Work in Progress - Quilting
It's Wednesday again (phew, already??).
Today, I have been quilting the Madrona Road herringbone quilt.
Because of all the angles, I debated over how to quilt this one, but eventually chose to do straight vertical lines, 1/4" on either side of the seams and equally spaced in between.
Using that handy seam guide thingie kept the lines fairly straight.
I adore that little donkey - sorry he's upside down in the photo!
This is the first quilt that I have made using fusible batting.
At first I wasn't too thrilled with it - it wasn't adhering very well. There were no directions on the package so I Googled and found a great tutorial here. Oh....the key to getting it to stick is steam! I didn't do that. I really must remember to read directions first! After, re-pressing with steam, it stuck like glue and produced great results. This is just a small quilt so I was able to make the quilt sandwich on the floor and then roll it up and take it to the ironing board, which I set up next to the kitchen counter.
This photo is really just to show off my clean kitchen - it doesn't always look like that!
Unless you have a large work surface, a large quilt may be a little tricky. I think that you could press it directly on the floor, depending on what your floor is made out of. I purchased the batting at Connecting Threads at 30% off. The sale is running through next week if you want to try it out.
My churn dash blocks are proceeding slowly, but nicely...
I am going to make this 4 blocks by 4 blocks - seven more to go!
I also have been working on my BOM's for February, one of which is paper pieced that I am really excited about. That has been on my quilty bucket list for a while!
Linking up today with Lee at Freshly Pieced.
As always, there is so much inspiration in blogland - you all are amazing!!
Happy Sewing,
Tessa Marie
Your quilts are beautiful! i love the colors! I just used my arm seam guide on a quilting project. You have inspired me to try it on more projects.
ReplyDeleteBoth your projects look great! I like using this fusible batting for things like table runners where I don't want a crinkly finish. Good thing you discovered the steam;)
ReplyDeleteYour quilt and quilting look fantastic. I thought about doing the same pattern for the SMQG challenge, and then changed my mind. I like how you have both color ways. Mine isn't even close to done. I am glad my tutorial helped you with the batting. You are right about the steam part. I had the same issue at first.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, your herringbone quilt is gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteLove your Madrona Road quilt, and I can't wait to see the finished churn dash quilt!!!
ReplyDeleteEverything looks great! Great idea on setting the ironing board up by the counter, I will have to try that next time I press a quilt top.
ReplyDeletebeautiful quilts!! I love the quilting on your herringbone and Churn dash was a great block to use for Ruby!!
ReplyDeleteI just love this herringbone quilt, and you have quilted it perfectly. Never heard of fusible cotton batting before, does that mean you didn't use any pins at all??! Lovely Churn Dash blocks too :-)
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to use the measure bar thingy and have not been able to figure it out to attach it to my machine...now your picture shows me how... I was doing it backwards! Thanks for the pic!! I really want to do some straight line FMQ'ing. Now I can!!! A picture may say a thousand words, but it also fixes the problem!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful project AND quilting! What a brillant idea to put the ironing board against the counter, gosh I'm going to do that for pressing backings and many bulky tasks... thanks much!
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