I am finally done!! It took me at least a year but it’s done! It looks awesome too.I slept under it the other night. Iit was quite cold in the morning and a little chilly (Even though I used the thick wadding) so it has been named a mid-season quilt. It was not as cold this morning and it was very much fine to sleep under, especially with the body heat of my cat on top of me.
The last parts were very difficult. I cut the pieces all out; then sewed them together, then sewed the top to the bottom and turned it inside out with the wadding in the middle. Then I sewed down each line. There were 13 lines in total each way.
The first few lines were good as they were close to the edge but the middle ones kept slipping and such. I ended up laying it all out and then pinning all layers together to stop it from slipping and once I did that it was easier. It was a good 15 minutes per row and this got more as I got to the centre. With small sew and then adjusting the quilt. I was sorry that I didn’t have the quilting machine because the quilt had to bunch up in that little crevice in the machine so when I did the middle one there was ½ a quilt in there and it was crazy. After ½ an hour of sewing I was puffed from dragging the quilt through the machine.
Once I did all the first lines the second lines were much breezier because the across lines held the quilt in place while I sewed the up and down lines. The up and down lines in the middle were probably about 5 minutes per line but the quilt was still being pulled through the small crevice so it was still a workout.
Looks great on my bed!
MMM Snuggly.
it looks great! scrap quilts are my favorite.
ReplyDeleteenjoy your hard work and pretty quilt
Aww... this is really lovely and you look so cute and snuggly under there!
ReplyDeleteHi, I found your blog from the Sew Retro link. Your quilt is amazing - just in time for winter. It looks very snuggly and will be all the more precious because of the time and care that went into it.
ReplyDeleteI came over from Sew Retro as well, and I did a similar project several years ago. I'm pretty lazy by nature, so I didn't bother to hand baste all my quilt layers before machine quilting either. I safety pinned the center of each piece through all the layers (top, 3 layers of batting, bottom) then sewed. I can relate to your trouble with getting all that material bunched up beside the sewing head. What a nightmare!
ReplyDeleteMy second, lighter bedspread was a king sized one, and I did it in two pieces instead of forcing the whole thing through the machine. When each half was quilted, I hand-stitched the two halves together, and it looked great.
I came over from Sew Retro as well, and I did a similar project several years ago. I'm pretty lazy by nature, so I didn't bother to hand baste all my quilt layers before machine quilting either. I safety pinned the center of each piece through all the layers (top, 3 layers of batting, bottom) then sewed. I can relate to your trouble with getting all that material bunched up beside the sewing head. What a nightmare!
ReplyDeleteMy second, lighter bedspread was a king sized one, and I did it in two pieces instead of forcing the whole thing through the machine. When each half was quilted, I hand-stitched the two halves together, and it looked great.
Love it.
ReplyDeleteSandra Claxton