I haven't done any hand quilting since I got the longarm in 2017. The last thing I hand quilted was my mother's lone star which I finished for her. When I saw this darling hexie flower fabric by Corey Yoder I knew I found my next hand quilting project. I like to call it my WISP or Work In Slow Progress.
I bought 2 1/8 yards of the 60 inch wide hexie fabric and 4 1/4 yards of the yellow print for the backing and binding. This would give me a quilt that is about 60 inches by 72 inches. I got a little more than 72 inches of the hexie fabric to give me some wiggle room when squaring up the quilt.
I basted it on the long arm with an extremely large meander and two stitches per inch.
It did not take long at all.
I quilted my first flower that day.
And then I kept going.
I was once taught that you should start quilting in the middle and work your way out to the edges of the quilt. However, I believe that if your quilt is well basted that you can start anywhere. So, I quilted all of the edge flowers first.
I learned that your quilt doesn't have to be on the frames for a small child to play under it.
I also learned that I am getting older. I now need some reading glasses to see to thread the needles!
Once I got the edge flowers all quilted I trimmed the quilt and added the binding.
I love how it is looking!
I also love that when I am finished with the hand quilting I won't have to finish the edges.
XX,
Jasmine
Very smart to get the edges finished and bound! I always struggle with longer term projects like this and the inevitable fuzz the batting gets everywhere.
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