This morning was
sew day for my church quilt group. I
have been saving pieced columns to try out a technique that I have never tried
– “quilt as you go”. It is not new but
I have seen it twice recently published.
I sandwiched the backing and batting as usual then marked the center
with perpendicular lines. I pinned the
center vertical strip on the line, then pinned the next strip right sides
together and stitched through all the layers.
That row of
stitching sewed the columns together and quilted them at the same time,
therefore the name “quilt as you go”. I
have only stitched 2 columns and already I can tell this will never be my
favorite technique.
This afternoon I
sandwiched a child’s comfort quilt so that I could try out a new background
free-motion design called “Flowing Glass” from Leah Day.
You probably can’t see the quilting very well in the
photo. Today was the first time I have
tried it, but I was not comfortable with how to get it to flow across a much
larger area than Leah works. I am still hoping to find a new interesting overall
design to use on a full size bed quilt.
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