I loaded up the Big Bold on the big long arm frame. Since have a full-time job, the quilting of this one will take a while to get done.
I doodled and doodled until I found the design I wanted to do. I separated the quilt into four distinct quilting areas: the outer border and the middle border, the narrow inner border, the solid stacks of blocks and the prints. Each of these has its own quilting motif.
I took these pictures before I ran out of light, so I didn't get good pictures of all of these zones. I'm using Superior Threads Fantastico for the top thread and Omni for the bottom thread. Both are performing wonderfully, as I expected.
Here you can see the bubbles in the narrow border and the swirls that dominate the solid areas of the blocks. The prints have a big flower with more swirls thrown in as filler and to act as the leaves. Since this will be a bed quilt, I'm not going too crazy with the quilting. I want to keep in soft. Although, cotton batting (I'm using Warm & Natural) stays pretty soft no matter what you do.
lovely
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ReplyDeletegreat start to a great finish!
ReplyDeleteLove the brights and blues, what a great color combination! And the quilting is stunning :-)
ReplyDeleteStoppin by from WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.. I love this
ReplyDeletePretty! I can tell why you liked the chair I posted on G+ - you love fun fabrics! I have long-arm envy!
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah - you should grab the bloglovin' button for your sidebar - I really like it to replace my old google reader! Happy Sewing Sunday!
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