Saturday, October 19, 2013

"Heartbeat Quilting."

Hello,

Having a quilt top that needs quilting  is like having a body with no heartbeat. It is not until the quilt is quilted that a quilt really comes to life. So earlier on in the week I got out one of those quilt tops that have been waiting for a heart.A few hours spent getting the three layers together, spray glue and some big stitches to hold it all together. Quilting templates found and some new ones made. This is where cardboard cereal boxes and the like come in handy.


Using Gutermann 100% cotton for the hand quilting. Tracing around the templates as I go, no particular pattern. Some hearts are sideways, some are up side down, as long as it is quilted.

Continued stitching this last night joining in with the other ladies,( no gents yet) from the Friday Night Sew In crowd that joined up at Wendy's blog.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Happy days.
Bev C

24 comments:

  1. Great to see your flimsy turning into a quilt. Great colours!

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  2. Loving your hearts on the lovely flimsy Bev...

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  3. Hi Bev, I loved your description of flimsys needing quilting and your quilted hearts are looking lovely.

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  4. It looks great. It is nice when you can see you are getting to the end of a project.

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  5. This quilt looks like it's got plenty of heart Bev...it looks great!

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  6. I applaud you for HAND quilting Bev. Well done! :)

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  7. Hi Bev, this is lovely, beautiful colours and the hearts are gorgeous. And your description of giving quilts a 'heart' is just so perfect. Beautiful sewing x

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  8. they look fantastic,yep i use cerel boxes too Bev.xx

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  9. Love the quilted hearts...and I agree cereal boxes come in handy for so many projects.

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  10. Hi Bev, I love what you have done with your quilting, especially the hearts. I save all my cereal boxes for templates for things too. Happy Sunday to you Bev, Julie x0x

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  11. what a lovely way to look at the task of quilting. I will think of that whenever I quilt a top.

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  12. What a poetic turn of phrase you have, Bev. I feel a bit like a human without a heartbeat today - too much sewing! Your quilting hearts are cute.

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  13. Oh how I agree with you Bev - I love the texture created by quilting. Looks like a good evenings work - your colours are gorgeous. xx

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  14. I have to agree with you Bev, nothing beats a quilt that's been quilted it just makes it come to life :) Barb.

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  15. Lovely project to work on for the weekend! I have about 2-3 quilt tops that need quilting. I'm hoping to have time to finish them between Christmas and New Year's.

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  16. Very nice...love the hearts! Oh the uses for cereal boxes...are never ending lol

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  17. Hi Bev! Wow this is so pretty, I love it... and very creative you are, with the making of the templates... x

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  18. Hearts are a wonderful touch, Bev! I always love everything you create.

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  19. Loving what you say about quilting on the quilts. My heart is not beating so well lately because I have so many quilt tops to quilt hehe! Hugs Nat

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  20. So true, the quilting brings them to life. Your quilting is lovely Bev...

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