wholecloth quilting

Festival of Quilts 2024 from The Quilt Yarn

I had the bestest time at the show! The atmosphere was great, the vendor hall so very tempting and on top of that I had the biggest surprise on the day.

As my readers would know (I talked about this for weeks on end) I entered my wholecloth quilt into the show. I have entered quilts before in the show and was familiar with the process. Normally if you win an award you do get a phone call a few days before to attend the award presentation. Well, I did not get a phone call so told everyone in the ...

added by Karin 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under bernina q20 , wholecloth design , wholecloth quilting

5 Essential Tips When Wholecloth Quilting from The Quilt Yarn

I previously wrote a series of posts about wholecloth quilting starting HERE.

This post is an extension to that. Not having done a wholecloth in some time, I took some photos as I went along and also started to think about all the things that can go wrong when attempting a wholecloth. What follows are 5 critical points where things can get a bit haywire and will affect the outcome of your project.

1. Mark the crosshairs!

This is a really important step as your entire wholecloth is based on those few lines. To do this press your fabric really ...

added by Karin 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under bernina q20 , wholecloth quilting

To Do Tuesday #64 from The Quilt Yarn

My list from last week was smallish

- pinning, basting and making a start on the wholecloth; backing fabric is ready to go, just needs to be cut and then I will need to make a decision on thread.✅

- wash the background fabric for the Fox quilt❌

- maybe make a Fox block to get started on that project which will be ongoing until I have enough blocks for a quilt.❌

So I made a start (finally) on the wholecloth. I was thinking to do a post in the next few weeks on the trials and tribulations of wholecloth quilting...things never ...

added by Karin 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under bernina echo clips , bernina q20 , to do tuesday #64 , wholecloth quilting

Another Mini Wholecloth Finished from The Quilt Yarn

Finished the second wholecloth from the same design that I did some weeks earlier.

This time I stitched this out on a dusty pink fabric using a 'run-of-the-mill polyester thread. While this worked fine, I am not sure I would do this again...the thread was almost abrasive. No problem stitching with it, but a real hassle to pry it out of the fabric if you tried unpicking. However, as this wholecloth is for a class I am doing next year I thought that I give this a whirl as people will come with all sorts of thread.

I used ...

added by Karin 2 years ago. under bernina q20 , mini wholecloth , wholecloth quilting

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