Loving Every Minute Of It!

I am very please to report that my Innova is all assembled and working well.  The instructions and videos make it really quite easy.

Friday night we were able to get everything all assembled, except for the leveling and small fine tuning of the stitch regulator.   We decided we were both too tired and felt we would do a much better job on Saturday.  We didn't get at things too early on Saturday as we spent the day building a shed for our local chapter of Habitat for Humanity.  It was a fun, productive and rewarding experience.

On Saturday evening we got everything finished and some fabric loaded on. I was a little scared to turn the thing on, but after taking a deep breath I went for it. Here I am taking my first few stitches.  (Please ignore who fetching I look after a day of construction!)

The girls gave it a little try.  I think the whole thing will come very easily to them.

 I was so impressed with how easily the Innova moved.  I have lots to learn, but I was pretty pleased with the results of my play time. I am pleased that my swirls are more round than square and that with some practice I may actually be able to quilt some decent feathers.  I really was having fun!

First lesson learned was not to make the quilt layers too tight on the machine.  (You don't need to be able to bounce a quarter off of it!) I had some thread shredding issues and decided to phone a friend to see what to try first to fix the problem.  Kathy suggested I loosen it up and bit and problem solved!  Thanks Kathy - you rock!

I tried my hand at stitching out the Keukenhof panto too.

Maybe I will get brave enough to load a real quilt later today!