after stumbling upon this post yesterday, i tried branching out-from stippling.
sometimes i shock myself!
i was so pleased with how this quilting looked on my practice piece that i started on my oh cherry oh quilt.
it's going to take awhile.
i have quilted 5 bobbins worth and have just completed 3 blocks.
but i'm loving it!!!
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today is day 53 of the quilt along. my total blocks made...still at 60. :)
82 comments:
WOW! I watch your blog all the time but I have never left a comment. I am amazed with how daring you are to try your new techniques so quickly. I think that is why you learn new quilting methods so fast! Keep up the good work. I like watching quilting videos I have purchased that have great idas.
Oh Oh OH, Amanda Jean! Remember that wonderful stippling video you did? I do! I think I'm gonna need one on this quilting. Oh yeah...I know I'm going to need a video on this. So? Busy tomorrow? Wanna make a video tomorrow? You KNOW you wanna! Giggle....I'd like to say I'm kidding, but I'm not! Ha!
Regina....who loves this one, btw!
Cute! I'll have to try that sometime. Looks like it takes awhile, though! ;) I can't do that on my current project, so I'll have to wait for something else to try it on. I'm quilting another Confetti quilt, so I'm just outlining squares. :)
I checked out the site and it looks like she had a fun class. The attempt that you made looks awesome. That's a lot of bobbin thread.....and how many squares are there??????
I finished all of my nine patches this week. I'm excited to move onto the next step.
oh that is quite the quilting and I can see how you are using up so much thread! I agree...please do a video while you are quilting this week and let us mere mortals see how it is done. ;)
My mother, the professional long-armer, is always trying to get me away from the stipple but it's so hard. Your new quilting is great....I can't wait to see the finished product!
FAB-U-LOUS! Great job. You will be hooked on this type of quilting.....yes it is time consuming but oh so satisfying!
Amanda Jean, this is beautiful quilting, and I followed your link to dioramarama's site where I saw many other quilting designs. Did I hear a rumor about a video of this quilting??? That would be wonderful!
That really is a cool look! I would like to see a video too...I can't quite make out how you did the shapes, but they look great!
Your quilting looks great. I've tried that design on sample but haven't been game enough to put it on a quilt yet.
I'm up to 45 block.........my sewing machine has been at the repairer for 3 weeks!!!!! Will have to catch up.
Wow... too scary for me! I'm still working on my stippling!
Looks beautiful!
ooh - that is lovely! Perfect for a cherries fabric. Can't wait to see it! have fun!!!
I really love the look of the quilting. It is very in line with the bubbly quilt I've been wanting to make!
The quilting looks great, I knew how to do little pebbles but this looks more useful for me. Thanks for sharing.
I really like it, especially with the cherries.
Love the quilting. I find it so hard to step outside of my quilting comfort zone! Well done!
Rita
Your brave, I'm way too scared to try anything new, it gives me the shakes. :) But I'm determined, I like the circles on circles pattern? If that's what its called, I kind of made that up.
i LOVE LOVE LOVE this!
Longtime lurker, here...but wanted to say that when I took a free-motion quilting class recently, we were shown many ways...one of them PEBBLES. Or rocks/stones...it's fun, but I never really thought about using it on a large quilt...(and kinda forgot about it). I think I might have to rethink that! ha! Great job!
this looks awesome, I would love to see more of it. I need to venture away from stippling too.
Oh I love it! I too need to branch out in my quilting and this is inspiring me!!
Ohhh that looks amazing!!
That looks so good! I am sort of stuck in stippling. Maybe I should give this method a try. Day 53, eh? I think I am caught up.
Oh my gosh! That is darling! I'm still trying to get stippling down, but boy is this sure cute!! Can't wait to see this when it's all the way done! Beautiful!
LOVE your quilting, you did a fabulous job!!!
I LIKE it!! Look at you stepping outside your box! :)
it looks great! whenever i am working on something that is large i start out by making 8 bobbins or so... i'm always amazed at how many i go through!
I love that look! Especially with the cherries. I think all that bobbin changing would drive me nuts, though.
Nice work branching out. Looks good! I keep trying to think of a new pattern too!! You know me though I don't really do the practice thing.:) Good job!
It looks awesome Amandajean as always.
What a fantastic result!
Thank you for introducing us to other free motion options. I have wanted to branch out and love the link you gave. Once again you inspire me!
Rebecca O from Buffalo
OOOOHHHH! That looks tricky and fabulous! Well done.
fun quilting! Love it! And I've started my 9-patches after reading your blog for a while...I have over 70 done! I'll be [hopefully] finished soon, its been so addictive!
amandajean,
you are such an inspiration...
i love your work!!
e.
Love this! You didn't use the long arm did you?? I have most stayed away from free motion quilting, but I just got a new machine, and think I need to branch out! :)
Good on you for branching out, though it does look a little fiddly to do!! Great link too makes me wonder why I stick to the same old!!
Amanda you are a good machine quilter ... have you thought about quilting for others? You'd do very well I'm sure.
