This one is going to be rather picture heavy post.
But I don't think you will mind :)
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I outline quilted his name and birth info. The new marking pen really helped.
I did this while at the Thursday quilting course at Arbis, and it was the only project I brought with me.
Forces you to stay focused, even when the quilting is boring... |
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Here, I'm nearly done sewing in all the loose ends.
Have to do that because I had to start and stop so often because of the letters. |
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At home, I quilted it on and off that Friday through Sunday.
Small swirl hooks between the color blocks, larger ones on the border.
And an orange peel variant in the crossings. |
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| Basically, like this. |
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| A small border outline around the color blocks themselves. |
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| Some of the swirl are more swirly, and some are without a hook. |
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| Basic orange peel pattern quilted on the color blocks themselves. |
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This is the backing fabric. It's an old IKEA duvet cover, and it's off-white and not white.
The quilting still doesn't stand out that much on it, thanks to the bobbin having had Gutermann Mara white in it. |
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I managed to use up 5 bobbins filled with the Gutermann Mara thread while quilting the whole quilt.
Next time, I know that I can fill six right away and have them on standby.
It really helped that I was able to free motion quilt continuously, going from the larger ones to the smaller ones and back again. |
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| More details of me quilting first one way, then the other. |
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Then down, and back again.
This was the last little area left to quilt, but I had to stop because I was mentally exhausted.
I left that for after dinner. |
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Tadaa!
All of it, quilted! |
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On Sunday, it was all binding, binding, binding.
I must say, I HAVE to get some more of these Wonder clips (they're a different brand, and not the originals, but they're really good). |
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Normally, I just sew the binding strip together straight, but this time, I did it the PROPER way.
So you aren't supposed to be able to tell where it begins and ends... |
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These are SO much better than pinning.
No pin holes in the fabric, and no needles to prick yourself on. |
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I did learn something.
Place the overhanging clip side on the top, to prevent the binding from shifting. |
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Awh....
The feeling you get when there are just a few stitches left to sew. |
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| Tadaa! Finished! Now all that remains is to run it through the washing machine. |
And that was how Aimo's quilt was quilted.
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