QUILTsocial Issue 12

A closer look at the quilting around the hand
embroidered stitching
Here’s a close up of the stitching that
I did in the border. Normally I would
have done that with a darker thread –
maybe grey or even black. But this is a
glow in the dark thread so it looks neat
when the lights are off. I wanted to do
the entire pumpkin face with the glow
in the dark, but it didn’t look great if I
accidentally stitched the white thread
on the black hand stitching. That got
ripped out real quick.
The stars were done fast and are by no
means perfect. That’s OK. It’s a small
seasonal wallhanging. No one should
be losing sleep if the stars aren’t perfect.
What I do like is that the Designer Ruby
deLuxe made PERFECTLY formed stitches
and I managed to do a pretty decent job
with the stitch length. I’m happy!
And now that one goes onto the
binding pile along with the rest of the
quilts waiting to be bound.
While I was on a roll and the Designer
Ruby deLuxe was set up, I decided to
quilt another small hand embroidered
wall hanging that was sitting in the “to
be quilted” pile.
I basically followed the same method as
for the Halloween project. I used invisible
thread to outline all the lines of hand
embroidery. I didn’t do the feathers on
the owl body and wings. I stitched in the
ditch using the free motion technique
around the perimeter of the block and
around all the stitching on the leaves,
flowers, and the owl.
I used a matching thread for the backing.
It was a cream piecing thread. I used
invisible for all the stitching on the top.
Stitching in the ditch beside the lines of hand
embroidery stitches
I also decided to quilt all the border
seams with stitch in the ditch using the
Spring Action Free Motion foot. Note on
the border that I could stitch in either
a sideways motion or an up and down
motion whichever worked best for me.
It’s nice to have options and it’s nice to
have a sewing machine that will make
great stitches depending on what is
easiest for me, not what is easiest for the
sewing machine.
Stitching front to back on the borders using the
free motion foot
Here’s the finished wallhanging. It needs
to be trimmed and have the binding put
on. Yep – this one is also going on the
pile of quilts to be bound. I will have to
break down and start doing one or two a
day as the pile is getting rather large.
Hand embroidered wall hanging quilted and
ready to be trimmed
A close up of the quilting with invisible thread
Back to my childhood sewing…
I have to confess that for months, (OK –
so it’s more like years), I’ve been wanting
to make doll clothes. I’ve no one to give
them to. I don’t even have a doll to put
the clothes on, but I love little things and
doll clothes are little and they’re cute.
Quilted stars in the border using glow in the
dark thread.
Stitching side to side on the borders using the free
motion foot
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