For the quilting, I stitched in the ditch in the main body of the quilt. That's harder than it seems, especially when you're using white thread on such brightly colored fabric! After I finished, I went and bought the edgestitch foot for Frannie so it should be much more precise in the future. In the outer border, I tried out a feather design. I'd never done this before and was planning to use a stencil, but got frustrated and just drew it on freehand with a pencil.
I was super pleased with the way it all turned out until I took it out of the washing machine and noticed all the pencil marks were still there and the bright colors were showing through the white! Doh! Panic ensues!! Back to the washing machine - still there! Aaackk! I did some research and decided to try to wash it with ammonia and it finally came out. Yippee! Quilt is saved. Good news, since my mom is buying it from me to give to her friend's baby boy on the way.
7 comments:
Oh, it's so beautiful! Those prairie points look fabulous. Great job!
Oh, It's just lovely! I just love A Breath of Avignon fabric - saw it in person at a local LQS this past weekend and almost bought some. Great save on the pencil marks and how cool is it that your mother is going to buy it from you?
This is amazing! I wanted to let you know that I am going to link to this on Polly Want a crafter!
Great job, and I can't believe you have already made three quilts so far this year... I embarrassed to say that I have been working on a quilt since BEFORE I was married... 10 years ago! whoops!
I love it! So cute, and wow the feathers look great! If you'd like to link it up on www.sewhappygeek.blogspot.com you're very welcome!
very pretty quilt
You did such a nice job on this quilt! So pretty!
Darling pinwheel quilt!
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