Here is my quilt this morning, just waiting for me to get back to it. I was quilting last weekend and then a week of no sewing.
I am quilting mostly lines, free hand - no computer, no channel locks. They are intended to be industrial, with some wobbles and imperfections. It is best to intend what you do and I have loads of imperfections - good thing I love them. Too perfect is not my thing on a quilt.
On the orange bits I am sort free hand echoing the curve. You can see my nemesis in all this free hand quilting, going around the low volume curved edges - totally industrial wobbly. I am adding several passes to show that this is intentional.
This ariel view sort of straight line quilting is something that I love and have done before. I was inspired by many folks, but especially Krista Withers and Carolyn Friedlander. In fact it looks something like Carolyn's fabrics too, but I first noticed it on the quilts in her book.
I have had a lot of thread breaks so far. I am using 100% cotton Superior Threads King Tut and if I turn that right to left corner too fast it just breaks at the needle. I will mend in those ends later and no one will be the wiser. This style of quilting uses a lot of thread too, I am thinking I might have to change to another spool for the middle as I don't have enough of the one thread for the whole quilt and then can come back to this one for the bottom third - again, my hope is to make these things intentional, even retroactively.
I am planning to quilt today, and do some chores too, and take a walk I hope, I need to get back into walking fitness for QuiltCon - are you going?
Best,
Leanne
Your quilt is beautiful! And your quilting is stunning!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see this all finished.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be beautiful!! About the King Tut breaking...I quilt with it all the time and the only time I have ever had it break was when I expected to be able to go 3,000 SPM! You may have something going on in your bobbin area if it only breaks going a specific direction - is your timing just a bit off to where the needle is coming down directly on the top thread when making the stitch and cutting it? I only have to time my machine once every couple of years, so I may be off on that one! Or there is a burr somewhere in the bobbin race. Have you talked to your tech support? I don't know what kind of machine you quilt on, but with my Innova, I have free, 24/7/365 tech support that I can call for problems like this. Hope you figure it out - so frustrating to keep breaking thread!
ReplyDeleteLeanne, it's a beauty! Well I love orange so that caught me eyes right off, and I'm a novice FM quilter so imperfections are me. Perfect is not a word:)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy more quilting time today. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Leanne! Your quilting looks so exciting! I love of course the colours and the deisng on your quilt but the industrial feeling is very impressive! x Teje
ReplyDeleteHi I am very new to longarm quilting and just wanted to ask you why you float your quilt top? What are the pros and cons of floating it? I love what you are doing! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe quilt looks great. Have a lovely weekend!
ReplyDeleteI really can't get enough of this. I love your Instagram feed too!
ReplyDeleteThis is about the coolest ever. I love your industrial quilting here and so many patterns!
ReplyDeleteI am a huge fan of free handing around curves, too, and I like the term "industrial quilting". I am very excited to be going to QuiltCon - not too many days left!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to see it finished. It looks really interesting already.
ReplyDeleteI love the quilting!
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