Karens Road

Darn it. I wanted to take a class to find out how to improve my machine quilting of quilts. There has to be something I am not doing because my sewing looks good and then all of a sudden it pulls and looks like the tension of my thread is not performing correctly. It is driving me nuts.

The classes I wanted to take at the Mountain Quiltfest are full. I will be prepared next year! The minute the registration opens, I will be clicking to open that website and get signed up. I waited one day and it was one day too late. There are classes available but not the ones I was most interested in taking.

My sister, Grace, and I signed up for a class on making a log cabin quilt with a paper piecing technique. I have always wanted to make a log cabin quilt and I am intrigued by paper piecing. We also signed up for a dinner lecture. Pigeon Forge is a fun place to visit even if there isn’t a quilting event going on. The outlet stores are wonderful. I actually find big savings at their outlet stores, unlike the outlet malls here in the midwest. I don’t know why that is true but it is.

Pigeon Forge is a short drive from Gatlinburg which is also a fun place. The drive through the Smokey Mountains is one that everyone should experience. I hear that it is especially fun when driving a motorcycle. My sister and her husband each drive big Harleys. I don’t know how my sister can reach the ground from hers but she has been riding for many years. I rode a small Honda 600 and had a blast going around curves here in Indiana. I wish I could have made it to the Smokeys with my motorcycle but never did. I’ll be bringing my sewing machine to the Quiltfest. I doubt I could have juggled that on the back of my motorcycle.