A Pot of Gold...

…. Is definitely at the end of this rainbow!

What a gorgeous quilt.

A strip quilt with blacks and whites, it is such a happy quilt.  The black and white fabrics, really help the colours to pop.

I quilted with a medium sized stipple to allow the quilt to be snuggly.  It is also the pattern which I feel most comfortable quilting.

 

This lovely quilt is going in the post back to its, Quilt Mama, first thing this morning!!

Bold Prints for Practice

I have loaded up another piece of fabric for a practice.

A piece of Alexander Henry fabric found at my lqs, it is fun, and bold with lots of shapes and lines for me to get my teeth into.

I pieced a back out of some fabric from my stash.

I have been enjoying the sounds of my new wind chimes.  These are the Earth chimes by Woodstock Chimes.  Just delightful, and as we are headed for a windy day, will keep my windows and doors ajar, to listen to the harmony’s created by the air.

All but the details

  I have finished my first longarmed quilt, except for sewing the binding to the back! It is at least attached.  I ended up using some fabric bought yesterday when I popped into my lqs.  I had thought I might have used something in my stash, but this ended up the better choice.

I am machine binding, but need to pack it all up to get a nanna nap.

Back to work tonight.

I want to load some doodle fabric tonight before going to work.  I will float the top this time.  I think I have the pinning to the roller down pat now, and want to make it a bit quicker to load.

 I am more than pleased with the result. Excuse the dorky selfie!!

The First Quilt on the Longarm

Today was the day I quilted my first quilt, onmy longarm!

It had been ready and loaded since Friday evening, and teased me all weekend, during my working week!

I chose a lovely variegated thread for the top, and a grey for the bobbin.

 

A simple stipple.

I am more than pleased with the result.  

I need to slow down, and take my time.  You can definitely tell I was getting much better by the end of the quilt. 

The borders leave something to be desired, but I wasn’t ripping, and I will get the hang of it.  Still looks good in my book.

The back was some lovely animal print in black, white and grey.

 

A win for me!

Now to square and bind.

Doodle Done

My first test drive is off the frame.

Just a plain piece of homespun, I played with whatever colour bobbin I picked out of the box.  The top colour is all yellow.  Both Signature 100% cotton thread, I was so surprised at how few thread breakages I had!

I started with a simple stipple at the top, and then just worked down the quilt, trying different things, as I went.

Pebbles.

Terrible, McTavishing … but I can only get better with practice.

 

 

Stitches were mostly well formed, some pops of bobbin colour near the end, and I may have to play with the bobbin tension a little as we totally cleaned it out in the service.  When Jeff unscrewed, and removed the tension screw, I nearly died.  But I will not fear tension.  We can be friends, right?!  Besties, I am hoping, lol!

I have loaded up a quilt top, finished nearly a year ago.  

Can’t wait to see if I can pull off a half decent stipple on a quilt, first up! 

Wish me luck!!