My quilting has taken an interesting twist with this one. A shop owner with an online store asked a local quilter to make modern quilts which the shop owner designed. This quilter then needed someone to do the actual quilting and contacted me. The instructions for quilting were mostly straight-line stitching all over the quilt.
This being
the first, was a test to see if I had the right idea and the seller came by
yesterday to look at the finished quilt.
I tried to
follow the basic shapes of the fabric and the request was also to use a
contrasting thread.
We discussed future quilts and I’ll have to make some changes, straight lines should rather just run all over the quilt as opposed to following the shape and lines should not be too wide or too skinny. I must try to keep them roughly 1 inch apart. We both agreed that matching thread to the fabric colour would look better.
She also
wanted me to use fewer rulers for those perfectly straight lines but do some
freehand lines to make it look homemade.
I am somewhat nervous about the last request. My dad always joked that only a crazy person can
draw a straight line or perfect circle and I am not sure how my free-hand
consecutive lines would look with having to try and keep them 1 inch apart.
Four more
quilts will be delivered tomorrow and then I will be fully booked for at least
6 weeks as the first quilt, with having to mark it beforehand, was at my house
for 9 days before completion.
The
completed quilt can be seen on the Gallery page.
I am quilting a graduation gift for my nephew, it's a modern log cabin in neutrals. So I thought I should quilt it in a modern fashion, and I am doing (mostly) straight line quilting, with lines varying from 1/2" to an inch, and some wavy or unstraight. And I really like it. It's organic looking and just what the quilt needed. And it goes quick!!
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