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Quilting Take 2- finished!!

OK so last time I'd sewn most of my top piece for my quilt (get me using quilt lingo!!) using Neptune fabric from the wonderful designer Tula Pink. I added an applique skull as per my Son's request! Simply I ironed some Bondaweb onto the light blue fabric then drew on the skull design and cut it out. The Bondaweb stops the fabric from fraying. I then used a zig-zag stitch on my sewing machine to sew the skull to the quilt top:

I completed my back piece of the quilt - I wanted to add a patterned section into the large piece of fabric I was using. Next I had to lay out the back piece (face down) lay the wadding on top and then lay the top piece on top of that (face up).

I decided to lay out the quilt pieces on my bed this time rather than the floor- simply to save my poor old knees from all that scrabbling around! I pinned all the pieces to the mattress which seemed to work quite well!

Then I used LONG tacking stitches and a nice bright coloured thread to tack the three layers together.

Then I started quilting, this time using my sewing machine!

I just worked my way up and down the quilt and even created a few patterns!

After the quilting I trimmed the edges of the quilt and attached the binding strip:

And I was finished!

Here is my son with his quilt- the back:

and the front:

I'm already planning quilt Nos 3 & 4!!

Happy crafting!

GlitteryKatie XxxX

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Beautiful quilt Katie. I bet he loves it.

Debbie x

Posted by: Debbie Roberts | April 23, 2010 at 06:47 AM

Fantastic, what an achievement. Love the colours, the skull is an individual touch, and who would think you made up the quilting as you went along!
E
xx

Posted by: Eleanor | April 23, 2010 at 09:03 AM

Bet it becomes your family heirloom. Hopefully, you have inspired me to get that latent quilt outside of me. You know how everyone has supposedly a book inside them - I'm hoping I have a quilt inside me :)

Janet

Posted by: Janet | April 23, 2010 at 09:47 AM