Goal number 12 on my February list was to make progress on quilting my 2021 Temperature Quilt.Free motion quilting in the ditch. . .boring. . .but, hard. . .and I mostly met the mark! After quilting about a third of the project in the ditch, I noticed that I had a lot of fullness in the strips at the top and bottom of each month. If I had planned ahead and quilted the more open areas first, I would have had less fullness to ease into the quilting design!
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| Template circles weren't the answer |
I first tried to use a template of circles because I thought repeating stitching circles that were about the same size of the appliqué circles would work. It did not. Unstitching was not fun; but, I got it done.
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| Free motion bubbles |
I decided to free motion quilt bubbles. The bubbles worked out well though! For the other two thirds of the quilt, I quilted this section first and then stitched in the ditch between the squares denoting the week days. I had less fullness to deal with using that plan.
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| Stippling around the letters in each month |
In the space around the month, I free motion stitched around all of the letters. I marked a line an inch on either side of the month. I stippled around the letters. To provide amore visual impact, I left a quarter inch of space after the stipple and stitched more pebbles.
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| One month closer to completion |
It took a lot of time to stitch all those pebbles. I also stitched around each appliquéd circle. I have a little more than a third of the project quilted. I'm using a purple thread in the bobbin. I decided to quilt a wonky shape around the circles to provide a little texture on the colored squares. I will also quilt some lines in the fabrics in the border using a color similar to the fabric.
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| Wonky shape quilted around the circle |
I still have the empty squares that are the spacers in the month left to determine what I'm going to quilt in those spaces. I've plenty of time to contemplate options! It is unlikely that I will finish this project this month. I am, however, making progress and I'm pleased that this project is closer to a finish than it was last month!
7 comments:
Nice quilting! Keep up the good work;)
With all the work that went into this quilt, I don't blame you for unstitching the disappointing quilting. You don't want to mess up this beauty so close to the finish line. Love what you are doing so far. It looks so nice with the quilting. ;^)
wow! Looking great. I love the quilting motifs you have chosen.
I think your quilting is looking wonderful, Terry! All those little bubbles are so impressive to me. I really like the way you designed this quilt to look like a calendar!
Wow, your quilting design choices are great! Love the pebbles, the wonky shape around the circles, it may takes a long time to quilt but it's worth it! Thank you for sharing your work in progress, and linking up!
Your temperature quilt is looking fabulous, Terry. I really like the bubble quilting. Bummer that you had to take out some stitching on the first round, but well worth it by looking at the results. Have a wonderful week. Hugs.
Your pebbling is quite impressive! The progress you've made is certainly inspirational!
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