Hello Everyone,
Yesterday, I jumped ship and stopped working on "Crossing The Pond" and switched over to machine quilting Leaf Peepers.
I was going to do cross-hatching in the border, but at the last minute I switched to feathers. I can do feathers in my sleep. I have my music on and then I just go for it. I had my iPad on shuffle, and listened to everything from Gregorian Chant music, to AC/DC, to Christmas carols. It was quite the line-up of hits!
I wasn't quite sure what to quilt in the setting squares, so I went with something simple, yet it makes a statement. I'll probably quilt early this morning before it starts to heat up. Then I'll switch over to piecing in my sewing room.
On another note, I've been thrown off of Instagram. A scumbag impersonated me, and hijacked my account. This scumbag contacted my followers and told them they had won a bunch of money. This happened the day when my Internet was out, and I had absolutely no idea what was happening. I'm the victim here, yet Instagram permanently deactivated my account. I received an email on Saturday telling me it was deactivated in error and they were sorry for any inconvenience. I was reinstated for 24 hours only to be deactivated again. Dealing with their website is the equivalent to hitting my head against the wall while pounding sand. The help phone number is a Medicare number. Their support email is useless. I'm going to send a registered letter to them, along with the email I received re-instating me. Can you hear and feel my frustration in my words?
I get a lot of pattern orders after I post on Instagram. Since all of my workshops, lectures, and shows have been cancelled, I don't want to loose that resource too.
I may just start a new account, but I can't use my Sewn Wild Oaks name, since the hijacker compromised it. I tell myself not to stress over this.......but I'm stressing over this. I think I have steam coming out of my ears.
I'm going to go quilt to get in a better frame of mind. I'll be better tomorrow.....promise.
Soon,
Lynn
Morning Lynn, I feel your pain! My laptop was hijacked on Friday when trying to reinstall my Canon laptop. The hacker intercepted and took over my laptop. My daughter caught it real quick and got offline before anything happened, we think. So I ended up with getting a new laptop and now starting all over again. Your quilt is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt is maddening, isn't it?
DeleteYour feathers are lovely :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry the IG problem continued. I had received that "win" message from another quilter's stolen account before yours happened. I hope you can work something out.
I feel as though it is impossible to rectify this since I can't talk to a real person.
DeleteOh, yeah, I'd be PO'd too. Isn't it amazing that these idiots have the brains to screw up other people's lives but can't bother doing something productive with their own? Sore subject. Hope you get things reset somehow.
ReplyDeleteIn my first and only post that I was able to do in my 24 hour window of activation, I called the hackers scum bags. I think they went after me again after my comment.
DeleteI wondered why I got a message saying you were following me when I knew you already were. How about a new account with sewn Wild Oaks and your first or last name at the title end so folks can still find you? If there is anything good about it, I’d say you’re pouring all your frustration Into some gorgeous machine quilting!
ReplyDeleteThanks Candace. I'm just sorry to loose all of my followers, and the people I was following. I'm glad you like the quilting. It helps my mind to focus on something productive instead of thoughts of castrating the hackers.
DeleteSorry about your instagram account!! I hope you get some reply soon!! And your quilting looks wonderful! I think the feathers in the borders are a better fit than cross-hatching: There are enough straight lines in the quilt with the plaid setting squares, and the feathers add a nice touch of softness. Hugs, H
ReplyDeleteI agree with your assessment of the quilting. I marked the quilt for cross-hatching, and it wasn't working for me.
DeleteYour quilt is beautiful! I'm so sorry about all the frustrations. Grrrrr!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I tried one more time to get reinstated on Instagram before I open a new account. The problem is.....I can't use my Sew'n Wild Oaks brand name. Now THAT'S irritating.
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