Last fall, my mom and I both signed up to take Debbie Bowles class when she was here. My mom also hosted the 2nd day of classes, and made a Eureka quilt. It has all batiks in the middle and a black on black for the borders.
She brought it down to me the second week in January to quilt and it has been on the frame to quilt since then. I finally started the quilting a few weeks ago and it didn't go well. She wanted me to do straightish lines that mirrored the long sections of the pieced curve blocks. I tried three and they did not look good, so I moved on and did a pattern with my versatool ruler in the square blocks and it looked pretty good. At that point, I stopped, called my mom, and we decided that she would do the long lines on her regular machine after I did the other quilting. Then it sat...for at least another week.
Earlier this week, I did a little work on it and promised my mom it would be done before the Super Bowl started, so I got to business last night and finished it. I had fun in the borders using a stencil that I picked up at Joann's and my pounce pad.
I will let her share the final finished product when she finishes the rest of the quilting on it and the binding.
I am starting to get a little backlog of quilts for the frame, so I am hoping to get a couple on and done quickly over the next few weeks. That will also mean lots of binding to work on during the Olympics!
She brought it down to me the second week in January to quilt and it has been on the frame to quilt since then. I finally started the quilting a few weeks ago and it didn't go well. She wanted me to do straightish lines that mirrored the long sections of the pieced curve blocks. I tried three and they did not look good, so I moved on and did a pattern with my versatool ruler in the square blocks and it looked pretty good. At that point, I stopped, called my mom, and we decided that she would do the long lines on her regular machine after I did the other quilting. Then it sat...for at least another week.
Earlier this week, I did a little work on it and promised my mom it would be done before the Super Bowl started, so I got to business last night and finished it. I had fun in the borders using a stencil that I picked up at Joann's and my pounce pad.
I will let her share the final finished product when she finishes the rest of the quilting on it and the binding.
I am starting to get a little backlog of quilts for the frame, so I am hoping to get a couple on and done quickly over the next few weeks. That will also mean lots of binding to work on during the Olympics!
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