Embroidering text along a curved line

Getting my mind turned towards Ilse's baby quilts, and I took the time to learn how to digitize text and align the text along a curve.
In the Bernina Designer Plus V6 software, it's quite easy. The software has Corel Draw as its basic graphics package, so the steps are simple:

1. Use the Art Canvas tab of the software
2. Draw the curve (the freehand tool makes a nice smooth curve)
3. Type the text you want to use
4. Choose the curve you want to align to.
5. Done!

Here's a picture of what I was playing with this morning.

Victory!!! City Tracks done

Hah! and you thought I couldn't do it. It took part of one DVD and a whole Tatort crime show.
Here are some grainy pictures, but it's now in its new home on our coffee table.

 

New project - gonna get 'er done this weekend

At least I think I'll get it done. It's a table runner, adapted from the book City Quilts, check out Cherri House's books at quilts at her blog http://lizzyhouse.typepad.com/cherry_house_quilts/
I've adapted her City Tracks quilt to table runner size, chose 7 different colors, and used some scrap black fabric.
One goal is to finish City Tracks this weekend, mainly because I'm trying to get some completed projects under my belt. I've been starting too many projects lately and not finishing enough, it's quite dissatisfying.
Here are the blocks - now I'm off again upstairs to keep going! Arrgh - I took a break after laying out the quilt so I could go back later and look for major flaws. There are some. First the purples are all going the same direction. The two reds in the center row have exactly the same fabric in the same position, and the two yellows in column 4 are the same fabrics in the same direction. Gotta change those, but I'd better be careful - it's exactly thoughts like this that keep me from finishing a project.

Giant embroidery

Just finished an embroidery for someone else's project. They are making a "They touched the quilts" quilt for an upcoming show, and I got a chance to practice my my multihooping technique by stitching an extra-long sentence. 4 hoopings in the lower sentence.
Here is a picture.

 Also a few pictures from today's mini-retreat.
We like demonstrations, this time folded fabric cranes and T-shirt quilts.
We also like food - had a great potluck lunch.