This quilt top has been a
WIP in my closet for a while now. I made it as a prototype for the
Pure Baby Boy quilt I designed for
Moda Bakeshop last summer. It was made with scraps and varies slightly from the design I eventually settled on.
I had plans at the time to hand quilt this, but obviously that didn't happen. :) Like many of you, I have so many quilts I would love to make and not a lot of time. Hand quilting just wasn't practical for this one, so luckily I came across a design I thought would add some interest to the negative space. I first got the idea from a quilt
Alissa showed at
a guild meeting. I was reminded of it by the circular quilting on
Malka's quilt on
Sew Mama Sew.
Alissa generously explained her quilting method for this type of spiral/circular quilting. I followed it, as well as I could recall. First, I traced a small circle on the quilt top. I used my walking foot to quilt this line, and then used the edge of the foot as a guide to continue spiraling outward. I finished the inside of the circle, with all those tight curves, with a darning foot.
It is backed with my favorite Meadowsweet print, by Sandi Henderson. This baby quilt finished at 34 x 38 after washing and drying.
This quilt top has been a WIP in my closet for a while now. I made it as a prototype for the Pure Baby Boy quilt I designed for Moda Bakeshop last summer. It was made with scraps and varies slightly from the design I eventually settled on.
I had plans at the time to hand quilt this, but obviously that didn't happen. :) Like many of you, I have so many quilts I would love to make and not a lot of time. Hand quilting just wasn't practical for this one, so luckily I came across a design I thought would add some interest to the negative space. I first got the idea from a quilt Alissa showed at a guild meeting. I was reminded of it by the circular quilting on Malka's quilt on Sew Mama Sew.
Alissa generously explained her quilting method for this type of spiral/circular quilting. I followed it, as well as I could recall. First, I traced a small circle on the quilt top. I used my walking foot to quilt this line, and then used the edge of the foot as a guide to continue spiraling outward. I finished the inside of the circle, with all those tight curves, with a darning foot.
It is backed with my favorite Meadowsweet print, by Sandi Henderson. This baby quilt finished at 34 x 38 after washing and drying.
7 comments:
the quilting on that is beautiful!
Gorgeous. I'm going to try that spiral quilting someday. :)
The quilting is beautiful - what a fresh and lovely quilt!
oooo, love that circling! I'll have to try it on something, too. Thanks for passing on the tips on how to do it. And I adore the colors in this quilt.
You never fail to impress! :)
It's gorgeous! I really like the circular quilting, too.
Do you think it would be possible to do this with minky as a backing? Or would the tight circles just not work with Minky?
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