Thankfully the temperatures are cooler today as I wrestle with quilting a queen size quilt on my Bernina 150QE – the machine I use for all of my quilts including bed quilts such as Synchronicity (pattern available here): I am often asked how I manage with such big quilts and a domestic sewing machine with […]
Technique:Quilting
Congratulations to the FMMQ Queen, Helen!
I have previously referred to the wondrous free motion machine quilting of Helen Godden. As you will see from Helen’s blog, she has had an incrediblly exciting week learning that she has been awarded three prestigious quilting awards: a 2nd prize in the Husqvarna Viking International Masterpiece Exhibition; a top 7 award in the IQA […]
Other FMMQ Queens
Whether you are new to free motion machine quilting, or an old hand, there are some great resources around. Here are three domestic (cf longarm) quilting resources that I refer my students to: The FMMQ chapter in Free Expression: The Art and Confessions of a Contemporary Quilter by Robbi Joy Eklow www.robbieklow.com Helen Godden’s – […]
Quilting in Progress!
Photographic evidence that I am making progress with quilting “Unplugged” : Yes I know this shows the quilt upside down but I wanted to put the baggy, unquilted sections at the bottom. The quilting is quite heavy with lines approximately 1/8″ apart. As an experiment, I am quilting these lines with a darning foot rather […]
A Little Something I Made Earlier
It’s nearly a week since I got back from America and I have succumbed to a nasty cold. It started as a sneeze, then a runny nose, sore throat and has settled in my chest. Quite apart from feeling miserable, it’s had a negative impact on my productivity. It’s hard to machine quilt when drips […]
The Butterfly Effect
I free-motion quilt with all over patterns partly because I wobble too much for precision quilting and partly because I can’t be bothered marking my quilt tops. Nevertheless, from time to time, I like to dabble in more detailed quilting motifs and this is when “back to front” quilting comes into its own. This is […]