It's looking great Pam. I'm envious of long arm quilter's, but I'll do what I can with my Viking Designer I USB until I can afford a long arm......maybe about 2020 if I save my pennies.

Thanks all. I know it's not the greatest and after this one is done I will get some practice fabric on the frame and practice, practice, practice.

I want to get some of my "better" quilts done and I'm not going to touch them myself until I am comfortable with it.

Looks like your getting quite good at the ruler work. You may want to look into DeLoa's curved rulers. I understand they are very good for curved crosshatching. My machine doesn't have the correct foot for ruler work, so I haven't tried them. I need to go buy that foot.

Lookin great!!!

Pam what is that quilt pattern? I love it...I love simple patterns that show off the fabrics.

Margie

That cross hatching looks fantastic! I think you are a natural!

This is my first time trying ruler work. Need to learn how to better judge the distance from the ruler for the foot.

The pattern is from the book Jelly Roll Quilts. I used a Nature's Chorus jelly roll and one of Moda Sugar. Very simple to sew two strips together, nest them with another two strips, then cut into 2 1/2" sections and sew them into the 4-patch blocks. Then it's just strips between them and I used all of the green strips for the sashing blocks.

It is a pretty and simple pattern. I think it only took 3 days to make since there is little cutting to be done.

Looking good. Love your pattern and colors.

Your work looks very nice. I haven't used my long arm yet on a quilt, so this might sound like a stupid question. Do you have to tie off each time you go to a new block to do your cross hatch?

No, I'm not tying off. When I have to I go across stitch in the ditch at the green squares, which is every other one I think.

I am probably not the best person to ask, I've never done this before and that could be totally wrong to do.