When I first started longarm quilting I went a little nuts and bought a bunch of quilts off Ebay to "practice" on.... Of course some of the ones I got were way to precious to just "practice" on so they got hoarded away in my studio for years. Recently I have started quilting one of the most beloved of these:
The snowball quilt, all hand pieced with Vintage fabrics and Feedsack. sigh.
I started by figuring out my design using dry erase markers on a sheet of plexiglass:
If you try this PLEASE mask the edges of your plexiglass. ask how I know?
I don't transfer this design onto the quilt top. It is just a tool I use to work through ideas, figure out scale density and design.
Then to the quilting!
I used my IQ for the circle quilting, the rest is done freehand. I decided to quilt non stitch regulated for a more organic stitch quality. Of course no one is going to think it is hand quilted but I prefer the look to the uniformity of stitch regulation for this one.
Batting is Dream Orient, bamboo/silk blend ...another sigh.
Thread Superior So Fine
It isn't done yet, but hopefully I can make some progress this weekend!
I may be getting a wee bit ahead of myself but I received these gorgeous feedsack scraps from Marilyn, the lovely spidedcoffee on Flickr!
Happy Mothers Day, enjoy a beautiful weekend!
Wow just one word, STUNNING!!! Thank you for sharing your quilting ideas. Such an inspiration!
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Linda
I'll 2nd that "STUNNING"! Wow, Krista, you sure do a marvelous job on those quilts! Your artistry is amazing!
ReplyDeletebeautiful quilting
ReplyDeleteDrool worthy!
ReplyDeleteHuzzah! That is one beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteLove Dream Orient. It is great to sleep under.
I love love love your quilting! It's breathtaking! I hope that someday I'll sew a quilt and send it to you for quilting:)
ReplyDeleteIt's really amazing. I love that you held on to that top for so long and are finally working on it again! I didn't realize that those scraps were so small. But I still think that peicing them to make the binding would be pretty fabulous if you're up for the work!
ReplyDeleteAhhh, so beautiful! And I would definitely go the extra mile and do a scrappy binding - perfect!
ReplyDeletei love your quilting Krista. this is so amazing!
ReplyDeletei have yardage of a number of vintage fabrics if you want to space out your small pieces a bit? let me know!!
Oh my! I looooove that quilt, and the quilting is gorgeous! Love, love, love it!
ReplyDeleteOh my word! That is so beautiful K!
ReplyDeleteLove this, love your quilting design, it just adds so much to a wonderful quilt. Have fun with this one.
ReplyDeleteLove the quilting so much. I am a budding domestic quilter. Think I might try the plexiglass as a tool myself. Thanks for sharing. This is an amazing quilt in so many ways.
ReplyDeleteI agree with K3 - if you're up to it, piecing those scraps into a binding would be a perfect finish to this masterpiece.
ReplyDeleteYES, piece the binding. That quilt has waited this long for quilting, it can wait a little longer for the perfect binding. I love how the quilting looks! Do you roll the quilt back to quilt inside the circles later? I see some are done, but not others? It's so great that you rescued these quilt tops and are making them even more beautiful with your stitches.
ReplyDeleteI love your quilting!! The old quilt with the modern quilting is fantastic...cant wait to see it finished.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing how you work. Thanks for sharing the process with us. I would go for the scrappy binding. What's a little more time?
ReplyDeleteIt's stunning! And I say piece the binding...if you can face it!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I say go for the pieced binding! Can't wait to see the quilt finished.
ReplyDeleteOh, my this icing is the best part of the cake! I just found your blog and I am a new long armer, just int he stippling phase. OH my goodness are you ever a source of inspiration.
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