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| Stitching in the ditch |
I'm doing the happy dance! I met a goal! I completed the ditch quilting in my friend's Martha's quilt top. This was my
One Monthly Goal for January!
I wish I knew the name of this pattern. I know she saw the pattern in one of her quilting magazines around 2016. A block contains 1 1/2 inch strips that finish to an inch. I think Martha stitched a square of strips. Next, she slashed it in half before stitching it to another half square. This made one fourth of a block unit.
She added eight 1 1/2 inch squares to each group of four units. This addition makes the block resemble a flower. The total block size of eight half units finished measure 10 inches. This would be a great pattern to make with strings.
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| Ruler template and foot spacer |
Because I've stitched in the ditch, the blocks have enough quilting. I used a smoke monofilament thread in the needle and I used a pink thread in the bobbin to stitch in the ditch. The pink thread coordinated well with the fabrics that I pieced for the back. I may quilt a design in the blocks. . .let's see. . . .I'll think about that option while I quilt the sashings.
Martha loved the color purple. I decided that I would quilt the sashing with purple polyester Floriani thread in honor of her. I wanted to use the circle template that I have. I chose a circle motif because she liked circular designs. She said that with circles, she couldn't cut off points!
Using the template on the sashing was much easier than using it on the blocks in the Unity project that I finished in December. There are almost no seams for the foot to stitch over or around. I plan to putter along a little each day to make progress on "bubbling" the sashing.
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| View of the block with circle quilted sashings |
So far, I like my quilting choices. I'm excited that I made great progress on this project this month! Maybe, I'll even make more progress toward a finish before the month ends! In the meantime, I'm linking this post with the January finishes with
One Monthly Goal.
12 comments:
nice to see how you get the perfect circles...I thought you just eye balled it!! great colors and I'm sure they'll fit in nicely in their new home in London.
Great job! I know that happy dance feeling. Your quilting choice is great to enhance her quilt.
Lovely job, lovely quilt!
Nicole, this is the secret to large circles. . .the small circles I eye ball. This quilt is destined to live in Texas and I should have finished it last summer; but, I was working on another quilt for your household. At some point, you are going to run out of room for quilts!
Kristen--Stitching in the ditch is necessary to get to the more fun part of quilting. I seem to be able to find other activities to do to delay it. Meeting the One Monthly Goal was a great goal for me to set. I did do the happy dance both to have completed the goal and to have made progress on this project!
Bj--Thank you! Working with another person's work has sure been an interesting challenge!
The purple circles look fantastic. Where did you get that template set? It looks like a lot of work, but well worth the results.
Wonderful! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish!
It looks great. I love those circle rulers! Talk about a game-changer!!
Thank you, Patty. I hope that success in meeting One Monthly Goal will continue. I know that I wouldn't have progressed this far without making the goal!
Rebecca, I hadn't tried making that size of circle and it did work great. I will be quilting circles in other projects because it is easy and the results are great!
Kathy, the template is a Westalle product available from Sew Steady. www.sewsteady.com The circles stitched fairly quickly. . .but, then I'm a turtle when it comes to quilting! Thanks for your comment.
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