. . . ha, ha . . . well, not exactly, but I actually got a quilt done on my Innova today! So happy -- Snoopy dance going on here. I just think I burned myself out the end of the year, and I have really had a hard time talking myself into starting up again . . . I have done a couple of other quilts this year, but I have several that are stacking up here and enough is enough! Several years ago I lost 100 pounds ... it took me 5 years to do it. It was a great learning experience, and I did it using the Weight Watchers program. One of the things that really stuck in my mind was something one of my leaders in a meeting said -- don't wait to be in the mood to lose weight, just do it! I use that analogy all the time ... don't wait for the mood to strike you, just do it! That's finally what I did with the quilt today . . .
I used a 40 wt. cotton thread on top and So Fine in the bobbin.
My client just wanted a simple stipple. This was the mystery quilt class that I taught a few months back. My quilt was really scrappy, and it was so fun to see what everyone did with their version. I love this background fabric that she used . . .
Yes, at the end!
She decided to add the outside patchwork border to make it bigger. I really like her color choices.
The two solid borders she put on really balance the quilt and give it a lot of interest, don't they? It was a fun quilt to do and I really enjoyed quilting it for her.
I buy my batting in rolls; I pretty much exclusively use Hobbs 80/20 ... I like the weight of it and it quilts up really nicely. I don't have that much volume of quilting that I can afford to carry and provide more than one kind of batting for clients. I don't want to be that busy! I only charge my clients for the size piece that they need for their quilt. The batting I use is 120" wide ... there are always chunks left over of batting, and I have a stack of pieces. If you quilt, you know what I mean ... you have these odd shaped pieces lying around. I finally decided it was going to get out of control if I didn't do something about it.
This is the leftover piece of batting from the mystery quilt. In the corner I write the size of the batting, and then I staple it onto the corner of the batting. Then I just fold it up and put it in my stack. Whenever I need a particular size, I can just find the tag without unfolding the pieces and grab the size I need. I eventually use up the odd size pieces in my own quilts. I put a piece of batting in, and quilt until I get to almost the end of that piece. Then I butt another piece up against the first, and quilt away. I have never been able to tell that there is not one solid piece in the quilt. There are various other ways to join your batting together . . . layering them one on top of another, and drawing a scalloped line, then cutting away one of the layers on the line and then they fit together. I tried that and other methods, and I couldn't ever see any difference. They all worked ... so the method I use is the easiest for me!
2 comments:
Good going, colleen! And I know what you mean about leftover batting pieces. I do the same tag-and-bag. The smaller pieces I use for cleaning my machine. Have a great week quilting! Sylvia
Oh,I love it...looks beautiful!
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