Last month I worked on a show piece, more apply said, I struggled through a show piece. It was finished, it is off to HMQS, but the difficulties linger in my mind. I knew I needed to spend more time working at that level of quilting. More time means scheduling more time, not just saying I need to take some time to do….. Does this sound familiar? I scheduled the time and came up with the parameters. Here is the plan:
One week each month just for my projects, the space is already blocked out on my calender for the next 4 months. One whole cloth design each month, 9 by the end of the year. Each project will be drafted out 18″ square, something I can quilt in a day. Use only nice cotton sateen’s, try the Radiance eventually. Those are the basic rules and now that it is written for all the world to see I am going to stick with it!
I am a paper and pencil kind of gal so I start with a square, marked in centers and quarters and then start dividing up the space.
I used cotton sateen, wool and cotton batt, bottom line thread. Subsequent pictures show the process.
Basic scribbles including notes about arc sizes and distances where I need to mark.
Marking the quilt using pattern weights to hold my little temples in place. I freehand draw any motifs then fine tune the ones I like to make a template.
Quilt top marked and ready to go:
This was a very enjoyable process. It took lots of time to come up with the design but only about a day to quilt it. I will look forward to the next one.
Beautiful Jean!!!!!
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Beautiful work Jean and nicely executed. Keep at it!
LuAnn Kessi
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Thank you LuAnn and Martha. I really do plan to keep this up!
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what did you use to mark on the white fabric?
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Sue, I used a black friction pen to mark the top. Made by Pilot, goes away with steam. I like them for their fine lines
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