Kaffe Challenge Quilting Begun--post 7

Goal number four on my May list was to begin quilting my Kaffe Challenge. This is the challenge that my small group is doing. We all had the same Kaffe fabrics and the challenge was to make a quilt with the fabrics. We could choose any design/pattern and we could add an unlimited number of supporting fabrics.

Determining a quilting design

I finished the top in January. I finished piecing the back in March. I layered and glue basted it in April. It took me some time to figure out how I wanted to quilt it. I printed a color copy of the photo of the top. Using a pen, I drew lines on quilt sections. Straight lines interfered with the flow of the dashes. A curved echoed in the solid fabric areas and a simple meander stitched in the print fabric areas looked like the best options to pop the purple dash lines. 

Beginning the quilting

I started quilting in the ditch. I could do this stitching with a walking foot; but, I do it with the open toe free motion foot instead. I used monofilament thread in the needle and a purple 50 weight cotton thread in the bobbin. So far, the glue basting has worked well. It is so nice not to have to stop to remove pins!

First solid area quilted

After I finished the ditch quilting, I stitched a straight line down the started quilting a curvy design in the solid fabric areas. I'm using a ruler template from Sew Steady. I used the four inch arc template that came in a starter sampler set. I stitched with a thread that blends into the solid fabric. I like the texture the quilting created. I plan to quilt all the solid fabric areas before I quilt the print fabric areas.

Linking to Oh Scrap, Sew & Tell and I Quilted This!