I haven’t quilted the second quilt yet as the backing was
too small to be clamped on my frame, so while waiting for new backing, I popped
the third quilt on the frame.
This one had Minky backing and although it creates a
stunning effect on the back, I am not a huge fan as it stretches like crazy and
with the top not having that much movement (or stretch) can create a weird
bubble-like effect on the front. So
apart from my rails, leaders and side clamps, I also make use of pins
just to keep things going well.
What surprised me is how many brand new quilters I meet
lately and the fact that they make use of a longarmer to quilt their
quilts. When I started quilting I
haven’t even heard the word and believed to be a good quilter, you need to
suffer through the whole process of piecing and layering and struggling with
your domestic machine to eventually (months later) have a completed quilt.
I don’t complain if people trust me enough to finish their
quilts but cannot help wondering how many amazing free-motion quilters are out
there that may never find out just how good they are simply because they never
tried or persevered. I often look at
quilts on my beds and realise they were done on my domestic machine and I’m
(without boasting) in awe about what I was able to do on my normal little
machine.
This quilt was made with 12” blocks and these are somewhat
too big for my throat space and I had to make use of the saying by longarmers
to ‘divide and conquer’. This basically
means you divide a block into smaller sections but still give all blocks a
similar look.
Asked the quilter to give me 3 weeks’ time to finish and I am really
impressed that I got this done within 4
days.
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