I loaded up my Paradiso #2 quilt on the long arm, and by myself, no less. I really wanted to test out the dampener plates by working on a pantograph. What a huge difference! The laser never bobbled off the lines I was following, with the exception of the points. The points look really, really good though. It was really enjoyable. The only issue I had was that the power box and cord were falling out occasionally. That may be because I was using a different extension cord and I had a lot more stuff in there in preparation for the drywall. I will update my Juki post with the current information too.
After that went so well, I decided I wanted to try something new from the front too. So I loaded up my snowflake quilt from Threadbare Creation's mystery stitch along a few weeks ago. I tried to do the repeating flower design freehand. It's far from perfect, but I got in done in just over an hour and while the mistakes really stand out to me, hopefully they aren't totally noticeable. I bound the quilt that evening, and here it is. Oh my gosh, now that it's completely done, I see another mistake. Argh! Oh well, too late now.
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