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| taming the bedquilt |
Quilting this monster bedquilt was like doing battle: fierce fighting in the middle and a few skirmishes elsewhere.
I'd walking-footed along both sides of major seams and fmq'd in the ditch within each nine-patch triangular block. As
Cindy Needham says, stitch E-S-S (every stinking seam).
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| laid out on my bed for inspection |
I've learned . . .
- the open toe walking foot lets me see enough for straighter and truer stitches;
- using the fmq foot is like driving a sports car instead of a moving van; and
- when restarting, take a stitch in place and relax the finger hold so that the first stitch is not tugged awry.
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| wool batting puffs up each triangle |
Quilting is on pause as I contemplate motifs: may leave the printed triangles as is, and add feathers and swirls in the larger solid areas.
