Basting Dolly Dress Quilt

Finally, the quilt top is done and I have begun hand basting the layers together as I join other kindred stitchers at Kathy's Slow Stitching Sunday.

Per online classes and youtube tutorials, I have prepared the top and backing by starching. It has a nice smooth finish and the basting is going well. This is the second time using the board basting method as presented by Sharon Schamber. It is much easier on the knees! I actually find it more relaxing than boring.  It is easy on my eyes today as I have natural light coming from the window. Despite it being another cloudy day in Michigan, there is a brightness from a recent dusting of snow.

The plan is to have it all basted today and ready to machine quilt the sashing with a walking foot. Personally, the thought of free-motion quilting is intimidating, and I do not desire this fun quilt to be my practice piece. Each dress will be outlined quilted by hand which was practiced and mentioned in the previous post. The hand quilted outline makes the dress stand out better in my humble opinion. Practicing on extra panels was quite beneficial.

May you have smooth stitching this week.

 Jill

Basting Dolly Dress Quilt

Finally, the quilt top is done and I have begun hand basting the layers together as I join other kindred stitchers at Kathy's Slow Stitching Sunday.

Per online classes and youtube tutorials, I have prepared the top and backing by starching. It has a nice smooth finish and the basting is going well. This is the second time using the board basting method as presented by Sharon Schamber. It is much easier on the knees! I actually find it more relaxing than boring.  It is easy on my eyes today as I have natural light coming from the window. Despite it being another cloudy day in Michigan, there is a brightness from a recent dusting of snow.

The plan is to have it all basted today and ready to machine quilt the sashing with a walking foot. Personally, the thought of free-motion quilting is intimidating, and I do not desire this fun quilt to be my practice piece. Each dress will be outlined quilted by hand which was practiced and mentioned in the previous post. The hand quilted outline makes the dress stand out better in my humble opinion. Practicing on extra panels was quite beneficial.

May you have smooth stitching this week.

 Jill

Slow Sunday Basting

Yay! I am delighted to be back with Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching in 2017. Today, I hand basted a practice piece for my Dolly Dress-up quilt that was started last January.

The top has been finished for several months as I pondered on how to quilt it. Since it is a child's quilt, I considered machine quilting to be the best choice. I wanted to quilt it myself, but as a hand quilter (usually), I was not excited to learn free-motion on my home sewing machine. Thus, the top waited for me while I made up my mind.

A Holly Holderman pre-printed panel with embellishments.

I decided to do a combination of hand and straight machine quilting.  The sashing will be machine straight stitched and the background will have a gird pattern. Each dress will be outlined by hand-quilted stitches.  The practice piece will hopefully eliminate goofs. By next Sunday I would like to be working on the the actual quilt top.

Jill

Slow Sunday Basting

Yay! I am delighted to be back with Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching in 2017. Today, I hand basted a practice piece for my Dolly Dress-up quilt that was started last January.

The top has been finished for several months as I pondered on how to quilt it. Since it is a child's quilt, I considered machine quilting to be the best choice. I wanted to quilt it myself, but as a hand quilter (usually), I was not excited to learn free-motion on my home sewing machine. Thus, the top waited for me while I made up my mind.

A Holly Holderman pre-printed panel with embellishments.

I decided to do a combination of hand and straight machine quilting.  The sashing will be machine straight stitched and the background will have a gird pattern. Each dress will be outlined by hand-quilted stitches.  The practice piece will hopefully eliminate goofs. By next Sunday I would like to be working on the the actual quilt top.

Jill