It was a big weekend of quilting as I hurt by back at work on Friday and couldn't really do anything very active. I spent all of Saturday building the quilt top. I got all the blocks sewn together and the border put on as well. I really liked how it turned out, but I wish I would have made the pink triangles blue. I didn't know so many of the strips would be pink, so it all sort of blends together when you look at the big picture. I think blue triangles would have popped a little bit more. Oh well, it still looks good. Today I did most of the quilting, but first I had to making the backing so I did that. Then I made my quilt sandwich. This was much easier than the last time. I think it was partially due to the fact that I bought better batting and it laid much flatter. To do the quilting, I used pink thread on top and blue on the bottom. I think these were good choices because the pink doesn't show that well on the top (except on some of the dark spots) and the blue blends nicely with the backing. Here is a rundown on all the pictures above:Figure A) Shows the quilt top all sewn together and quilted. I still need to go around the edge of the pink triangles and the border, but that shouldn't take too long during my next session.
Figure B) A close-up of the quilting. I bordered all the blocks and then made an X through each box. This took most of today. My lines are not all that straight because I did not draw them this time around. It took way too long on my last quilt so I figured I would just eyeball it. They turned out a little crooked, but they make it look homemade!
Figure C) I love the backing of this quilt. You can see some of the quilting lines (blue) in this picture, too, but I mostly just wanted to show the back.
Figure D) These little birds are so funny looking but I love them.
All that is left to do is quilt the border, make the bias tape and sew the bias tape on. I am only working Tuesday and Thursday nights for the rest of the semester so I'll have some time to work on it during the week. Maybe I'll even finish it before the week ends. But then what will I do next weekend?!
3 comments:
Very nice! I like the colors- very girlish! I am interested in learning how inthe world you quilt that all together. It's so big and awkward.....
I just lay the backing down, and then layer the batting and the quilt top, safety pin it together and then push it through the machine. I always make sure the shorter side goes through the right side of the machine, but when I'm doing the middle quilt lines it gets a little difficult to push it through. I don't think I could do any bigger quilt than the ones I've done so far. It would be way to hard to push it through. But it's not so awkward at this size. Come visit sometime and I'll show you :)
This quilt is looking great, in person too! It's going to be hard to part with.. ;)
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