Colourful... Herringbone-wannabe quilt with free-motion stitching!
- emikodshte
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min read
Itchy fingers finding the perfect occasion for another quilt! :D
The third birthday of my colleague's son, who is in our preschool!
She said he likes colourful, and I went all out *laughs*
Maybe too much, that I did not consider negative space which I later discovered ): Also, I probably should not have included the stripey fabrics in the pile!
Really wanted for it to end up something like this, but oops! I did not have enough white fabric at home and because it was during the lockdown, stores were closed and I could not get any more supplies!
I tried using the strip piecing method, and the process and measurements were mostly trial and error. I ended up having two different widths for the "columns" ):
Added some "borders" on the sides!
Hehe time for trying some free-motion stitching! :D
It was really tough on my hands though, as I did not have the right gloves [ silly me did not know the gloves were to be anti-slip, and instead I ordered some random cut-resistant ones online :( ].
I later also researched about the difficulties I faced, and I found out I had faced the quilting enemies: gravity and friction!
The quilt sandwich by then weighed quite a bit, and it was tricky manoeuvring the material as I haven't got an extension table to allow the quilt sandwich to be level with the needle plate. I also did not know about the friction that would pose as an issue too!
Nevertheless, I got to try out some free-motion stitching lines and designs, and even stitched the boy's name! :D
The colours/design ended up nothing like what I had anticipated or planned for, but I was really glad and relieved that the boy's response to it was far more favourable than my own's! *laughs* Hopefully he will use it for years to come! XD
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