none of which are all that great, but it is what it is....

the background is done on round/row one ... just need to do the star itself.

 It's going to take me awhile longer than I thought to get this quilt done, but I know I can do it :).  Ok  back to Moe :)