Every quilt is a learning process – which thread is best,
which quilting design works, a new process like appliqué on the Longarm (see my 9/17/13 blog about Tootie Fruitie - A fun project on the longarm).
This is a quilt I finished over the Thanksgiving holiday in my
favorite colors – fall colors. The pattern is a real simple one that I made on up my
design wall and you can see the Before is kind of boring:
But I planned it that way. (tip: that’s what you ALWAYS say when
it didn’t work or there’s a boo boo!).
Actually, I really did plan it this way; I wanted to use solids
to accent the quilting (another first). I used Superior Rainbow variegated thread in Autumn
Leaves – the perfect thread for this project:
What I’d change: I wish I had continued the swirl quilting all the way across each row of blocks instead of breaking it up with the figure 8’s. Sometimes you use the piecing as a quilting guideline and sometimes, you should just IGNORE it!
A mystery: My top was square, but I had problems with a
pucker in the backing toward the bottom right side which I had to rip out. I
used a beautiful purple minkee backing which I know is slippy, but I’ve used
minkee before with no problem.
I used cotton/poly Legacy batting which seems more slippery
than my usual Hobbs 80/20, so maybe that contributed to the problem. Maybe I should have done stitch in the ditch
(SID) first. Do you always SID if you’re doing different quilting in the blocks
and sashing???
Anyhoo, this is my car quilt and I’m pretty happy with
it. Oh, don’t you just LOVE that
red/orange binding with the purple backing?
Ahhhhh~
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