After a bit of a play, it was time to quilt my first quilt on Elly May.
In anticipation of her arrival I threw together a very simple quilt top using a panel I had bought a couple of years ago, together with a few other bits and bobs I had. The advantage of an oversized stash.
The automated quilting has several levels and I have started off with the basic edge to edge level. The program comes with several preloaded patterns and I chose the one with butterflies. It seems to suit the quilt. I had also ordered a few more cones of threads in various colours, so was waiting for those to arrive.
Loaded, ready to go. I did the quilting two days before Christmas.
I’m really pleased with how it turned out.
And the back.
On Christmas Eve I added the binding by machine. The quilt is actually straight, it is just the way it is hanging on my design curtain.
Do you think I look happy? You bet.
Quilt information:
Pattern - None, just thrown together with a panel I bought at the Balranald Quilt Show in 2023 and stash
Measurements - 51” x 46”
Quilting Design - Edge to Edge - Butterflies E2E
Batting - Cotton/polyester
Backing - Pieced from stash
Thread - Glide - Tabrid Orchid
Binding - Scrappy from the backing, added and finished by machine
7 comments:
Great job. Well done
Love it and well done you. Give me a kick up the rear and get me quilting again...............please! Take care & hugs.
That's a great start.
Well done! Such a fun happy quilt for your first go.
What a lovely colourful, meaningful quilt. Looks like Elly May performed beautifully! xx
Aren't you clever, of course you look happy! I've got no idea how you stitch the binding on with a long arm machine, but you obviously worked out how. You will be turning your tops into quilts in no time at all.
Bravo!
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