Thursday, August 30, 2007

started quilting

well, last night i sewed up the lining for my purse and started sewing it into the tube. i got about 75% done when i tried zipping it up. i seems i sewed the knit outside of the purse too close to the zipper. i couldn't zip it up. i didn't have the patience last night. so, i set that aside and got to work on the robot quilt. 

i decided to stitch in the ditch the robot and do some heavy quilting on the white. i figure this will help the robot to stand out from the background.

(sorry, i just realized the photo is half blurry and i don't feel like taking it again)

in the past i have always been a backstitcher on my quilts that had quilting that didn't flow from one end to another, but was never happy with the results. when i started this quilt i remembered this post over at pink chalk studio. my plan is to give it a try. in the comments of that post she gave instructions to bury the knots, which i plan on trying as well. i have only started the quilting and am a bit nervous about all the knots i'm going to have to bury, but maybe it wont be too bad.

Posted by April at 11:11:36 | Permanent Link | Comments (1) |
Comments
1 - Burying threads is definitely a zen kind of thing. Don't think about it too much and just work your away across the quilt top. Admire how beautiful the disappearing threads look. Congratulate yourself on the seamless quality of the stitching, how it is one with the quilt ;)

I love the robot, can't wait to see him all finished up. (Comment this)

Written by: kathy at 2007/08/30 - 21:07:18