This month's quilting expert is
Teri Lucas. She provided a very interesting
challenge, stitch your own name in the block then fill the block in using a variety of fillers and threads. Teri suggested satin fabric. However, I didn't have any satin readily available, so I did the practice sandwich on white cotton/linen fabric with cotton batting and a Schmetz 90/14 embroidery needle.
I quilted my daughter's name and did not mark the fabric. Her name ended up being off centre and not straight. So on my
fmq sample quilt I marked my name with a Sewline ceramic pencil.
It was good fun trying different threads with each filler.
The blue pebbling is 100% polyester embroidery thread from
Marathon threads in Winnipeg.
I stuck in the top left corner of the red grid lines and ended up making what looks like a little roof.
The green heart-shaped leaves are 100% cotton quilting thread.
My first attempt at sewing nautilus shells.
I love the neon orange thread, it makes those flowers look happy.
Fellow quilters, did you enjoy this challenge? Would you quilt your name on your quilts?
1 comment:
Your block looks lovely! What a fun way to practice all the filler stitches we've learned this year.
I'm waaay behind on the challenge (like I think the last block I did was June or July?) so I haven't tried this yet. I would love to be able to stitch my name in the corner of a quilt, and the date. Or if it's a baby quilt, stitch the baby's name and birth date.
Of course, I can't write cursive any more so I bet I'll have trouble remembering how to stitch in cursive.
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