QUILTsocial | Issue 09

Here’s a close up of the stitch done
with Fruitti #FT02 which is a blue and
yellow variegated thread. Doesn’t it
look awesome?
Here it is stitched on the outside edge of
the balloon heart. I used Tutti #TU30 for
this stitch and really like how it looks on
the green checked fabric!
Here’s a close up of the butterfly
antennae – doesn’t that look great?
Close up of stitching on the elephant ear
Since I’m such a blanket stitch nut, I
decided that I better try out the NQ900
blanket stitch too! This stitch is #20 in the
same group as the above two stitches
and again uses foot N.
Close up of stitching on the heart shape
After stitching down all of the edges of
the applique shapes, the next job was
to stitch the antennae of the butterfly
and the string for the balloon. I used an
erasable marking tool to draw these lines
onto the background fabric.
Closeup of zigzag stitched antennae
In total, I used six different decorative
stitches to finish the machine applique
on the quilt. I quite like how the quilt
is progressing and can’t wait to start
putting on the borders! Next, we’ll add
all of the borders, and start machine
quilting with the awesome Brother
NQ900!
LCD display showing the settings for Utility
Decorative Stitch #20
The butterfly antennae drawn with a Frixion pen
I wanted to mimic the look of hand
embroidery, so I decided on zigzag
stitch #10. The LCD screen showed that
I needed to change to foot J, so I did
that and then loaded a black thread
into the top of the machine. I shortened
the width and length of the stitch by
pressing the “-” buttons under the width
and length indicators on the screen.
Completed stitching
LCD display shows the settings for Utility Stitch
#10 – zigzag
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