Getting Up Close to My Quilting - Wiggle Line Quilting

Wiggle Line Quilting is one of my favorite free style quilting choices.

It gives the quilt a very modern look versus a straight line quilting. 

The Wiggle Line softens the straight lines of the quilt.

My customers bring me the COOLEST quilts to quilt!

Enjoy your day!

Marcia

Can You Quilt This for Me, Marcia? Yes I Can!

My customers ask me to quilt the coolest things!  How many times have I said that?

This is one of my "Up Close to my Quilting" posts. I shared several photos of the whole process. 

About 10 years ago, my customer made a large wall hanging for the backdrop, for a wedding ceremony.  She fused raw edge applique pieces of fabric onto a background fabric. 

Then this past year, she washed it and cut it into smaller sections. She started to hand stitch the leaves, but it was too hard to stitch thru' the layers.  She came to me and asked me:  Can you quilt these 2 sections for me?  I would like it to be thread painted to hold the fabrics, with veins in the leaves and textures in the branches and loops in the background.    Yes, I can!

My customers bring me the coolest quilts!

Here is what the leaves looked like BEFORE I thread painted on them.

And here they are AFTER.

I took several photos of the whole process of quilting the leaves and tree and the background.....

You can see in this photo where she started to hand stitch the leaves and it was too difficult through all the layers. She will pull out her hand stitching after I quilt it.

You can see that the fusible wasn't even holding any more.  I was able to quilt it all down nice and tight as I thread painted on the tree and the leaves and the background.

Check out the backside!

My customers bring me the coolest quilts! Do you agree?

I LOVE my job! I never have a boring day of quilting - thread painting.  And I love when my customers bring me quilting challenges!

Thanks for following along!

Marcia

Quilts from the Past --- My Past Quilts - Pineapple Quilt

On Periscope yesterday, I created my first video scope.  I shared my Blue and White Pineapple Quilt.  I made it and quilted it in 2005.

It measures 81" by 108".  I have it hanging on the wall in my quilt studio and it greets me every morning. 

Because it is so long, I had to baste stitch the right side under so that I could hang it on the quilt rack.  That way it stays flat on that side.

I used almost every blue that I owned plus some of my quilting friends shared their blue fabrics with me.

I am sharing some up close photos of this quilt, but keep in mind that I quilted it a long time ago.  My meandering looks a little wonky, but I was in my first couple years of quilting and there is a big learning curve to mastering longarm quilting.  

I quilted my quilt with an overall medium Meandering with a Twist. The Twists are the little hearts.

My pineapple quilt was made using the Pineapple Quilt - A Piece of Cake pattern book by Loretta Smith from the Quilts in a Day Publications.

Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon in November I will be sharing a short periscope video and inviting you into my quilt studio to share a quilt or two that I have made.  I will also share photos here of the quilts I share.

My name is craftysewing for periscope, instagram, and twitter and you can find replays of my videos on Katchme.

This is the direct link to my first periscope video that is saved on Katchme: 
https://katch.me/craftysewing/v/625967e3-610c-33cd-a4e6-ec6b1cf34418 

Thanks for following along with my sharing "My Quilts from My Past".

Marcia