Early Christmas Present!

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Bob gave me an early Christmas present so that I could use it in finishing off my Christmas gift quilts.  It was a "ruler work" foot and a set of ruler work templates:

Merry Christmas, Vicki (from Bob!)

I am THRILLED to say the least!  I couldn't wait to try them out, so after a practice or two (perhaps I should have practiced a little bit MORE before I took them to the quilt...)  Here's my first official "ruler work"!

Flower and clam shells

You can see the flower added to the center,  The template size was perfect, and fit exactly in my orange center.  There was a little slip on one of the petals, but I think it turned out well enough.  I did not try to fix it.  The clam shells arch the inner points.  I'm not sure they "fit" the design, as there are no curves anywhere, but I was so excited to try them out.   

STRAIGHT lines radiating from the corner!

The best of all is that ruler work pressure foot.  I can use REGULAR rulers with it, and it doesn't hop, so the quilting goes along so smoothly.  I wish I had had it for the stitch in the ditch earlier on, but I will be using it for the blocks, stitching in those ditches with beautiful straight lines.  I am sooo happy with this gift!  Bob, he KNOWS what I like!