I have been practicing quilting with my microhandles this week. It takes a long time to quilt a quilt this heavily but I think it will be worth it! I hate practicing on something that will just be thrown out and I already had this top loaded before we left town. So I went right to the quilt!
I am using a ruler to divide the space and then choosing a different filler for each section.
In one area, I wanted to include text. So I printed the text onto tracing paper and pinned it to the quilt.
I stitched through the paper around each letter and then tore the paper away.
This should not have been my first stitching with the micro handles! Did I tell you how impatient I am?!? Next I filled in the background. Not real happy with how this turned out.
This quilt is for me so practice, not perfection, is the name of the game here. I hope to finish this week. A few thunderstorms and the day job have hindered my progress!
I have been sharing some in process shots this week on Instagram. You can follow me there. Just look for “katyquilts”.
Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday , Sew Fresh Quilts for Let’s Bee Sewcial, and Gemma at Pretty Bobbins for IQuilt.
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Beautiful work – I love the word Dream – that is a great idea!!
Your quilting looks absolutely amazing, Katy! Love the designs in the third and fourth pictures the best. Keep up the good work…. and have FUN!
Wow that must take some time – it looks great to me!
Your quilting looks amazing! What thread are you using? It appears shiny or maybe it’s just the light.
That all look amazing! And tiny! And beautiful!
For a practice, that quilting looks lovely! I particularly like the feathers. And the filling around the letters look pretty good to me. This is the first time I’m seeing how to quilt letters… so thank you for showing us.
That’s your practice quilt?! It looks fantastic!!
-Soma
Katy, your quilting looks awesome!! Thanks for demonstrating the word quilting – I’ve seen it often and wondered how people get it to look so perfect…. mystery solved! 🙂
You are doing a wonderful job!
Well I see no reason for you to practice..this is just beautiful. I do see you answered a question that I often wondered about. When you did the dream you stopped and started threads and will then have to hide them…right? I don’t have a longarm but I often wonder how people stop and start or try to avoid that.
I love what you did with Dream :)—- what batting do you use? low loft, quilters dream, hobbs etc.
Your quilt looks great! I just got a long arm, haven’t quilted anything yet. I guess I’m intimidated and just stare at its prettiness.Your quilting is beautiful!
You’ll be a micro pro in no time!
I so agree about practicing on something to be used! I do most of my practicing on children’s quilts because they are not picky. 🙂 I too love close quilting, though I also like softness of medium quilting. Yours is looking good!
Which part are you unhappy with (because it looks great to me)? The quilting is fantastic. Isn’t quilting something that large and that detailed hard on your arms and/or back?
Your quilting is great! Hugs,
Looks awesome!!