Monday, August 1, 2011

Did I mention in my last post how much I love the Bliss line from Moda?
The colors are so bright...I love red and turquoise together.
{These pictures really don't show the true colors since I'm taking them downstairs...I'll
take some on natural light once the quilt is done.}
So here's what the quilt looks like after just a couple of hours of work.
Picture it with red binding...I can't wait!
The top is done...it's time to sandwich it together and quilt it.
But I have a problem!  The only quilting my machine allows me to do it straight lines...like the quilting I've done on all of the rest of my quilts.  This one would look SO good
with stipling...but my machine just won't do it!  I'd run over to her house and steal borrow hers, but it's a bit far and she might not call me friend afterwards.  I could pay someone at the quilt shop to do it for me, but then I have to factor that cost into the price I'll end up charging for it.
Hmmmmmm.....  ideas?!
{And, sadly no, Bob is not open to the idea of my buying my own $10k+ machine.} 

3 comments:

All American Family said...

Your quilt turned out beautiful! Good luck figuring how you're goint to get it quilted! ;)

Rebecca said...

Hi Katie~
I love Bliss, I made a little table runner with a charm pack. I am kind of in the same boat with the machine quitling dilema. Especially on a bigger quilt, that is a lot of work for my little machine (and my little brain) so for the big ones I take them to be professionally done, it really is worth the money to have them so nicely quilted and it adds to their beauty. I just had a couple done and I love them!

Lisa said...

No no, I'd be VERY happy, "friend". Maybe you could help me paint, or entertain the kids while I paint/pack/clean/get ready for convention...... or you could quilt away while I do the above! (Hurry before I have to pack it up!) ;) Say, you coming for Saginaw or Boring? I've been sooo busy on the new place, and staying above water here, that I've been ignoring the computer lots. But I love what you're doing!

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