10.10.2011

Wedding Quilt for Kara & Matt

I have friends from High School that dated for over 15 years and FINALLY got married!  I wanted to make them something special for their wedding and offered to make them a quilt.  I had them choose their fabric and pattern and then I took creative license with the back.



(this is the back)

Now, those of you who are perceptive will look at the date and say, "Dang Val, it has almost been a year!  You.better get this gift to them before the 1 year deadline."  That is exactly what I was thinking as well.  I started free motion quilting it about 6 months ago and totally messed it all up.  The thread kept breaking and everytime I re-threaded the needle and started over, I never brought the bobbin thread up, so there were all kind of nesting knots on the back of the quilt, which I didn't realize until I was about 1/4 of the way done. I really wish I could figure out how to FMQ!  So, what did I do?  I stuck the quilt in a bag in the corner, (aka: time out) and ignored it for a long long time.



Fortunately, my friend's Mom has a free motion quilting machine in her home and offered to share it with me!!!  Let me just say, it was amazing!  I can not wait to go back and use it again.    Now that I've (or should I say, Sally's machine) quilted this quilt, it should be finished in no time.  Hooray!!!

Oh...and now Kara is pregnant so I need to start on a baby quilt!  Ahhh!

Have a great Monday!

~Val


I'm linking up over at Freshly Pieced.


6 comments:

  1. Aren't those machines wonderful....so glad you have access to one.

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  2. The quilt is beautiful! I'm sure they will appreciate it even more now that it's after the wedding :)

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  3. Best.
    post.
    ever.

    CALL ME next time you go over there, m'kay!!!!

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  4. I have had same problem
    see here: http://bettyvanos.blogspot.com/2011/08/orange-rosa-blue.html

    Then my machine man came and fixed the problem: it was the upper tension which was to high
    AND when I threaded the machine I sometimes have my foot down.
    And that doesn't give the thread any tension at all.

    All went wrong, I had to undo a lot.
    After a cry and a deep sigh: I finished it!

    I'm so glad you found the courage to do the same
    Congratulations!!

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  5. Oh, I so love the initials and the date. Really, really cute and so personal for them! Thanks for linking up to WIP Wednesday. : )

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