New project Table place mat .

Pre dyed 

Quilted Table place mat. 

This fabric is from my pre dyed cotton sateen  pieces using a tulip red with just a splash of purple . 

 started out with making my quilt sandwich using a cotton white backing fabric, and trying out a layer

of wool batting . As you can you can see i have hand drawn the outline of my design , using a small slice of white chalk .Here are the coloured threads that i will be using . . marathon rayon and Yli ultrasheen , also a pre wound bobbin with maderia thread in white. 

 Starting out with the coral blue thread to set the design , 

This time i quilting the hump back feathers , which i do find when working from the base of the design and working towards me works best for me . 

Adding a flower of sorts to add another subject . .

Now to the fun part . echo and filler designs , plus a little Hyperquilting to finish it off .

Will post an update

Happy Quilting

Julie

 

 

Prewound bobbins .

Prewound bobbins .

After reading up on prewound bobbins from different companies , i thought i would give them ago.
Ordered them online at the week end , Ten arrived this morning , with 150 meters of Maderia bobbin thread in white .

They are tight fit , you can remove the cardboard from both sides .  they work well in both my Singer and Frister Rossmann quilting machine . .


The thread that Im using  mostly in my projects now are 
Marathon Rayon thread.
YLI Ultrasheen ,
Anchor Alcazar viscose Rayon  .

I find working with all these threads while using the prewound bobbins have given
me the finish that ive been looking for ,  they also help eliminate thread build up when Hyperquilting  or free motion quilting , no more breaks or hang ups with the tension either.

So if you havent givent these little beauties a try and you find that you are having a few lower thread tension
problem , try out them out and see how you go .

Happy Quilting

Julie