It's fun when you discover something about your sewing machine that makes you love it more than you already did. Take my Bernina, there is a stitch, a standard "menu" stitch that if you alter both the length and the width, gives a quick and fun wavy line to use on a quilt. (A smililar stitch is on some Pfaff sewing machine models as well). I've now used it on 3 quilts and 1 pillow. It's fast, it's easy and is a nice change from straight lines and basic meandering.
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| Front |
The details:
"Open and Shut", 66" x 66"
Various quilting cottons including Kona solids in "chinese red", "charcoal" and "snow"
100% cotton warm and natural batting
100% cotton, Mako 50 wt Aurifil thread in: several light to medium grays for the piecing and the quilting (2600, 2620, 2625).
Original design with pieced circles and disordered sashing.
Piecing and quilting: by me.
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| Close-up front, wiggly line quilting in light grey thread |
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| Back |
And I did something I'd done once before, but will do again, added my makers mark and date discretely to the quilt, close to the bound edge.
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| "signing" the quilt |
Beautiful quilt! And I love that wavy stitch too - thank goodness my machine has it!
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt, and the quilting is so fun. I know with a little fussing I can make my machine do something similar, I need to try it sometime.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! The front reminds me the art a coffee cup ring makes on a table, I like that a lot. I like your wavey quilting also.
ReplyDeletesmart way to sign your quilt!
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