My first pair of boxer shorts that I stitched in Home Ec class in 2000 fell apart at the seams.

Because of this, I thought sewing wasn't for me and didn't touch a sewing machine again until 2013. To be honest, I am still not great at making clothes but I found my passion lies in making quilts and quilting the tops once they're completed.

I started free motion quilting on a little Toyota sewing machine I picked up from Spotlight and if you can quilt on that thing, you can quilt on anything. It had a tiny throat space, the pedal was either on or off (zero speed control) and didn't like stitching through 2 layers of fabric + wadding. I upgraded to my new baby, a shiny Bernina 735 in 2022 as I had about 20+ quilt tops to be completed and had become too hard to finish anything on my Toyota.

My Bernina hands down is the best machine I have ever used. The Bernina 735 has a large throat space, all the bells and whistles and I preferred the 5.5mm stitch width to the 9mm of the 770QE. 

In 2023 I quit my full time job (real estate, if you know, you know...) and took the leap and bought a Bernina Q20 on a 10ft frame, her name is Birdy, and have been doing custom long arm quilting on all my quilts (and friends quilts) for the past 12 months.  I am still learning though which is reflected in my services offered.