Mystery quilt

it is all quilted now ready for tying off all the threads. I do, do some as I go but when I have short stretches I tend not to.

1st photo is of the central bit quilted, the 2nd is the corner bit and the 3rd is the whole thing. ready to be tidied up and then bound. I am not going to add an extra border.

it was all machined on my trusty Janome and I used the walking foot as a guide and by eye. Its the most quilting I have ever done on quilt.

Eileen x

That is lovely, Eileen. It has a 'vintage' feel about it. Since discovering self threading needles I don't mind sewing in ends. Does your machine have a wider space to get the quilt through?

I do like quilts to have lots of traditional quilting, and I love the secondary patterns on yours. Conversely, my mystery quilt has very little! Mine is finished but I haven't got round to taking photos yet.

Margaret

Thanks Margaret, yes self threading needles are brilliant. It is remembering to leave a long enough tail end of thread that's my biggest problem. The Janome 9500 memory craft I use has a standard throat so it can be a little snug under there. I do like echo quilting to enhance a pattern within the block.

Eileen x

Fantastic Eileen and that quilting adds so much to the finished effect.

Well ended hanging it on the line to photo it. not the best of shots. it is square but I lost some of the points on the big white diamonds/squares in the process. This corner has almost got its points so I am really happy to share that with you.

Eileen x

Edited By Eileen Foster on 19/06/2020 23:09:34

That's a great quilt, Eileen. I love the red backing.

Here is mine. You wouldn't believe they were the same instructions, would you? I cut points off too when I brought the binding over from the back to machine down on the front. The Dear Stella fabric that I used on the back is printed over 1" off the straight grain and is probably why it was sold cheap in 5m lengths!

Margaret