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Friday, July 26, 2019

July UFO Machine Quilting

Using all the threads!
It was a blast machine quilting this month's UFO. Nothing went wrong at all in the process, and it was pure fun. These are the thread colours I ended up using in the quilt, because you know I love to use as many different coloured threads as possible so I don't get bored! 
Wavy vertical lines of stitches

Most of the quilting was vertical wavy lines... easy peasy. I just went around and between the little coloured squares, quilting as much of the white space as possible.
Straight vertical lines of stitches
The vertical bars were the  last thing to be quilted and I ended up eye balling a straight line right down the centre of each bar, using a thread colour to match each fabric.
Ribbon candy design in the border
I stitched a ribbon design in the border because there was a little bit of fullness to ease in and this is a great quilting design that is a bit more intense that pulls in the fabric. After quilting, the border lays completely flat... phew :)
A striped binding is my favourite, and I found enough of this stripe in my stash to make it the whole way around the quilt. Looks like I'm totally on schedule for finishing my July UFO before the end of the month!  
Love it when that happens!
Linking up at Sew Fresh Quilts

11 comments:

  1. Kathy's A QuilterFriday, July 26, 2019

    fantastic finish!

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  2. KateFriday, July 26, 2019

    Congrats on all the progress. The quilting looks great. That striped binding is the perfect finish.

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  3. LauraFriday, July 26, 2019

    I love the striped binding! Congrats on finishing your goal! :)

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  4. Karen - Quilts...etc.Friday, July 26, 2019

    looks like a great way to quilt this if you are doing it by machine

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  5. JanFriday, July 26, 2019

    You just earned a spot in my personal quilting hall of fame. I love everything about this quilt. Sadly, I love all elements of quilting EXCEPT threading my machine. This process will be admired but never duplicated in Chez Redsock!

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  6. QUILTING IS BLISSFUL, DIFriday, July 26, 2019

    I love all those colors in this quilt--
    it looks like a 'southern' style quilt--
    and I like the way you are quilting it--
    congrads on a near finish--
    luv, di

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  7. MaryFriday, July 26, 2019

    Fun to change the thread colors. Yea for almost a finish.

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  8. JennyFriday, July 26, 2019

    Lovely quilt, nice cool Spring colours, in my eyes anyway.

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  9. Chopin - A Passionate QuilterSaturday, July 27, 2019

    Pretty quilt!

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  10. LouiseSaturday, July 27, 2019

    So fresh and pertty! I'm so glad to hear that the quilting was easy and fun. That's what we always hope for :)

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  11. Lisa in Port HopeMonday, August 05, 2019

    wonderful finish! you sound so happy in this post, I'm sure that happy feeling will imbue the quilt

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