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Jenna's Quilt - Borders Added |
Well this week she turned 10 -- and for her birthday I decided to add the borders (that she had picked out in the spring) and do the quilting and binding for her.... We will present the gift to her this Sunday.
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I used a real soft poly backing material so no batting required !!
I stitched around the applique first (before quilting)... and then pinned the backing down and went for it....
I just love the flowers in the charm blocks but wasn't real thrilled with my quilting around the applique-- I switched up the design a couple of times --- I guess it came out ok... My sisters tell me that I'm too critical of my own work... {smile}
Once I finished the top, I removed the quilt from the machine and tried out several different designs for the border -- my DH helped me decide (as always - thanks honey). Ended up with same flower in the border (enlarged to fit the space).
Remember the issue I had with thread breaking in the spring (Signature thread at the time)... Well last night, on the last two border flowers, I changed the needle plate from single hole to zig zag hole -- and my breaks went away! Yippee! OH how good it felt to quilt more than a flower without the thread breaking.... Maybe it wasn't the thread at all ??
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It was fun -- I can't wait to see if she likes it !
Thanks for stopping by --
Linking up to Esther's WIP Wednesday !! Check out the beautiful embroidered table topper that she will quilt soon... Just lovely !!
Hugs,
Karen