White Christmas

8 human foot NEQ2 on the 8 human foot table

I decided to telephone telephone Kate's quilt White Christmas.        Here inwards England our weather condition is mainly moisture in addition to then if nosotros wanted a white Christmas nosotros needed to become inwards ourselves. I loaded the quilt sandwich on the 8 human foot New English linguistic communication Quilter 2 frame. You tin come across the half dozen human foot Table painted amongst Blackboard pigment in addition to the ii human foot extension inwards the regular pale-wood-finish. The extension transforms the half dozen human foot tabular array to an 8 human foot to accommodate the 8 human foot NEQ2 frame.This is but the right size for a double bed quilt.

marking the scalloped border

I wanted a scalloped edge to give some Definition to the top. But I decided to exercise the marking ane time the quilt was already loaded on the frame equally the frame holds the textile withdraw in addition to steady creating a perfect writing surface. I used a ceramic mug lid for a template equally it was the perfect size. You tin but come across the chip of record I lay across to score the middle. This helped me to align it correctly along the terminate lines marked on the give of the quilt. I used the wash-away-blue-marker to draw some the template. These became guidelines that were echoed in addition to scalloped to shape the border.

machine quilting exceptional showing the echoed scalloped border

The job blueprint inwards the middle of the quilt is my accept on a pattern that Emily designed amongst Trudi later a retreat final year. It's fun to come across how patterns alter when dissimilar people quilt them. This blueprint uses a cardinal swirl amongst a quill in addition to plume shape that is scalloped. It's a wonderful overall pattern because each shape dovetails in addition to then easily into the next. We'll last featuring this pattern inwards our Jan Retreat coming upwards soon.

Emily's job blueprint for the cardinal panel scalloping was added to the stitching

central panel quilting detail

My thread pick was the NEW Magnifico from Superior Threads, a creamy white called Elegante #2169 

the NEW Magnifico from Superior Threads #2169 Elegante

Magnifico is a beautiful low-cal reflecting tri-lobal polyester amongst odd fibre forcefulness which makes it perfect for long arm machine quilting. It's available inwards 300 colours in addition to then it was slowly to uncovering a fit to the Oakshot textile I'd chosen for the top. This proficient fit enabled me to create a subtle texture which was the form of await that Kate wanted inwards her quilt. We used Bottom Line pre-wounds inwards Ivory for the bobbins. I loathe winding bobbins in addition to then I dear using the pre-wounds from Superior. With all the shades of white inwards this projection the quilting was lovely!

Juki TL98P on the 8 human foot NEQ2 frame amongst Magnifico from Superior Threads

Finally the layers were quilted using the JUKI TL98P. Notice how, fifty-fifty hither at the terminate of the project, I even in addition to then own got enough of room for the coil of textile nether the arm of the machine! Emily in addition to I took turns quilting. We wanted to mix upwards our personal styles. We loaded the quilt on the Fri earlier Christmas. We took turns quilting on Sabbatum in addition to finished upwards on the Sunday. Emily in addition to I were actually pleased. This was a projection that took us agency exterior our comfort zones. Now Emily is nifty to exercise it ane time again using a to a greater extent than traditional pattern. Kate was real happy too! She's promised to post pictures of her White Christmas quilt inwards her Paris flat.