One day I was visiting our guild Charity Bee and grabbed this quilt top to quilt……
It looked nice and easy, but it sat in my “to-do” basket for almost a year because I simply couldn’t figure out HOW to quilt it.
In this video, we look at my process and also see a bit of the quilting.
It is a great start and the quilting should go pretty quickly.
Crisis averted!!
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Back in February, I was making headway on my scrap projects when I ran across a stack of teal-ish fabrics. I quickly left the project that I was working on and made this top instead…..
The top sat in my studio all year and now….the last few days of 2024, it is time to quilt it!!
I am happy with the quilting on this one…
and am looking forward to trying a new binding technique on it…….. Wish me luck!!!
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Yesterday, I left you with the completed top….
I got it basted and sat down to do the quilting…..but where to begin?
My original plan was to video the quilting, but with the matching thread, you couldn’t see ANYTHING that I was doing….
….so….scratch that plan!!
I wanted to continue the flower theme so decided to work with Angela Walters “Petunia” ruler…..
If you use it correctly, it makes a fun flower!!….
I wanted to keep the quilting continuous, so I chose to quilt the flowers in a line.
I added the swirl in the center and the prongs leading out to the petals.
In the lower section, I wanted to do something different so just quilted parallel straight lines…..
That just left the center flowers!!
I outlined the flowers and leaves, going around each piece twice. I think that the double stitching will help secure the appliques for the long term.
…and in the background, I quilted the design that I call “You-turn”….
I am delighted with the quilt and am thinking about turning it into a pattern…what do you think?
Then, it was time to make the label. I printed the label, using a picture of the flowers on the quilt…..
To ship it, I rolled it into a cute roll, folded the label over and added my note…..
It is now winging its way to Kentucky, hopefully to be a comfort to a sweet little girl!!
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Well, yesterday we put together the practice piece for quilting…..
and today we get started!!
Join me…..
If you are reading on email, you can use this link to go directly to the video….. https://youtu.be/t47Ynow51OU
Come back tomorrow and we will finish up the practice session, in particular playing with filler designs for some of the petals.
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I had so much fun quilting the Stair-Step Scrap quilt…..
I began by quilting straight lines starting with the stair-steps and echoing out to the edges of the quilt.
Then I quilted echoing curvy lines in the center between the stair-steps.
Finally, I pulled out a nested oval ruler that I had never used and quilted ovals in the border.
See the entire quilt finished in 10 minutes…..
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Obviously, none of the quilting showed greatly but I am happy with the overall textures that were created….
Next week on Free-Motion-Friday, we are going to tackle one of the issues that most machine quilters deal with…..
Be sure to join me then.
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