For as much time as I've spent in my sewing room over the past week, I sure don't have much to show you. I've quilted several very large quilts. I worked all weekend, which I typically try to avoid. I haven't done anything at all towards my OMG for the month.
I've been working on a test quilt and have the top completed. The designer requires that the project remain secret until she publishes her pattern. I'm hoping to get it quilted over the weekend and I don't really know when I can share, but I will of course share once I'm able. I can say that I shopped my stash for it, only buying background fabric. I'm hoping to be able to get a workable backing from the stash as well.
I also finished sewing my Macaron mystery top together. I thought I would quilt it last weekend, but I didn't have the backing ready, so switched to a client quilt instead. Here is a really lousy photo of the top. I added extra to the top and bottom to get an oblong quilt. I can't remember if this was my first attempt or if this was after I trimmed down the sections I added.
Once I get the backing ironed and pieced, I have the quilting design picked out, so just need to make another opening in my oddly burgeoning queue.
So...what can I show you? How about the most recent quilting jobs.
First, Midnight Sparkle on Sally's quilt. I really, really, really wanted to quilt a Bigfoot pattern on this, but I couldn't find a design I liked and she didn't want that anyway. LOL.
Next, I had Kristi's very large, 104" inch square Lori Holt sampler. We used a hexagon pattern on this that mimics chicken wire. I tried four other chicken wire designs before this and NONE of them stitched out in a way that I was happy with. This pattern was kind of complex, which my testing didn't reflect. I had to use the tweak function on every pass after the first one. It took me two days to get everything done since Lucey wasn't cooperating and iQ was doing some screwy stuff. The end product looks pretty good and it went back home yesterday.
I decided to go with something easier for the next quilt. This is Pat's military/patriotic quilt. I chose Malachite for it. This one still needs to be bound by me. I used Glide in Bark for this one.
Then I switched back to another very large quilt. This one is Annie's. She wanted Ikat on it. Luckily, I knew that Ikat tends to drift, so I planned my quilt layout accordingly to allow for the amount of tweaking I knew I'd need. Sometimes I do smart things. 😄 This quilt also still needs to be bound by me. It's hard to tell in the picture, but the thread is Glide Buttercup, which is a hair darker than her yellow fabric.
For my fifth quilt of the week, I switched to a smaller quilt again. This is another of Pat's. We went with Keryn's Chevrons for this one. We thought it mimicked goal posts. I'm quite pleased with the finished product. Again, still need to bind this one.
I've had a whole lot of binding requests lately. I did finish up this one of Annie's that I shared last week. This is another pretty big quilt.
So, that's my quilting week. Oh, I thought you might like to see a different view of my sewing room than I usually show. This view is from the closet looking back toward the sewing machine. You can see my cutting table (with blue bins) and ironing table on wheels. I swear, I spend more time moving those around than I ever dreamed. That cutting table is hefty. 😅 In this picture, it is pushed all the way against my built-in sewing desk so that I could get a whole-quilt picture of Annie's quilt. Her quilt is 111" long!
Anne-Marie, I’m amazed by how much quilting you can do in one week!
ReplyDeleteCan you please explain what you mean by Ikat tends to drift, and what you do to combat this?
Thanks Jane
Oh no, that really sucks but on the plus side you don't have to worry about a live video. Love Annie's quilt. Thank you for linking up to Put your foot down.
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