The journey of a million stitches continues with this little quilt. I’m plugging away at it. The quilting is going pretty well. I was planning on doing a diagonal grid, but once I finished one set of the diagonal lines and started the second set, I didn’t like how it looked. I kept going, thinking that perhaps I would like it once there were more lines. I did not. So now I’m ripping out the second set of lines bit by bit.
Here is a photo of one corner of the quilt. The lines are about half an inch apart. I’ve still got a lot to do.
As I work on this project, I’m learning a lot about quilting a big quilt on a little machine. Once I’m done, I’ll share my lessons learned.
Sometimes, I think I’m crazy for quilting this big quilt on my little machine, but crazy or not, I started it, so I’m going to finish it!
Wishing you a happy weekend full of fun and good things!
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Whew! As I sad before I bow down to you for quilting that at home. It looks amazing so far! http://www.paperstarfish.prettyposies.com
Well done in your ongoing battle with the beast, sorry you had to do some frogging though :o(
I really admire the way you keep at something until it is just the way you want. I'm sure it is going to look stunning!
It will have an amazing texture – are you finding it is not lying flat?
Wow Nicole. That is going to be a stunner. 1/2" apart, amazing! I can totally understand re: quilting a large project on a small machine. You do kind of figure out what works best for you, but I can't say that machine quilting large quilts is one of my favourite things!
*cough crazy cough* You go girl!!! I hope to see the updates on every part you get done. Your machine will probably not like you very much for a while =D
What a stunning quilt this will be!
It is a bit crazy to quilt large quilts on small machines – but I've done tons of it! (way less crazy than spending hundreds of dollars to have a long arm quilter quilt it for you – at least that's what I tell myself!)
Can't wait to see it finished – I love the texture so far!
No you aren't crazy for doing this one on your machine. This how happy and proud you'll be when it's finished. It may take several days to quilt it, but it's a quilt you'll keep forever and maybe pass down, so it's well worth the time and effort. I'm looking forward to hearing your tips.
Yikes! Seam ripper perils run rampant with machine quilting. Kudos to you for doing it on your machine. I know it'll look great when you're finished 🙂
Ohhhhh.. I can't wait to see when you are done 🙂
It's going to be beautiful…just like every single quilt you make 🙂
Ugh, that's a lot of ripping out. I quit FMQ on anything over lap size. Less stress in my life. Can't wait to see the quilt once you finish.
I love the texture that quilting is creating. Kepp going its going to look fantastic!
whoa! that is a lot of quilting but there is no reason not do it on your little machine. lots of people do.
Nicole this quilting is wonderful. I quilt big quilts on a small "reg" machine, a challenge but after doing several I love it ! Keep going you will feel such an accomplishment when done.
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