I'm steadily working away on my quilting at the moment. I wanted to do something quite detailed on this quilt, which is why I'm experimenting with doing this quilt in segments - quilt as you go. There is no way I would even contemplate attempting this on a king size quilt that was all in one piece. Just too much bulk to wield around and too much turning of the quilt.
The pieced blocks are being quilting to echo the lines of the tilted crosses so that the crosses will pop up above the surface a bit more. The solid blocks are being quilted either horizontally or vertically, depending on their colour. It all adds up to a lot of turning of the quilt but it is so simple in the narrow bands it is currently in.
The first segment is completed - 25% of the quilt, not counting the sashing. At this rate I should have it finished sometime in 2015....
I've always been quite keen on fine tightly spaced quilting, as you can see from these small sample pieces....
Again - not ideal for a king size quilt....
But you get the idea - I like lots of quilting. No doubt that's why it takes me so long. Just as well I enjoy it!
Happy quilting to you all.
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Is it just the recent royal visit that makes me think the Japanese quilt looks very British?
Is it just the recent royal visit that makes me think the Japanese quilt looks very British?
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