Please help!

I have finished this quilt top (do you recogniz it Helena?) and have these large flowers to blanket stitch around. I have never done it using my sewing machine and thought I should give it a try as it would be much faster.

As you can see the machine is not doing a clean job. The stitches from in the petal is coming back up to the edges on an angle rather than straight up. I have followed the sewing machine instructions re stitch length width etc. I am not pulling the fabric as it sews etc.

ANYONE know what I need to do to fix this?

Bamboo

My favourite Quilt shop in Hobart is now selling Bamboo Wadding/Batting. It feels beautiful and I cannot wait to quilt my sons lap quilt with it. it is a sustainable product and it feels very nice. Has anyone else used this?

Oliver's Quilt

I have cut out the blocks to make Oliver's quilt. He is being very patient. There is a few things we need to do to the boys rooms before they are finished so I dont feel the rush to finish it... Oh my so many things to do so little time. I also promised myself I would get one layout done this weekend and that has not happened. SIGH. At least I got a fair amount of stitching done at Jo's while we watched Dirty Dancing - remember that movie?

Did you have a productive weekend?