This is my first attempt at a whole cloth quilt. I needed a couple of smaller quilts for the Holiday Boutique this weekend and it seemed a great time to try the technique. I took a couple more pics without the flash to show the quilting .
The fabric is a bleached muslin, front and back, the threads are Superior's, So Fine in the top and Bottom Line in the bobbin.
I drew a rough outline guide of my plan with a water soluble pen, then freehanded the quilting with feathers, Mactavishing and folk art flowers.
It was easy to make two at the same time, loading a 70"x 40" piece of muslin, using Quilter's Dream blend batting and placing a length of polyester batting over it to give definition to the stitching. The QD batting helps the quilt to lay flat and gives it more stability than using only polyester.
I am quite pleased with the results so I will be making more wall hangings using these tools!
2 comments:
How pretty. Do you have all these patterns of quilting on your machine? The design is really lovely.
Indeed, you should be pleased with this! It is beautiful. The 2 layers are quite effective. And of course, your quilting is superb.
And no --to answer your question-- I have no plans as yet to do a blog. I haven't discarded the idea, but it is just not time yet. ;-)
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