I just finished quilting the “Freeze Frame” quilt that some of us made with Judy Laquidara as part of her “Quilt for an Hour” project in 2009.
I practised and practised my free motion meandering on my domestic sewing machine until it looked right to me, and then I just jumped in and did it. It was very scary! I kept thinking — what if I ruin this quilt top? It’s one of my favourites, and it’s a gift for my father-in-law.
Here’s one of my practice samples with scrap muslin and batting:
And here is the quilting on the quilt top.
It was a lot more difficult to manoeuvre a large project than my small practice samples, and I can see some places where I made errors and some of my stitching lines are not smooth and flowing. However, I’m mostly happy with it, and truly amazed and relieved that I could do this. 🙂
Here is a photo of the whole quilt top. It measures 63 x 81 inches. The sewing machine just visible in the background is my Janome 6500P, which is what I used for the quilting. The sofa underneath the quilt is one of my most valuable quilting tools — it’s like a giant extension table! 😉
The back is pieced from my stash — two pieces of dark green and one green floral.
Now I just have to trim the quilt edges and bind it.
I already counted the fabric for the top in a long-ago stash report, but I can count the backing and binding this week. The binding is already cut, pieced and ready to sew on.
I also bought some new fabric this week — a roll of 2.5 inch strips in pink and blue batiks put together by a local fabric store. I saw a jelly roll pattern recently that will be nice in these colours.
My Stash Report totals are:
- Used this week: 5 yards
- Used this year: 5.5 yards
- Added this week: 2.5 yards
- Added this year: 2.5 yards
- Net used: 3 yards
To see how other quilters are progressing with their Stash Busting, please visit Judy’s blog for a list of links to Stash Reports.
Happy Quilting!
Do something scary every day — that’s my motto! The quilt turned out lovely.
you did a beautiful job machine quilting such a big quilt!! it is a very pretty one!🙂
Wu-Who…you did it!! I often practice new quilting designs on guy quilts. They don’t notice mistakes as much as women do and if they see one, they don’t generally care!! I think it’s a beauty. I haven’t made this quilt but I REALLY would like to.
Beautiful quilt! Well done on the quilting.
Oh, the fabric choices are LOVELY! And I think this is a sign for me…..I was just reviewing my shelves of projects I’ve started collecting and sorting fabrics for, and one of them is “Freeze Frame.” Seeing how wonderfully yours turned out makes me want to jump in full-speed-ahead!
beautiful quilt and you did great on the quilting. I have the 6500 also and love it.
Congrats on your quilting! It sure looks perfect on the photo! Love your choice of colros for freeze frame!
Your quilt looks great! I have never been able to quilt on a domestic machine so I am impressed! It’s not easy. Have a great day.
Congrats on the quilting. You did a great job and I know your father-in-law will love it.
Absolutely beautiful quilt! And I am entirely impressed you did something that big on a regular sewing machine!! Also, I love the pink and blue batiks and am looking forward to seeing what you’re going to do with them🙂
Congrats on doing something out of your comfort zone! It’s so good for us, isn’t it?
Your quilt turned out beautifully. It’s hard to do a large quilt on a regular sewing machine with straight stitching. Is there a trick to doing free motion on a regular machine with a large quilt? Your father-in-law will love the quilt. I love the colors.
It’s beautiful! You did a great job! I printed out the pattern, but never did it.
Good work!
Very pretty quilt. In those colors you can throw it over that couch as a Christmas quilt. I use my couch for photographing my quilts too. It’s the only spot where I can spread them out completely other than the floor.
Great job on the quilting – I am impressed that you’ve done such a big quilt on your dsm (but those Janome’s are great workhorses, aren’t they?).
Beautiful Beautiful quilt!!
Congratulations! Never thought about a guy not looking a closer, or caring if he did see an *oops*. Hmmm–I think it’s true though!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. Your quilts are lovely!
Thank you very much! 🙂