Sunday, November 27, 2011

Finally, I was quilting instead of piecing!

Quilting the ROYGBIV quilt

I spent the day quilting the ROYGBIV quilt with an all over stipple. It was so nice to be quilting again.

Extra space for quilting

Before I started quilting, I moved my sewing machine over in front of my desk and I pulled my little rolling desk (both are from IKEA) over beside my machine. This is the first time I tried this set up and it worked wonderfully.

You can see my quilting gloves in this picture too. I have only every bought the one pair and they are worth their weight in gold. There is no way I could quilt without them, the quilt is just too heavy and slippery to keep a grip without the gloves.

Quilting the ROYGBIV quilt

Here is the quilt all set up on the large table. Having the table next to the wall meant that the quilt did not fall over the back and create a heavy drag. What a difference, it was far easier than the last time I quilted. I quilted this quilt in quadrants, from bottom to middle, then I turned it, and did the next quarter, etc. This quilt used 9 bobbins, it is big.

The quilting is done on the ROYGBIV quilt

And I finished the quilting in one day. And it was not the only thing I did all day either - but the quilting went smoothly, I even stopped to clean my machine about 3/4 of the way through.

I had planned to make a striped binding but I decided this quilt had enough riots of colour so I made the binding out of a bunch of Katie Jump Rope small red flowers instead. Tomorrow I can trim the quilt, sew the binding on the front, and start hand sewing the binding to the back. I am hoping to be done by next weekend.

Aqua and Orange Bee Block for Mary

And in case you are tired of that quilt, here is the block I finished for Mary from Fairly Merry for the Aqua and Orange Bee. This wonkyish string block is really big - 18.5" x 14.5" unfinished. We sewed the strings onto a stabilizer that is left in place so the block keeps it shape nicely. I think that Mary's quilt is going to be quite stunning, she has people making mostly brown, mostly orange and mostly aqua blocks like this.

I expect that I will link this to my favourite Work in Progress links on Wednesday as I doubt there will be much more progress around here before then - it's another busy work week. I can't wait for the holidays to have some time off!

Edited on Wednesday: Here are the links, there will be lovely progress there to see, I hope you go and look.
WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced                                     


Best,

Leanne

22 comments:

Debbie said...

wow - I can't believe you got that quilted in one day! And your 'set up' looks great - congrats on all the progress you made!

Canadian Abroad said...

That is one marathon of a quilting session! You must have been exhausted by the end of it. I still love everything about this quilt.

Mrs Flying Blind... said...

Oh my goodness - well done!!

Little Island Quilting said...

9 bobbins - that's some quilt!

Judith, Belfast said...

Love your stippling and the binding is perfect! Jxo

Nicky said...

Good choice with the binding! It will finish off this beautiful quilt!

Rhonda the Rambler said...

you have done a fab job on this quilt...i love it! and our choice of binding will set it off nicely.

Marjorie's Busy Corner said...

Fantastic job on that quilt!! I love everthing about it.

Shevvy said...

Its looking great. 9 bobbins is a lot to do in one day. My shoulders would be a mess if I did that!

StuffandThings said...

Wow! The ROYGBIV looks great. I am so impressed with you quilting it all in one day!

Linz said...

Way to quilt, girl!! It looks amazing! I can't wait to see it all done!!

Marci Girl said...

Beautiful Leanne! I am so impressed you got it finished in one day!

**nicke... said...

very very very beautiful! can't wait to see it finished!

Sheila said...

Read this post this morning but blogger wouldn't let me comment - grrr. Your quilt is a stunner, in awe of your quilting stamina.

Mary Menzer said...

Your ROYGBIV quilt is awesome! Sometimes I feel as if I have no time for the actual quilting, getting one finished is an accomplishment! You did a great job.
Love my block!

elle said...

Having the right mqing set up makes things so much easier. Good for you!

Sheila said...

Your quilt is gorgeous and I am amazed you quilted that large quilt in one day .

Live a Colorful Life said...

I can't believe either that you quilted that in one day! I really like the string block.

Catherine said...

Hi Leanne, I have just received my Canadian package! I LOVE IT!! Thank you so much for the table runner, it is fabulous and the extras too. Am just off to flickr to show it off and have blogged it here: http://sewonderfulife.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-here.html
Thank you x

M-R Charbonneau said...

That quilt looks great! Looking forward to seeing the whole thing. Congrats!

Dolores said...

Beautiful quilt. Did you spray baste it?
The string blocks are a great colour.

Brenda said...

I love your new quilting set up!!! And with no drag, no wounder you got so much done!! And I think the binding you have choosen is a good one.
And that string blk - that would be neat to see when it's a quilt!!