Since I got the birthday quilt basted last week, the plans were to put on the walking foot and do some straight machine quilting on it. What could be more simple than using the markings on the foot to follow the chevrons and get this quilt finished. I cleared the sewing table, filled a bobbin or two and then setttled down for some nice easy machine quilting. STOP STOP STOP, that is not what happened. I started yes, but t was not nice or easy. This is the largest quilt that I have tried to machine quilt. The weight of it really was overwhelming. Of course trying to make a straight line is very difficult as the weight of the quilt can easily cause a blurp in that lovely straight line you are trying to quilt. I only got about 24 inches into the quilt and lifted my presser foot and yanked it out from under the foot! Quilting for me has always been about a pleasurable experience and this was not going to be. So what does one do? Of course do something that makes you happy. Since I had purchased some perle cotton to add a few hand quilting stitches to the machine quilting, why not just big stitch it.
I got off to a good start, I was having so much fun in fact that I got five lines of hand quilting done all across the quilt on the first day of stitching! Only 24 more to go and this quilt will be finished and ready for gifting. The best part is I am having a great time and really love of the look of those big stitches on this quilt!
I got off to a good start, I was having so much fun in fact that I got five lines of hand quilting done all across the quilt on the first day of stitching! Only 24 more to go and this quilt will be finished and ready for gifting. The best part is I am having a great time and really love of the look of those big stitches on this quilt!
