Mint chocolate feathers.

Latest project ,

Using chocolate cotton fabric.
I first Marked the stem lines , this was just a guide for the free motion quilted feathers , filling as much space as possible.. I then used a  mint green coloured thread for the micro stippling filler design.

Quilted feather fun .

Quilted feather fun .

Here are a few pictures of my latest quilted venture..

Using cream cotton sateen fabric with a flower print fabric border. gold rayon thread .

Bottom line bobbin white , 2oz wadding . 

I started off by drawing in my stem guide lines for the center design , also for the border , just one continuous following stem . the flowing feather design was quilted using a gold coloured thread ,

I also used a small filler design . 

 And a darker quilted echo design .

Here is the reverse side of the project . which you would agree is just as worthy of being on show . 

Happy Quilting . 

Julie

Table Runner updates .

 Updates Pictures. 

 This became fun to work on . was fast and a great back ground filler .

 Using the 4oz wadding really did give this design that puffy look .

 The quilted free motion feathers were given that extra touch by using hyperquilting .

This was the last section to finish off .

Here is the finished project .. measuring 16" x 32" inches .

Happy Quilting .

Feathers and flowers table runner .

Table runner. 

Started this project yesterday , using some cotton sateen coral blue fabric , 

First thing first was to draw out an outline of my design using chalk . . remembering this is only a guide for me to follow.

  Made up the quilt sandwich using ploy / cotton batting , some muslin fabric for the backing.

The threads that im using are Marathon 40wt , bottomline bobbin thread 60wt lint free off white. 

I like to quilt from the bottom up on my designs working towards myself . 

Looking good so far.

Happy Quilting . 

Once the entire design has been quilting i will start on echo quilting and filler designs. 

Wall Hanging Hyperquilting update pictures .

Wall Hanging 

Hyperquilting Update. 

I'm very pleased this one is finished , used colours to match the fabric .

Here you will find a number of pictures showing you the finished item .

As you will notice i have used some of the fabric that i tie dyed the other week . this final border was quilted using a variegated sulky rayon thread , and a corresponding colour in the bobbin in polyester . both by Gutermann machine Threads .











All the guide lines of the stems were drawn out first , then i did my best to match the feather designs as
i went along .


Here is the center filler designs .

Enjoying myself so much , its knowing when to stop . ....

 The outer filler quilting i  used a pebble design .

The finished corner designs .

Happy Quilting

Julie

Time for a new quilting Foot.

Convertible Free Motion

Quilting Foot. 

Been using the Quilt / Darning Foot for some time now ,with its hop hop motion .  thought i would give this little Convertible foot a try .. Having two low shank machines , I  looked around on the net and from this one compatible with them both . . Janome came through with flying colours ...they do sell this set for both low and high shank machine . 

As you can see it includes

foot holder , with a side spring which enables you to higher or lower the foot , allowing the foot to  just skims the surface of your fabric ...  making it so much easier when moving your quilt around. 

1. Closed - toe foot

2. Open  - toe foot 

3.Clear view foot , which is excellent for echo quilting . 

4. Quilting Plate . . no need to drop the feed dogs. .  But ive found that if you are unable to drop lower the

feed dogs just setting your stitch length to zero will do this . . 

this set has been a roaring success for me , 

I have used it in free motion feather quilting and also echo and filler designs .. just wished i had found this 

a little sooner.

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

Feathers Feathers everywhere..

Free motion feathers .

Thought i would start of showing you the patchwork block design that i created using a mixture
of cotton and cotton sateen .. this gives a lovely sheen to your quilting work .

First i marked out the feather border stem line, before going ahead and getting started on
the central wreath design .

Marking out the designs free hand with chalk does help you keep on track with the outlines.

 Starting out with the outer and inner rings then filling in with the feathers.

 this time i thought of dressing it up a little by adding some gold circles .

 Hyperquilting has become  my new  favorite , with so much coloured thread
out there to play with . It came really change your design and give it a complete new look .

Now the central wreath is complete using a mixture of gold, green and mergenta .







Adding the feather borders was fun to work with , and completed the look .

 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

Patchwork quilt.

 Fence rail quilt.

This started out using just three strips of fabric from a jelly roll .. but decided to add three more, 

this created a bigger block to work with .. The quilt came together really fast , i used the walking foot to help sew all the segments together , it does really help when you are working with more than one layer of fabric . Now all that is needed is a simple all over quilting design . 

I call this the swirling vine design.

 Happy quilting 

Julie.