I quilted this in March of 2018, the quilter added a white sheet as a backing and she afterwards added a sleeve at the back to turn it into a duvet cover which she gifted to her kids. The kids have however now decided to rather just want it as a quilt. She then had to undo the sleeve, purchased a grey sheet and asked me just to stitch in the ditch around the blocks.
This went fast but I did not like the tread build-up as I’d already stitched around every block when I initially quilted it.
It was
however quite interesting to look back at my quilting/skills from that time. I
only had my longarm for 4 months and most quilt teachers will suggest you use
the same colour thread on the top and bottom until you are comfortable with
adjusting tension. For this quilt, I used
grey thread top and bottom and the grey thread on the white sheet, looked
awful. Luckily with the new backing, those
will be hidden.
I also had
no experience using the different modes on my machine and at that stage thought
it would look better if I stitched all in regulated mode, keeping all the
stitch lengths even. Now after having
done numerous online free motion courses, I know that when stitching edge to edge
and more importantly any pebble, circle or loop, doing this in manual mode
(unregulated) gives a much smoother finish.
But then
these little unknowns are tiny compared to some of my other beginner
quilts. I recently had a quilt on a bed
with what was supposed to be feathers but looking at it afterwards, it looked
much more like trees. So, we learn!
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