I started doing the fancier quilting motifs for the Dresden plate quilt on my domestic sewing machine. I know I can get better precision quilting on the domestic versus the longarm. Still have to practice free hand stuff on the longarm before I will tackle a customer quilt.
This is a picture of the quilting between the blocks. The centre purple block is the cornerstone of the blocks. The quilting design is very pronounced in the picture, as I didn't remove the blue chalk that I used to mark the design with the stomper. It is turning out really well.
This is a picture of the quilting between the blocks. The centre purple block is the cornerstone of the blocks. The quilting design is very pronounced in the picture, as I didn't remove the blue chalk that I used to mark the design with the stomper. It is turning out really well.
This morning I finished off one border. I am using a combination line cable and feathered cable intertwined to make the cable that runs around the perimeter. I did the bead board lines using a 1" spacing between the purple border and the cable motif. The 1" spacing means that the first line is drawn, the second line goes 1/4" away and the third is 3/4" away from the second. It makes for very close intense quilting, but it is worth it. It looks great!
Once I am done the quilting, I intend to do a soft scalloped edge to follow the contours of the quilted cable. I am hoping the customer will like it. They are basically giving me carte blanch in choosing the quilting I want to do. My own opinion is that it is coming together nicely.
I have to get back to it. I have three more borders and about 3/4 of the centre quilting to do.
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