I learned all my free motion quilting skills from Angela Walters at Quilting Is My Therapy by participating in her semi-annual challenges. She keeps all the video lessons on her you.tube channel where we hope they can live on forever. I have re-visited videos many times.
My "Help-How Do I Quilt It" Challenge was started Summer 2024? I started with her center panel and the first feather border. I thought it too pretty to stop there, surely it should be queen size! So I fussed over more border styles until I finally settled on this pieced ribbon style border. It was alot of work but miraculously fit wonderfully around the quilt without adjustments.
Here is a post when I had the project pin basted; ready for quilting on my "hand-guided" sit-down Janome. If I remember correctly, I started quilting in the center, got about 2/3 of that portion quilted; then took a detour to make christmas projects ! Why does christmas quilting always take you thru January of the new year?!
This quilt spent much time sitting on my sit down machine table while I indulged in the Lil Bear Hugs project. So far, that will be an on-going mission in my life.
Okay, I had to get past this project, so I could move on. I devoted more effort to its finish, all the while telling myself to quit making queen size quilts!!! In Angela's honor, I did quilt it to death, Lots of Glide threads. It finished at 90 x 99 ! It sure feels bigger than that. I forgot to get a photo of the back fabric, it is a wide back I got at my LQS. I love these ones with multiple colors that can compliment so many designs from the tops. The bobbin thread was Bottom Line white/silver. I just took a quick shot of the back that you can see from the tote the quilt is stored in at the moment.
On with the show .......... photo heavy . While I'm fmq, I dont feel that confident, I just keep on. But when its all done and I look back, I think "Did I really do that?"........ always amazed.
Let's begin with some close-ups; scroll to the end for the full quilt.
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Beatutiful work Kat!
ReplyDeleteJust lovely FMQ on this beautiful quilt, Kat--I have never done any fmq-ing I tried once and found it hard on my shoulders...just walking foot for me...and even wrangling larger quilts with that I am finding more difficult these days...
ReplyDeleteI think you are doing splendidly with FMQ--hugs, Julierose
Congratulations on the finish. What a stunner. I love the variety of FMQ motifs you used to compliment the piecing.
ReplyDeleteWow, I love seeing all these close ups, your quilting is beautiful! Well done, this is an heirloom.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this gorgeous quilt and linking up.
OMG, that is absolutely gorgeous. Good on you for sticking with it; your quilting definitely adds to the stunning whole!
ReplyDeleteYour challenge quilt is gorgeous, Kat! I bet it is such a good feeling to get it done. Your quilting is amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful, Kat!
ReplyDeletestunner!!! your quilting takes this one over the top!
ReplyDeleteIt’s just magnificent, Kat. Truly stunning. Congratulations on a gorgeous custom quilted finish!
ReplyDeleteWow Kat - that is really fun and amazing! Way to go with that FMQ. Thanks so much for linking up to FM Mavericks!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous! Good on you to "go big or go home"!! I too love Angela's challenges and the lessons from them have solved more than a few "quilt as desired" conundrums over the years. I still have two projects that I set up for past ones that I still need to stitch up. I had hoped to do the latest one on "Negative Space" that premiered this month but it looks like I will only be able to follow along on it for now.
ReplyDeleteWow, super beautiful!!! Yes, you really did quilt it freehand and amazingly, Kat!!! Gorgeous colors, too!!!
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