Quilting Heidi Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Trying to get in the grove and get this customer quilt done. It is a Baltimore Album quilt and this is just a border! The detail is just unbelievable. I have a ton of SID to do before I ever get to the background area and those HST's are 1" finished! I'm about 3/4's of the way done with the first border but just doing the SID. I've got background decision made but that is a long way off. I thought I'd share some with you all. It is a privilege to work on a quilt of this caliber but it is a lot of pressure! Oh did I mention the backing is dark so I have to use different color top and bobbin threads? Thankfully she let me use monofilament thread for the SID. I'm using silk thread for the rest. I'm using 2 layers of QD wool so hopefully that will keep my tension in check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 How do you like the silk thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Vicki I'm using Superior Silk and it is awesome! Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniemueller Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 That's beautiful applique. Do you ever find that the SID stitches loosen up after the background stitching is done? That happened to me recently. I didn't expect it, but it made sense once I thought about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 That's beautiful applique. Do you ever find that the SID stitches loosen up after the background stitching is done? That happened to me recently. I didn't expect it, but it made sense once I thought about it. Annie no that hasn't been my experience. I get as close as I can to the applique. There are different philosophies on whether to SID first or do the background first. I find I have to SID first or the applique distorts on me. I use a very small stitch. I had to unstitch the first pass I did for the SID on the inside of the triangles and I knew my tension was about perfect because it was a bear to unpick it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkinpatchquilter Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 That is one gorgeous quilt, I cannot wait to see it finished! I already love what you are doing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 She didn't leave much free background did she? It's absolutely beautiful and I look forward to seeing it finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 This is stunning! I can not wait to see you work your magic. Post pics as you go so I can drool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Can't wait to see it when it's finished!!! The teaser picture you posted looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisae Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Wowsers, Heidi! I thought you were not doing any more customer quilts. That's incredible appliqué....and I'm sure your quilting will be just as incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Love looking at it twice! LOL It still is beautiful and your SID id to die for!!!! It's going to be great eye candy when you finish and we get to see it!!!!! Waiting!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathyh Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Heidi, I am blown away by the amazing appliqué in your customer's Baltimore Album, and I can't IMAGINE SID'ing it, you are also Amazing! Can't wait to see it finished, I love what you have done so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharonarooni Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 This is going to be gorgeous! I think we are all waiting to see what you do with it. It's going to be fab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Oh boy, those colors are eye-catching!!! I agree with the others, your SID is perfection. You know are are going to want tons of photos when you finish, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 That is one beautiful quilt !!!!......really looking forward to seeing the completed photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchanted Quilting Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Eye Candy...can't wait to see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 I love those applique quilts, but don't enjoy doing applique myself. That is going to be a beautiful quilt. Can't wait to see how you quilt it all. Lots of time and work for sure ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apylinski Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Beautiful. Looking forward to pics as you progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K. Szymaszek Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Wow, the more I look at this quilt, the more amazed I become. Are you SIDing the border and then finishing the border before you move on or just SIDing the whole quilt 1st? I looks like some of the applique is quilted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thanks everybody. This is my last customer quilt for a while, if not forever, who knows. Nothing like going out with a bang. The struggle with this quilt is how little quilting space there is. The order I'm quilting in is this. I'm SID'ing the red triangles first, down the straight side and back up the zig zag. then I'm changing to the goldish background thread and SID'ing the light side and doing the little feathers on that side. My goal was to push back the cream color and really let the red pop. Once that part was done I went back to the SID'ing of the first border. I'm doing some stitching in the flowers to add dimension on, they don't need more color, just texture. Hopefully that is the right call. I'll go back in later with different thread colors to add features to the vases as needed, those are really about the biggest part of the border and there are a few areas I can add some detail to. On the vase pictured you can see the top piece has circles on it so I just quilted it off in sections forming the square frames. I thought that added just dimension but didn't add more business. I'm kind of doing that as I go. I've now decided I have to go back into the tulips and add some stitching too to give them a bit of shape. More stops and starts, yippee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttonflower Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 You do such beautiful work Heidi! May I ask some questions as a novice longarm quilter? When you are doing SID, how do you handle the stops & starts? Knot & bury? Back stitching? Use of Fray Check ? Differences according to threads? I'd love to hear the experience of other forum members as well. Thanks. Buttonflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 You do such beautiful work Heidi! May I ask some questions as a novice longarm quilter? When you are doing SID, how do you handle the stops & starts? Knot & bury? Back stitching? Use of Fray Check ? Differences according to threads? I'd love to hear the experience of other forum members as well. Thanks. Buttonflower I always knot an bury, always. I don't find it anymore time consuming then doing the tiny stitches, etc. I try to travel as much as I can. For this border I can do the main sections without any stops and starts, just keep looping my way in and around down one side of the vine up the other, etc but I chose to do it in 3 sections because it is so big and intricate. I will go back in and add detail with stops and starts when I can't get into the middle without stitching, for instance in the flowers with centers. I'll try to get a close-up of some of the center flowers so you can see what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmkeindl1 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 More photos please!!!!! I'm drooling over the applique and especially your quilting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineseams Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Going out with a bang? Oh no, say it isn't so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Bonnie not to worry I won't stop quilting and I'm not getting rid of my machine, unless of course I win the lottery and then I'm buying a brand new one with quilt glide and bliss! I'm just not going to quilt for customers. My day job is stressful and busy and I have never not had a waiting list in the last 4 years. I just need time for some of my stuff and my sanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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