I'm not ready to reveal the whole design just yet, but here is a preview showing some of my quilting from this week:
Update: Full quilt is posted HERE! |
I stippled all over the white areas surrounding the main design. I played with the idea of quilting the rainbow bits the same way, and even drew up samples on the computer to see what they would look like, but in the end I couldn't bring myself to do anything that would interfere with the lines and symmetry of the diamonds.
Even though I wasn't going over any thick seam areas in free motion, I did find it harder to quilt this than the samples I've practised on so far. The bulk and weight of the quilt constantly needed to be moved around, which added one more dimension to focus on, so this definitely isn't the best stippling I've done. The scale is a little bit uneven, and in many places I came too close to a previous line, but overall I'm really happy with it. I plan to order a Supreme Slider to make things move more easily. The one thing that's bothering me at the moment is that my basting pins left some tiny ugly dints in the fabric.
My question for Leah this week is about wetting an unfinished quilt. I have this irrational fear of getting it wet, but you mentioned that you soak yours. Could you provide a little bit more information about when and why to do that? Will it help the basting pin holes close up?
Here is the whole quilt from the back. Not a single knot or eyelash to be seen!
Even though I wasn't going over any thick seam areas in free motion, I did find it harder to quilt this than the samples I've practised on so far. The bulk and weight of the quilt constantly needed to be moved around, which added one more dimension to focus on, so this definitely isn't the best stippling I've done. The scale is a little bit uneven, and in many places I came too close to a previous line, but overall I'm really happy with it. I plan to order a Supreme Slider to make things move more easily. The one thing that's bothering me at the moment is that my basting pins left some tiny ugly dints in the fabric.
My question for Leah this week is about wetting an unfinished quilt. I have this irrational fear of getting it wet, but you mentioned that you soak yours. Could you provide a little bit more information about when and why to do that? Will it help the basting pin holes close up?
Here is the whole quilt from the back. Not a single knot or eyelash to be seen!