I finally got the machine out and quilted Luca's quilt! Hooray. I haven't done any free motion quilting for a while, so I thought I'd have a go at a practice square first before diving in. Thank goodness I did, as I had somehow totally stuffed up my bobbin tension when cleaning the bobbin housing. After several attempts at sorting it out using the dials, I got out the miniature screwdrivers and readjusted the bobbin tension manually. You're not supposed to do this, but I did it anyway! I decided that an all-over swirly pattern for the borders was the goods to match the crazy fabric and as a contrast to the hand quilting in the centre panel. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out (click for a bigger image).
I stitched down the binding last night and will design and print the label today and hopefully get that sewn on tonight. Next on the cards is Daniel's quilt, which still needs to be sandwiched - why does life keep getting in the way of quilting?
During the week I received some surprise squishy mail! I hadn't ordered anything (on a fabric diet this year) and it wasn't my 4SQS5, so what could it be?
Ah, that's right, my first Amitie
VIP blogger 'scrap pack'. Lovely fabrics and a pattern for a retro apron. Now to work out what to do with them...
I stitched down the binding last night and will design and print the label today and hopefully get that sewn on tonight. Next on the cards is Daniel's quilt, which still needs to be sandwiched - why does life keep getting in the way of quilting?
Ah, that's right, my first Amitie VIP blogger 'scrap pack'. Lovely fabrics and a pattern for a retro apron. Now to work out what to do with them...
7 comments:
What gorgeous quilting! You sure are more adventurous than I am when it comes to free motion stuff. Like the colours as well.
You did a beautiful job on the quilting. It's a gorgeous quilt.
Wow, that quilting is so beautiful, I love the way it really shows up on the plain fabric and complements the patterns. It makes me feel like getting into quilting again, but I'd need some lessons before I tackle anything like that! I'm thinking maybe I should go along to a Canberra quilters meeting one day, just the relentless breastfeeding stopping me at the moment - must get that expressing going!
Don't lie - you've been practising! That's some amazing FMQ!
That quilting is amazing! I love the fabric in the quilt too, so lovely and bright. And that top fabric in the Amitie bundle is pretty too :)
Wow that's gorgeous Lily I still don't know how it's done!
Lovely stuff from Amitie - I put a VIP membership on my birthday list but no-one gave me that so might sign up myself!
Lovely quilting - great quilt.
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