Okay now.... I don't want to be all negative here. This is a generally happy post. With that being said, I will never quilt a throw-size-or-larger quilt on my home machine again.
I went into 2012 telling myself, "Self, this year you will branch out from the meandering stitch on the longarm machine." And I have. I love the look of slightly wavy, organic lines a la Tallgrass Prairie Studio. A Flickr search offered lots more examples and I decided that I like the look of lines that are spaced more and at random intervals.
The picture above is the back of my confetti quilt and I think I'm going to love it. I'm proud of myself for trying something new and the randomness of the lines matches well with the randomness of the confetti pieces. But the process of basting and wrangling that thing under the machine was not pleasant at all. It's back to renting time on the longarm and investing in help from the pros for me! I hope to finish this quilt this weekend and get some pictures up.
Comments (4)
I feel your pain. Sewing anything large on my machine is a real task.
Love the look of your new quilt. You did a great job, in spite of the hard work it took.
Posted by Dee | February 7, 2012 11:49 PM
Posted on February 7, 2012 23:49
Yeah, quilting is really a pain on my machine, too. But I really like how your confetti quilt looks!
Posted by Mandy | February 8, 2012 7:51 AM
Posted on February 8, 2012 07:51
Paige, I can share many tips and tricks for wrangling a large quilt under your machine! I love quilting this way, but it did take much trial and error to find some awesome solutions!
Posted by Kelly | February 8, 2012 11:19 AM
Posted on February 8, 2012 11:19
Ok Kelly needs to give us a class because I have been hiding from finishing my quilts for those reasons too.
Posted by Colleen | February 8, 2012 8:42 PM
Posted on February 8, 2012 20:42