The Amazon Fairy came two days in a row!!

Having Ray add me to his Amazon Prime account is a dangerous thing - it can be addictive - no tax and free shipping...

The first thing I saw when I was rudely awakened at 6:30 AM or so Saturday morning...I swear, he did not blink the whole time - just stared at me.

Boy was he was H U N G R Y - and kinda scary - I fully expected him to turn into Betty White after I fed him because I immediately got an I love you headbutt.  His claws are sharp and if you don't hear him the first time, he WILL tap you on the nose.

Embroidery Machine....AAAGGGHHHH

$141 bucks later....still the same problem - hope they fix it - I have one day short of two months to finish embroidering ten t-shirts and 9 beach towels...  On the bright side - it did make a nice pom pom looking knot.  Took it back to the shop Monday morning - still waiting to hear back.

 

 What the Amazon Fairy brought me on Day One...

These are made by Clip and Seal - the quilting sites sell them as Red Snappers - for over $100 plus tax and shipping...well...when "they" said the manufacturer was Clip and Seal - off on a hunt I went...Seriously....mine are white (not red duh..) they are the same length and size AND only $40!!  I've already sewn a loop in the leaders on the machine and slid the tubes in. 

 This is what they do - NO MORE PINNING QUILTS!!!  WOOOO WHOOOOO!!!

NO MORE SLICING MY FINGERS ON PINS WHILE PINNING QUILTS - TRIPLE WOOOO WHOOO - notice the skin is ripped off the side of my finger - yes - it hurt like the dickens - still does.

 

What the Amazon Fairy brought me on Day Two...

Yes - you are reading it correctly - there are 100 yards of fusible bias tape on this gi-normus roll.  Hey - the quilt shops sell it for 1.40 a yard - it is already fused - no cutting fabric nor buying fabric to cut. Just heat the iron, fuse to project, sew, then quilt.  Done, done and done.

Found it on Amazon for 62 bucks for the whole she-bang - no tax - no shipping.  Good savings of not using gas to go out and buy it (not at Joann's so no coupon to save there), AND I didn't have to pay over $100 for a roll.  A 11 yard roll is 16 bucks - interestingly enough, the patterns I have call for 14 yards - kinda like what happened to the quart tubs of ice cream and the semi-sweet chocolate chips - upped the price and made the package smaller..

 What I am going to use some of the 100 yards of fusible bias binding on.   This is my test quilt - I bought some of the fusible web and had some scrap black fabric.  Believe me - it is a pain in the batooty to take that little less than 1/4 inch side strip and iron it to a 1/4 strip - my hands are too big.  Good excuse in my book.

I'm taking a class on April 21st on how to make a stained glass butterfly panel so I will be able to get some pointers on how to put the biased binding on the magnolia block.

Now, for the BIG NEWS.  This machine - the Janome Horizon7700QCP - THE momma of quilting sewing machines has had a price drop.  A nice price drop - was over 3000 when it came out a couple of years ago.  Well....the guy at the sewing store has made me a deal I may not be able to pass up.......drum roll please...

$2031 - INCLUDING tax.  I'm pretty sure it will fit in my sewing table.  If not,  I have mom's hammer and dad's saw handy.

But...next Monday, the air conditioning folks will be here to charge up my upstairs unit and I'm sure they will give the me bad news that after 36 years of faithful service, it has cooled it's last room.  Anyone that has been here, knows it gets hot up there with irons, machines, lights, not to mention Ray's hot air - ha ha 

Oh what is a girl to do.  This machine is the cat's meow to me - but these hot flashes are killing me - they are back - for the third time and just as awful.  I can get warm but I can't get cool enough...

Speaking of, I have a fever, my ear feels like I've been stabbed, it's crusty on the inside - my brains must be leaking, I just feel absolutely awful so I am going to bed - I even feel too bad to stare at my hunky NCIS guys.