Swan Song


Geneva, Switzerland from the sky
Emily's heading off for a term inwards Geneva, Switzerland. They utter French inwards Geneva in addition to Emily volition endure taking courses at the University at that spot inwards French linguistic communication in addition to translation. Very exciting! But earlier heading off to unusual parts Emily quilted Rosie's 'Purple Pumpkin Seed' quilt.

This Juki Exceed 600 was perfect for the appliqué in addition to piecing 

We've been busy collecting the cloth in addition to appliquéing the pumpkin seed shapes, in addition to piecing the blocks together. I ordered some White Sew Simple Super Soft  Cotton wadding from Doughty's online store in addition to some classic imperial gingham for the backing. But forthwith nosotros were ready to larn it all loaded on the frame in addition to larn quilting.

pinning especial - all layers of the quilt pinned to the kickoff leader
We'd been playing or in addition to then amongst quilting ideas for months on diverse bits of paper. But inwards the cease nosotros chose a scallop pattern to quilt circular the within of each seed in addition to a plumage to create sum the square.

quilting blueprint doodles
Then nosotros had to determine almost the threads. We chose a Lyrical Lilac  Magnifico #2122 from Superior Threads for the scalloping within the pumpkin seeds. We sentiment that this shade looked prissy against all the unlike colours of purple.

Magnifico #2122 Lyrical Lilac from Superior Threads
We went for a white silk from the Kimono Silk make for the feathers. We wanted a fragile await for this quilt in addition to the Kimono silk was precisely the fibre to create the subtle texture that nosotros wanted.

Kimono Silk #373 White Rice
One of the terminal stages inwards getting ready to quilt is to sew together a sashing strip on the side edges of the quilt. This gives me a house to play amongst my tension earlier moving into the 'real quilt'.

Add honour the side sashing strips attached to each side of the quilt top
I endeavor to usage most of my starting in addition to stopping on these sashing strips in addition to then I don't induce got to worry almost sewing inwards the thread tails. The side sashing strips too render the perfect house to attach the side tension clips. The side sashing makes certain that the side tension is prissy in addition to even.

playing amongst my thread tension on the side sashing strips 

Then at the cease when I induce got the quilt off the frame, I tin only spell off the side sashing strips amongst the rotary cutter.

slicing off the side sashing strips i time the quilting is finished
 Once all the blueprint in addition to thread choices are made in addition to the quilt sandwich is loaded on the frame, the fun begins!


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