Quilting the DJ seemed like a lengthy process when I started four weeks ago but so far it has been sheer pleasure! Each block is so small that it can be quilted in a spare moment before dinner is ready or when stopping for a mid morning cup of coffee. As long as the light is good I can stitch when watching TV in the evening - if JT doesn't want to watch Scandinavian sub-titled detective dramas of course...
Beautiful quilt! If you quilting by hand, as I am in Brisbane, hope you are staying cool!😀
ReplyDeleteLuckily Perth as been much milder than usual for this time of year and the batting I've used is so soft and light that it hasn't been a problem to hand quilt (better than sitting at a sewing machine all day at least!)
ReplyDeleteHope Brisbane isn't to uncomfortable...
Beautiful quilting!
ReplyDeleteI love how you are quilting the unpieced triangles. Are you finding the sashing awkward because of the seam bulk behind? (I got distracted from top assembly again – still not finished.)
ReplyDeleteA while ago I saw a 'DJ' quilted by Judi Madsen (Green fairy Quilts) where she'd machine quilted all the triangles that way. I knew that was what I wanted to do as soon as I saw it.
ReplyDeleteThe sashing is easy to quilt because I'm quilting right in the centre of each sashing where the 1/4" seam allowance edges meet so no bulk (The seam allowances are pressed towards the sashing to avoid too much bulk in the blocks.)