I've watched you over the last few months expand your designs - I think you have much more to offer yet ! If you look on the longarm lists you will find lots of inspiration for quilting ideas that you can do on a domestic machine too! Look under Freehand quilting - Patsy Thompson site would also be a good place to look for domestic machine quilting too - she is excellent!
Oh wow...it looks fabulous!
This looks amazing!! I absolutely love your blog!!! I have to check it a few times a day to see what you are up to. Thank you for posting pics of your quilts! You are such an inspiration. Happy Quilting, Jeannette M
Wow!
I love the look great work Amanda! 5 bobbins in 3 blocks ~ that quilt will never come apart! What size are your blocks? P.S. don't get dizzy...
Loving the little loopy circles! Can't wait to see the finished quilt!
Ack! I must get going! And I've mis-laid my first 14 blocks. Where could they be??? Your pebble quilting is wunderbar -- I'd love to try that out. Is it hard to re-train yourself after so much stippling?
The quilting has a beautiful whimsical look to it :) very nice!
O's on the oh cherry oh quilt!
perfect!
Fabulous! Well done on trying something new and daring! It looks great.
Wow, that's so cool!!
Oh Amandajean, this is so lovely and you are doing a fantastic job! Way to go. I can't wait to see the final result.
I would shock myself if I did that, too! It's beautiful!
What a cool pattern. Looks great with the cherries.
Wow Amanda! That quilting looks fabulous and really makes the cherry fabric pop.
You always share fabulous ideas with us and then pop out a beautiful quilt to share as well. I haven't mastered the stipple yet, but this one looks fun. Is it it easy?
Wow, that is wonderful!
Love it!
Maybe we should all just start investing in thread companies? :)
Fun! I need to try some new stuff too . . .but stippling is easy AND fast :) Love what you've got done already!
Oh, I'm loving it, too! The pattern of your quilting line is such a great reflection of the cherries in the patchwork - brilliant! I can't wait to see this one when it's done, and I can't wait to see what you do with future quilting projects now that you've moved out of (yet another) comfort zone. Go, you!
Yup, that quilting design is gonna suck up the thread. The finished product will look great on the quilt though.
As for the quilt along, I have more than 70 9 patches done. Now I am trying to do sashing on 10 per day. I should take a break from that to blog about it and post some pics over on the flickr group.
amandajean...thanks for sharing. That is a beautiful look!
This is indeed funny stippling! Nice job.
This is amazing! A little ambitious for me right now, but I am going to stock it away for a rainy, quilt filled day. Great job...and good luck finishing it :-).
I have attempted quilting circles several times but unsuccessfully. Your posting has inspired me to try once again.
You remind me of the Energizer Bunny you just keep on going and going.
Ooh, thanks for the link, these are great designs :)
Congratulations, the quilting looks great! I have checked out your links, very inspiring, Thank you!
Very cute! Maybe you should look into purchasing pre-wound bobbins. They last longer.
that is some amazing quilting! It's nice to break out of a rut sometimes, isn't it?
oh great I am officially behind:(
Re: Quilting. Good for you it looks great. Wide your bobbins nice and tight, so they feel hard when you squeeze them and you'll get a lot more thread on.
I think loop de loops is so much easier than stippling/meander.
Yours looks great.
Lovely quilting - I want to try those double loops some day :-)
Wow! I really like that!!!!
Great job!
OMG! your work is fabulous!
You never cease to amaze me! This is wonderful and is just perfect for the cherries!
wonderful, thanks for sharing your work. i like the free quilting whith sewing machine. Thanks.
Good for you for branching out! I'm impressed.
Wow, I like it! I've done pebbles before, but never went around them again, which would be a lot like what you did, I think. I'll have to try your method!
i love the pebble quilting...but you should have asked first... i would have told you it takes FOREVER!!! i have one quilt that i did that way. love it, but only one. :)
I am a little behind - well, maybe more than a little! I have 25 sewn, but 30 more cut out. I am hoping for some sewing time this week! Gonna go check out that pebble quilting...
Wow - you did that without a free arm? You must post a youtube and show us!!!!
That is really beautiful!
thanks for sharing
i love the look of that. i'm always looking for new kinds of quilting...but this might be a bit out of my league...well, maybe with LOTS of practice.
That looks amazing!
See Dijanne Cerval's book "72 MORE ways not to stipple or meander".
It sounds like you're ready!
http://origidij.blogspot.com/
The quilting on this is amazing. I love it. Looks like some other fun quilting designs through the link too.
ok, i am officially inspired ... i have a mini quilt needing to be quilted, and i've been coming back again and again to your post. i think i am ready to give "pebbles" a try ... ... ...
real quick -- do you have any tricks for stopping and starting your quilting in the middle of a quilt; i.e. when you have to change bobbins? i always like to begin and end off of the quilt, because i can't seem to avoid big birds' nests on the back of my quilt.
I think that combining this along with your stippling will give you a whole different look. Thanks for the inspiration!
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