Another quilt on the frame – ready to go

by Karen on December 7, 2008

I have been really busy today. I got the binding machine sewed to the big Mariner’s Compass, it is about 107 inches square, I started to do the hand stitching and have one side done! only 3 sides left to go. Maybe I will get it done on Tuesday, I’m sure I will put some time in on it tomorrow. I hope to have it done this week so that I can take a photo of it at the church on Friday at my quilt group. There is a stage there where when two people hold a quilt up it won’t be drapped onto the floor or if that doesn’t work there is a balconey that we can hang a quilt over to take a photo. While I had the sewing machine out I got the backing pieces sewed together for the Scrappy Irish Chain. After drawing the quilting design on the open spaces I got it all loaded onto the 3 roller frame and it is ready to start quilting. I do not plan to take as long quilting this one – but one can never tell The next quilt to go on the frame is the first Dear Jane Quilt that I made that I call “Insanity”.

Here is the quilt on the frame:

Here is a photo of the design for the white areas – it isn’t real dark maybe you can see it good enough to get an idea of what the swirly design looks like:

Well I am done for the night! I got a lot done today and even got my sewing table cleared off and everything put away earlier so that I could use the table.

{ 4 comments }

Caron Mosey December 8, 2008 at 5:44 am: Your quilt is beautiful! Love your choice of colors, and so happy to see someone who still hand quilts on a FRAME!!! I’ve given up frame quilting, but still do some of my quilts by hand using a hoop. The frame did bad things to my shoulders and back. Old age setting in, I suppose. Can’t wait to see this quilt finished – so lovely, Karen!
Charlotte December 8, 2008 at 4:57 pm: Karen, do you remove the blue quiltiing lines after the quilt is finished? I’ve had judges at the county fair frown on lines I had left, so I’m always reluctant to mark on my blocks; don’t want to wash the whole new quilt. But I have noticed, on the Amish website, lines are left on the quilts and they sell for high prices. Sometimes I make a template and quilt around it. Love your Irish chain quilt; I have a scrappy one started, along with many other things.
Karen December 8, 2008 at 5:06 pm: Charlotte I always wash my quilts after I am done quilting and the binding is on the quilts. I always make sure to wash a quilt in a lot of cold water and sometimes wash it two times before I put it in the dryer. I have never had any problem with the blue marking pen staying on the fabric or chalk for that matter either. The trick though is to use plenty of water before drying it. I have heard some people do not wash their quilts – I have always because I like how the cotton batting shrinks up a little giving it an antique look about it. I do not like pencil marks though and I never use pencil to mark my quilts because you can’t always remove the marks. I too have noticed the pencil marks on the amish quilts and I do not like them because of that even though the quilting is usually excellent.
Colleen December 8, 2008 at 8:46 pm: Hello! Very nice quilt )

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