Sally's Quilt

Sally at the Salisbury Machine Quilting  Retreat Day

 I met Sally at the Franklins store inwards Salisbury this Spring.

Emma as well as I were demonstrating our New English linguistic communication Quilter frames for a 'Love Quilting' event.

Sally'd come upwards to choice upwards to a greater extent than or less cloth as well as threads. As she was hurrying out the door, Sally noticed our New English linguistic communication Quilter frames as well as did a double take. 


"Oh," she said.  "What a practiced idea!" "I was but going to pay somebody to quilt my tops for me." Maybe, I should do it myself."

Sally was inwards a hurry but she said that she's come upwards dorsum the side yesteryear side day. And she did.
Salisbury Franklins 'LOVE Quilting Event'









Sally bought the 10 human foot seven inch New English linguistic communication Quilter II frame as well as the JUKI TL98P lockstitch sewing machine.

  She purchased the Nifty Grip speed command handles then she wouldn't withdraw to boot the human foot pedal across the floor 

 and a tabular array amongst legs customized to do a working surface that is but the perfect pinnacle for Sally to quilt comfortably.  

The Retreat gave Sally the confidence she needed to larn started. So when Sally's 10 human foot NEQ2 frame arrived she was laid upwards to roll!

Martha as well as Sally Free-motion quilting on the NEQ frameEmma as well as I were hosting a Machine Quilter Day Retreat as well as Sally came to that too. 
 "Had a smashing afternoon working on my quilt. For my commencement attempt, I cause got chosen 1 that is all virtually the fabric, then the quilting tin disappear into the patterns as well as whatever mistakes volition easily blend into the background. I actually enjoyed it 1 time I had stopped feeling nervous.
Sally's quilt on the NEW frame! She's using 'Citrus Cooler' from Superior Threads
"I am delighted to remain that I volition live on able to jibe the huge frame into my novel house, fifty-fifty though it volition hateful that  the teenagers cause got rather less space! Am planning a trip to Birmingham, then await forwards to seeing you lot there."
scalloped mussel crunch machine quilting detail, on the NEQ2 frame
Sally chose a variegated thread called Citrus Cooler from Superior Threads' Rainbows range for her commencement quilt inwards the frame. The variegated thread blended correct inwards to the multi-coloured quilt, creating smashing texture without calling likewise much attending to itself.  What a fantastic commencement project! Sally chose a 'busy' come about that gave her liberty to essay out novel patterns as well as larn to know her novel quilting frame as well as Juki TL98P sewing machine. The variegated thread as well as the scalloped mussel crunch quilting designing created gorgeous texture as well as hid whatever mistakes. Well done Sally. I promise you'll convey the quilt to Birmingham amongst you!

Sally's Quilt all finished - 'both sides now'

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Superquilter Spares

Image
my schoolhouse quilt on the SuperQuilter frame Martha at the 2004 Festival of Quilts The SuperQuilter was my really kickoff machine quilting frame.   My mom gave it to me for a Christmas introduce inwards 2002 as well as I began selling them hither inwards the Great Britain inwards the summertime of 2003.  So when I works life the former box of spare parts I felt all nostalgic remembering quilting my  schoolhouse quilt   and the early on shows  at the Festival of Quilts as well as piddling Emily machine quilting her kickoff stack as well as wack Daisiez Quilt! little Emily machine quilting her kickoff quilt! and   Emily's kickoff possess quilting her Daizez quilt.  Here are around photos of the SuperQuilter spare parts available to purchase: SQ carriages come about as well as bottom Top carriages £10 each (2 available) Bottom carriages £10 each (3 available) SQ correct manus side arms 3 ratchet dest...
Read more

Between Friends

Image
Mair in addition to Carol sharing an 8 human foot NEQ2 frame Mair in addition to Carol are best friends alongside lots inward common. They met years agone at the local surgical physical care for when their children were babes. Now, their dearest for quilting keeps them closed fifty-fifty though the kids are grown.  Mair in addition to Carol were at the Festival of Quilts inward Birmingham this summertime when they saw our New English linguistic communication Quilting frames. They got the vivid reckon to percentage a frame . Sharing made the frame affordable in addition to they reckon it would survive fun to acquire how to role it together. So they rang me upward subsequently the exhibit in addition to ordered an 8 human foot frame in addition to Nifty Grips to supercede the human foot pedal on their sewing machine. They decided to acquire a tabular array too. Carol in addition to Mair opted to come upward in addition to collect their New English linguistic communic...
Read more

What A Departure A Twelvemonth Makes!

Image
machine quilting exceptional of Siobhan Toner's Ice-cream Parlour quilt We met Shevvy at the 2013 Festival of Quilts. She'd been wanting a frame for a piece but felt that she ought to set it on concord piece she finished a score course. Siobhan's purpose of the London Modern Quilt Guild.She loves the fresh, no fuss modern approach but she was develop to instruct beyond conduct work quilting . We convinced her to instruct for the 'both and' option. So she used her novel machine quilting frame to sweeten the difficult live on of the score course. Sometimes a footling flake of what makes your catch sing, goes a long means towards helping you lot practise what you lot ought to. Siobhan came to collect her half dozen human foot Art Quilter as well as got a gratuitous workshop So Shevvy set a deposit on her Then came to collect inwards in September as well as got a gratuitous workshop. We tried out around work designs on the frame, dismantled it as we...
Read more