While pin basting, I enjoy conversation with the quilt about the possible options for quilting designs. I usually come up with several ideas and run my fingers over the blocks to find possible paths for continuous lines of stitching. For this month's UFO I kept coming back to the same idea - wavy lines.
I have often been inspired by the serpentine wavy quilting that Preeti (So Preeti Quilts) uses and decided to give that a try. My sewing machine only does a straight stitch, so all the waves would have to be made by me.
I always start quilting in the middle of the quilt and stitch to the edge, and that's what I did again only this time I made the stitch line wavy. I love visiting each block as I stitch on by. I'm making great wavy progress and am on target for finishing this UFO in November!
I love your stars - the few times I have machine quilted I did the serpentine or straight and it worked pretty well
ReplyDeleteYay for finishes! Wavy line quilting is so much fun. it will be worth the extra effort for the great texture.
ReplyDeletelooking great! I think you will get it done this month for sure! xx
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is looking amazing. I bet it is a lot of fun to visit each block as you work on each one particularly with all of the pretty fabrics in each block. Happy quilting.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the shout out, Kathy. I have used gentle wavy stitching on many of my quilts. When in doubt...go with the flow :-) I am sure you will finish in time with a gorgeous quilt to show off. Big Hugs.
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