Rosie's Uni Quilt

Rosie is off to the University of Edinburgh to written report architecture. So of course of pedagogy she needed a quilt. We decided on a express palette of pinks in addition to reds amongst ivory, dark in addition to grayness in addition to used themed fabrics that had memories of abode in addition to recent travels; cats, pianos, Eiffel towers in addition to roses, of course.

some of Rosie's favourite things
Sinking the squares into a grayness background made the pinkish seem all grown upwards in addition to only perfect for a Uni quilt.

adding the lastly borders amongst my JUKI HZL Exceed 600

piecing amongst a silvery OMNI on top
joining the fleece backing amongst a zig-zag stitch

Auditioning the quilting thread

We chose the steel grayness So Fine inward the end. Rosie wanted a thread that would disappear into the borders. The #408 Silver So Fine has a subtle matt destination in addition to worked perfectly. It went through the whole quilt without whatever trouble. We used Bottom Line pre-wounds inward the bobbin inward an ivory color that would disappear into the fleece backing.

we used Emily's swirly plume pattern
The So Fine thread ended upwards creating groovy texture without drawing every bit good much attending to itself which check inward good amongst the fresh modern experience of the quilt.

Rosie's quilt loaded on the 8 human foot New English linguistic communication Quilter frame & JUKI TL98P

Since nosotros solely started the quilt the calendar week earlier Rosie had to go, nosotros needed to top on the piecing simple. We were inspired past times this quilt made past times Kelly Finster for her friend Laura. Rosie had a await through my pinterest boards in addition to chose this quilt. Kelly in addition to Laura became friends at the offset of University. So it seemed a real plumbing equipment choice!

Kelley Finster's quilt for her Uni friend Laura
Rosie's quilt was a vi 24-hour interval wonder! I finished the piecing on Midweek in addition to loaded it on the 8 human foot New English linguistic communication Quilter frame, Emily in addition to I completed the quilting on Th evening and I stitched the binding Friday, only inward fourth dimension for our trip upwards to Edinburgh on Saturday. It's wonderful how the correct sort of tools enable us to consummate a quilt beautifully in addition to quickly.

I dear how the thread played out
Rosie chose a stripy textile for the binding

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