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

 

 

Feather Quilting over the week end .

Vase with feathers.

This week end brought  heavy rain fall .. So what better way to spend some time

than down in the sewing room . . 

Here you will find the ideas that brightened up my day. 

I made up the quilt sandwich using a light 2oz polyester batting.

Drawing a vase outline , followed by the stem lines of the feathers ..  these as usual were only a guide to help

fill the available space .. 

Creating a natural curve and flow the feathers can bring more depth  to your quilting .

As you can see i went on to echo quilt around the whole design , filling in the space where possible.

 Quilted  headbands filler design  was used throughout to finish this project. 

this simple design quickly fill the space . the fabric colour was a lovely autumn gold so i kept the colours of thread simple  , a dark green and an ivory.

 Here is the finished project . measuring 20x26 inches .



Happy quilting

Julie

feather Hyperquilting.

Hyperquilting.

Still trying out the new machine .. Im Hyperquilting this morning . 

Still got a few tweaks to make to get everything running smoothly ., had ago at using the machine stop/start

button and setting the speed . . it allows you to start off slowly and then reaches up to the speed you have set., therefore set your speed a little slower at first to get use to it , as it feels like the machine can run away with itself .

  Looks like this machine perfers Rayon thread the best .. and botton line in the bobbin.

 Using Superior Topstitch needle 90/14 , open toe quilting foot .

 just love the idea of using different colour to create that new look .

Finally add a loose quilted filler spiral design .

Happy Quilting 

Julie

Free form feather practice .

Feather Practice

On these practice pieces i have used a bright thread when quilting the echo design .

Its a nice way to see what two colours work well together. as well as putting your

free form feathers into practice. 

 Both these exercises were quilted on black fabric , this was then made up into the quilting sandwich .
Using this bright green thread , i feel it really does bring the feathers to life , and almost giving them a
velvet appearance.

This time i used a different thread for the initial feather design , then echoed in a light blue . 

Again no stencil was used . just played around as i went along .

It allows me to develop my own style of feathers . 

Now this practice piece i used a silky gold  curtain fabric . First drawing a light sketch of the vase .
Then filling in with the feathers .



Happy Quilting

Julie

Hyper Quilting Practice .

Hyper Quilting . 

After watching a few tutorials on the subject i thought i would give this ago . 

The fun part is adding as little or as much as you like . Introducing  bright bold colours of thread

this can transform a quilted designs into something even more pleasing to the eye . the hardest part of this 

is knowing when to stop .. 

Here are a couple of practice pieces of me attempt at Hyper Quilting .

I started with a swirling  free form feather, then went hyper quilting ..  

By adding a number of different coloured threads and designs to your already quilted design you can bring more of the wow factor 

to your project .

Happy Quilting 

Julie