Day: October 30, 2024

…is off the longarm.

It took me a while to quilt it as I had planned to use a daunting pantograph for the first time: “Nemesh’s Feather Grande” by Bethanne Nemesh.

I was intimidated. For sure.

But once I got organized with this panto, I found it was fun to use–all those cute swirls. And it lays down what would be a double/wider run, which means a more intense run, but double the amount it does on the quilt–so less runs to do.

It proved to be PERFECT. The texture is just awesome. Here is “Arrowheads” just finished.

Here’s a close-up of the texture:

And here is “Arrowheads” all trimmed and bound and ready for me to sew down the binding. I lay out a quilt on the floor to lay out the binding so I don’t play “binding roulette” with where a seam falls near a corner.

I’m liking this striped binding a lot:

“Arrowheads” is the first quilt in a series–using Latifah Saafir’s Hurty ruler–with which I am currently obsessed.

The second quilt, “Diamonds,” will come off the design wall later today–and I’ll likely use this same pantograph to quilt it. And I have enough of this striped binding to use it again. And I have a backing.

I have two more ideas to play with regarding at least a third quilt.

Meanwhile, I’m loving pulling so many cool fabrics out of my stash to make these blocks. This project is allowing me to play to my heart’s content.