Lemon Tree Tami Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 After practicing on two muslin quilts I've finally taken a stab at quilting my first real quilt, a supersized nine patch baby quilt top (Anita Grossman Solomon's tutorial for Quiltmaker magazine). I used the pantograph Double Bubble by Patricia Ritter. Perhaps I made it too big so next time I'll close it up a bit. Also I'm thinking that I still need to loosen the top thread tension just a wee bit. It looked good but when I used a magnifying glass I saw a few bobbin dots. And there's a bit of puckering on the backing. Either I had the side clamps too tight or I didn't have the backing tight enough when I started stitching. All a learning curve. Oops, and I forgot to mention that I rolled it up too much on one pass. My top circles got flattened because there wasn't enough room. Fixed that on the next pass. :-) Quilted on a 2014 Freddie with an IntelliQuilter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cegates Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Wonderful job!!!! Your circles look great-not sure that I could have done as well. Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachside Quilter Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Looks great, Tami! You and Freddie make a great team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamarack Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Your quilt is really sweet and the quilting design suits it so well, good job! Now I have to tease you about something though....please stopping looking at your stitches with a MAGNIFYING GLASS!!! You only need to use those for finding slivers in your fingers or trying to identify minerals in a rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheagatzi Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Oh thank goodness Kathy chimed in about the magnifying glass. I was tempted to say something, but then realized I have my own perfection roadblocks at times. LOL It looks super! Way to go!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaSteller Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Nice job, Tami! It looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marti10245 Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Good job I really like the circles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K. Szymaszek Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 wow, your circles are perfect. I had to think if I read right, that you aren't computerized! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggienoella Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Excellent! You're on your way and doing great! Joan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Nice job on those circles. I did that panto on a Halloween quilt once and as I quilted I kept say, "Double bubble, toils and trouble." LOL Couldn't get it out of my head and when I looked at your picture that was the first thing that popped in my head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Tree Tami Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Thank you every one! LOL, okay I've adjusted the top thread tension a bit but have put away the magnifying glass. As for the quality of the circles, that I can't take credit for since IntelliQuilter is a computerized system that stitched it out for me. Here's a picture of my FMQ practice on the muslin quilt before setting up the IQ. My husband stitched out the mini third row with the dog and initials. For the dog he took a picture of one and set it on the quilt top and used the laser to follow along from the front. I'll need quite a bit of practice but I'm looking forward to learning more about using Freddie in the manual mode too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 I actually have the paper panto and use it on baby quilts, too. There's something about bubbles that is just so cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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