Beautiful Birds Quilt WIP to follow along for anyone interested
08-27-2011, 06:21 PM
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The sectional quilting gave me a couple new problems but overall so far it seems easier for me than doing it all in one large piece. I have a pucker or two I have opted to keep rather than unsew, but the sectional thing seems to keep the puckers from getting bigger and bigger as I sew. That's a good thing! :D
Some pics of finding my way thru the process:
Some pics of finding my way thru the process:
centering the panel on the backing
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ready to quilt the center panel
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adding on first side panel
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first side panel added and ready to quilt
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08-27-2011, 06:27 PM
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Once the center panel was done, the rest was definitely easier to quilt. Handling the weight was and is still an issue for me. I use the puddle method as much as I can but there's no avoiding manhandling the bulk.
oops, froggy time, rethreading solved the problem
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side 2 added and ready to quilt
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all rolled up for ease in handling the bulk
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08-27-2011, 06:34 PM
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Next I will quilt the second side panel then it's time to work on the top and bottom sections.
I have to piece the backing as well as add the panels for the top and bottom. I delayed doing the piecing till necessary to reduce the bulk I had to handle in the mean time. This quilt is definitely the largest I have made so far.
I have to piece the backing as well as add the panels for the top and bottom. I delayed doing the piecing till necessary to reduce the bulk I had to handle in the mean time. This quilt is definitely the largest I have made so far.
08-28-2011, 03:50 PM
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Nothing to post for today. 5 min. into my quilting of side section 2, I put the machine needle thru the side of my finger and my reflexive action of jerking away tore the needle right thru tthe skin from the edge of my nail out.
Luckily no blood on the quilt. Sure bent the heck out of that needle tho. Hopefully I'll be back to quilting soon.
Luckily no blood on the quilt. Sure bent the heck out of that needle tho. Hopefully I'll be back to quilting soon.
08-29-2011, 04:46 AM
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OH my gosh boy do I know how that feels, I have done that before to, and it hurts like the devil. I sure hope that your finger will heal soon so you can be back quilting again. I am loving your quilt, it is really looking great. Get well soon. Sending hugs your way.
08-31-2011, 07:47 PM
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Finally able to sew again, Yayyyyyyy!!
I finished quilting the center and side sections. I used the quarter inch outline to just hold things together and highlight the shapes.
I finished quilting the center and side sections. I used the quarter inch outline to just hold things together and highlight the shapes.
the center and side sections finished
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showing outllne quilting
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more of the quilting
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