Monday, February 27, 2017

Quilters, Start Your Engines


 Hello Everyone,
 
The backing is made and now it's time to get Prairie Flower loaded onto the long arm.  I put a roll of film over the blocks, and with a dry erase pen, started drawing what I think I'm going to quilt.
 

I was going to cross-hatch the beige area in this quilt, but then I remember that cross-hatching would look like horizontal and vertical lines on a block which is set on point.  Back to the drawing board, and I came up with this.


This should make the red squares pop along the outside border.


The outside triangles will look like this. 

 
The only part of the quilt I actually marked is the black setting squares.  I used a Sewline chalk pen.  It doesn't rub off easily, has a nice sharp point, and I can see it!
 
 
So that is my quilting plan.  I may change my mind once I get going if I don't like the look.  It is going to be an intense week of quilting.  Nothing about my long arm is computerized, so I will be driving my machine across the top of the quilt. I had to learn to dance with my machine.  I take the lead and orchestrate the dance.  Hopefully I don't trip over my own two feet!

Soon,
Lynn

7 comments:

  1. Love your quilting plan. Will be beautiful!

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  2. Your quilts are always so pretty - how fun to come back to blogging at a time when you're starting to quilt one!

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  3. Such a great post! I love how you showed your thought process as well as using the plastic. What kind of a machine do you use?

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  4. Just curious as to what BRAND your machine is? And, I have seen your beautiful work. How long did it take to learn to "drive" your machine? Any lessons? And is the machine easy to maintain?

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  5. Can't wait to see the finished quilt "

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  6. Wow, that looks ambitious! I am in awe of longarm quilters. Can't wait to see the finished product.

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  7. That's some pretty intense looking quilting!! It'll be beautiful: you always do such a lovely job on your quilting. And It would be nice to have the answers to NMSue's questions: maybe someday I'll have room for a longarm. :-)

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