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quilting · October 10, 2013

On the Frame: Birds in the Air

The title to this post is misleading because I quilted this quilt on my DSM instead of the frame. 

Birds in the Air

Since the layout forms a strong diagonal line I wanted to quilt feathers in the dark triangles.  I thought it would be easier on the regular sewing machine since I would have to roll it so much on the frame.  In hindsight it would have been a whole lot easier on the frame.  At first I had a lot of problems with the thread shredding.  I adjusted then tension, changed, then needle, re-threaded and did pretty much everything I could think of to stop the shredding.  Then I remembered that the stitching is better if you push the fabric through the machine instead of pulling it.  Once I got the hang of always situated the quilt so I could push away from myself the shredding ended.  I hope I can remember that for next time I’m quilting—it will save a lot of headaches!!

Like I said, I quilted feathers in the triangles.  In the little squares I just quilted continuous curves. 

Birds in the Air

The outer borders have a continuous “up and down” and I just stitched in the ditch for the inner border.  

Birds in the Air-2

Since this will be a donation quilt, I’ll put the binding on by machine and it will be another finish to cross off the UFO list.  Woo hoo!

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  1. Susan says

    October 10, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    I love the idea of the feathers, but I would definitely not have done them by domestic machine! Great quilt, nice of you to donate it.

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