Options -

 

 

It's always nice to have options - 

 

I have three quilts on the chair - 

 

Ready to be quilted - 

 

#1 - Bee Happy - 

 

It's a 36" x 44" panel -  and has been thread-basted -

I intended to do some Free-Motion quilting on my domestic machine - 

Before I got my new machine and frame - 

It would need to be re-hooped multiple times on this frame - 

And would probably be a better candidate for my new frame - 

So I think I'll "un-baste' it - and put it back in the "panel" drawer - 

To be quilted some other day when I get better at swirls and squiggly lines - 

 

#2 - Antique Squirrel - 

 

Roughly 72" x 90" - stitched-in-the-ditch - around each 6" block - 

Also intended for Free-Motion quilting on my domestic machine - 

Before I got my new machine and frame - 

 

It's really too big to push through the throat of my little machne - 

And it would need to be re-hooped multiple times on this frame - 

 

I think it would probably be a better candidate for my new frame - 

So I'll save this one to quilt after I'm more familiar with "loading" a quilt - 

This will be a "variation" since the layers are stitched together in spots - 

And it might work nicely with the front rail "clamp" system - we'll see - 

 

 

#3 - I Used To Be Placemats - 

 

About 42" x 44"- stitched-in-the-ditch -

In most (but not all) of the seam lines - 

 

I made eight placemats - but only one actually became one -

The other seven are in this quilt because I REALLY like the fabric combinations -

That's why I call it I Used To Be Placemats - LOL -

 

Anyway - 

 

I think this is the best one to quilt on my existing frame - 

Until I get the new one - 

It will need to be re-hooped multiple times - 

But the stitch-in-the-ditch lines have stabilized it - 

And whatever I don't get quilted by then -

Can always be finished on my domestic machine - 

 

Also - 

 

I want/need to get a quilt top ready to "load" on my new frame - 

And thought Simply Woven would be a good choice - 

It's about 60" x 60" - 

 

I need to make a backing - and some binding - 

And then decide what color of thread I want to use -  

And how I want to quilt it -

 

And there are LOTS of options - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -