I am finished with the borders of my Spirit Song quilt!!! I am finished with the blue thread! I am so EXCITED!! I rolled the quilt back up to the top last night -- for the last time. Today I'll do some experiments off to the side of my quilt to decide whether I'm rethreading with So Fine or with the lighter weight Bottom Line thread in the needle as well as in the bobbin, and then I get to start quilting background fills in all of those white/neutral HSTs.
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I know, I know -- I was trying so hard to be good and not shop for new projects until finishing my Spirit Song quilt, but Green Fairy put the Under the Stars kit (using fabrics from the Good Times collection from American Jane) on their clearance sale for half price. I have always admired star quilts similar to this one and I am so looking forward to making this quilt!
I am finally having fun with free motion quilting on my long arm machine! Yay! The chalk pounce stenciling is imperfect, as it smudges and disappears while I'm quilting, but all I really need is a vague guide anyway for spacing and the angle of the curls. If I mark just one motif with chalk at a time and then quilt it right away, it serves its purpose -- and I have zero fear that the chalk won't come out of my quilt, since it's all bouncing right off the quilt without settling into the fibers in the ...
read moreAnd the beat goes on... Here's what I accomplished in my studio after dinner last night:
Quilting Progress as of Last Night |
Good morning and happy Tuesday! My quilting goal for the past week was to complete all of the SID (Stitch in the Ditch) quilting along the seam lines of my Spirit Song quilt. I'm about halfway there as of when I switched off the machine last night.
Invisible Monofilament SID Halfway Completed |
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So I realize that it’s been a while! I apologize. I have started to accept customer quilts again, it’s difficult to try and get it all done but I’m trying!
I have had this new Rulers for Rookies 2 Kit in the works for quite a while now. I can say as of today…. it is done! I had so much fun designing this panel! It comes with 5 different rulers. ProCircle 7, ProEcho 12, ProPebble 3/4 – 1.75, Pro and my favorite…. the ProLine 8!
There is also a class to go along with this ...
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