I received the first of these 5 quilts on 25 July of this year and after doing the first one, trying to sense the picture the seller had in mind, I had to adapt to her desires which were mostly straight lines with the odd curve.
Initially, I
thought, great, it would be easy, very little planning needed but I never
anticipated how boring this would become.
Whenever I
have to interrupt my quilting process to do other things, I usually look forward
to getting back to the frame but after doing 60 or so straight lines, knowing I
have to return to more straight lines, was somewhat of a deal breaker. I think what I’m trying to say, is that I
could have finished these faster if I didn’t so much look up to the following straight lines.
With this
top, however, I noticed possible problems beforehand when I laid the top out
on the bed. See the little pleats
around the curve? These can become major
issues when being quilted. I decided to
plan my lines to match the pleats and instead of going across them, I took the
quilt off the frame several times to turn it and be able to work with the wrinkles and from the centre outwards.
Finally done with all 5 and now I do believe at least my quilting life can return to normal as the seller is currently in Fiji until the end of September; these first 5 were simply experiments to see if anyone would be interested.
This photo
shows some of the straight lines going in different directions.
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