Thought you might like to know what I'm talking about (for those that don't know) when I talk about pantos and quilting designs using pantos.
A Panto is a quilt design printed on a long paper that I put on my longarm table. Normally my machine handles are on the front for my free motion, stencil quilting. When using a panto, I move the handles to the back of the machine and follow the design with a laser light.
The only downside of quilting like this, I cant see the front of the quilt while quilting. So while quilting from the back I frequently stop and see what has been stitched on the quilt. One of my biggest wishes, someone would come up with a beeper for my tin lizzie to tell me when the bobbin is running low. I cant see when the thread runs out and will often stitch quite a distance before I realize there is no bobbin thread. After a period of time I have gotten to listen to the machine and when it sounds slightly different, I realize the bobbin is empty. Unfortunately, I have stitched quite a ways before I realize the sound difference.
For this quilt I used the panto called Thriedz, designed by Patricia Ritter www.urbanelementz.com.
This is another quilt going to CO - 2 of 5 finished
I have many pantos to chose from, looked at everyone and decided "Threadz" was the best choice for this quilt. Funny...... I chose the same panto for the other quilt I made for CO. Without realizing it when I started, but while I'm quilting along, it came to me it was the same panto.
Do you remember this one?
With the sharp lines and modern looking fabrics, I thought "Threadz" would be the perfect panto.
Now that the quilting is done for the day I'm baking the cookies I was going to bake the other day.
Also have to make the bed. Yes it is still unmade at 3pm.
Up at 5:30 and proceeded to quilt. Started it yesterday, but my back was giving me problems and could only do a row or 2 and then would have to sit and rest. Finally gave up on it yesterday. This morning I took a high powered pain pill just to get it done. My mistake, the pill should be taken with food and I didn't. By the time I was finished quilting, I was sick to my stomach and quite dizzy.
Wayne got up with me at 5:30 and he went back to bed around 8 for a nap, he got up and I crawled back in for a nap, waiting for the pain pill to subside.
Finally around noon I got back up, .......... Wayne went back in for another nap.
We are both up and showered for the day so I think its safe to make the bed now.
A Panto is a quilt design printed on a long paper that I put on my longarm table. Normally my machine handles are on the front for my free motion, stencil quilting. When using a panto, I move the handles to the back of the machine and follow the design with a laser light.
The only downside of quilting like this, I cant see the front of the quilt while quilting. So while quilting from the back I frequently stop and see what has been stitched on the quilt. One of my biggest wishes, someone would come up with a beeper for my tin lizzie to tell me when the bobbin is running low. I cant see when the thread runs out and will often stitch quite a distance before I realize there is no bobbin thread. After a period of time I have gotten to listen to the machine and when it sounds slightly different, I realize the bobbin is empty. Unfortunately, I have stitched quite a ways before I realize the sound difference.
For this quilt I used the panto called Thriedz, designed by Patricia Ritter www.urbanelementz.com.
I have many pantos to chose from, looked at everyone and decided "Threadz" was the best choice for this quilt. Funny...... I chose the same panto for the other quilt I made for CO. Without realizing it when I started, but while I'm quilting along, it came to me it was the same panto.
With the sharp lines and modern looking fabrics, I thought "Threadz" would be the perfect panto.
Now that the quilting is done for the day I'm baking the cookies I was going to bake the other day.
Also have to make the bed. Yes it is still unmade at 3pm.
Up at 5:30 and proceeded to quilt. Started it yesterday, but my back was giving me problems and could only do a row or 2 and then would have to sit and rest. Finally gave up on it yesterday. This morning I took a high powered pain pill just to get it done. My mistake, the pill should be taken with food and I didn't. By the time I was finished quilting, I was sick to my stomach and quite dizzy.
Wayne got up with me at 5:30 and he went back to bed around 8 for a nap, he got up and I crawled back in for a nap, waiting for the pain pill to subside.
Finally around noon I got back up, .......... Wayne went back in for another nap.
We are both up and showered for the day so I think its safe to make the bed now.
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