Remember those four half square triangles I made last week? The ones that were the only sewing I got done the entire week? Sadly, this week’s progress is even less. Sigh.
One day I’m going to actually have a project to show you and you’ll be like “whaaaaattt???” 🙂 Hang in there – it’s coming soon….
But just because I didn’t manage any piecing for myself doesn’t mean I wasn’t busy. I finished the custom quilting on Pearl’s sampler quilt and I’m pretty happy with the way it looks. As usual, I love looking at all the texture on the back – it’s my favorite part.
I was able to grab some evening pictures – the lighting isn’t very good. but you can still see what a beautiful quilt it is.
Pearl’s sampler wasn’t my only customer finish. I also quilted Emily’s log cabin quilt. I love the icy blues she used in her top. The prints have snowflakes all over them. Super cute!
Emily asked for an edge to edge design. So we chose a swirly design with snowflakes. I used Omni thread in silver on the top and Bottom Line thread in silver in the bobbin. It’s a great thread combination and that silvery thread looks really good on her quilt. I put the ProStitcher to work on this quilt and finished it pretty quickly. Below is a close-up of the snowflakes.
The quilting design is a pretty loose design and would probably be fairly easy to learn to freehand. But getting those snowflakes just right and keeping the spacing consistent would take many hours of practice. Hours that, for me, are better spent on other aspects of my Cooking Up Quilts business (as Rebecca so perfectly pointed out to me.) So, while Freddie stitched out the rows on Emily’s quilt I was able to straighten up and put away quilting supplies, type up a couple of invoices, and prep the next quilt to be loaded. Every day I am more convinced that adding robotics to my longarm was a good decision.
That’s it for me today. Freddie, and the lovely quilting that we create together is my crush for this week. Now it’s time for you to share yours! What projects are you working on that have you excited to be in your sewing space? Please share – we’d love to hear. You can link any blog post, Instagram or Flickr pic – here’s how:
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You say you are “pretty happy with it”, I should say so. It is stunning! Your quilting on the blue log cabin quilt is just as gorgeous! You do an amazing job!
Lovely blue quilt with the perfect panto choice!
You have the perennial issue — how to divide your time between business and personal. I enjoy working on customer quilts but I do not want all my time taken up by doing customer quilts. My preference would be one or two quilts a month. If you really want a full time business quilting (and it sure seems that you have the customers wanting you to quilt for them) than just set some rules for yourself. And, of course if you set them you can break them. Win-Win. Your examples today are gorgeous. I love the snowflakes — both quilt and digital pattern.
Your quilting is beautiful! Offering edge to edge quilting is a wonderful service! Plus, I think it could help you prevent repetitive stress injuries. We all hope to continue quilting during our senior years!
Hi Beth! Oooh, I’m happy to see a closeup of the snowflake in this post. I know you shared it on IG but it’s much easier to see here. The combination of work you can achieve now must make your heart soar. It’s a good thing all the way around. ~smile~ Roseanne
Well, at least you managed to get a post written about what you were up to. I didn’t get much done this weekend, and then didn’t get photos done of what I did do! Ah well. I’ll catch everyone up later this week. That quilt is lovely, the texture on the back is gorgeous! Fun that you can get some other work done while quilting the top.
You may not have gotten any of your own quilting done, but you took care of your customers! I can imagine you are itching to get something going for yourself though!
I just started using the ProStitcher at my LQS. I do my straight-line quilting at home on my semi-industrial Janome and do pantographs on the ProStitcher. I haven’t graduated to doing FMQ on the longarm … yet!
I can imagine that computerized quilting has opened up time for you! How often do you check what’s going on, on the longarm when it’s doing its thing? What precautions do you take to make sure things go smoothly while you’ve stepped away? Whenever I’m using a pantograph on the longarm, I am usually so mesmerized by the machine that I watch every stitch. It’s ridiculous, I know!
with doing all the quilting for others as a business it is a wonder if you can fit in any quilting of your own. I like how you did the blue/white quilt looser – I know the heavy quilting is in style right now but I like the looser softer feel of the quilting on the second quilt. I guess you need to put aside time in your schedule to work on your own quilts!
The quilting on both projects is pretty spectacular. Hope you can fit in some stitching time of your own soon.
You quilting is so gorgeous, Beth! Your customers are really lucky 🙂
-Soma