If you have been reading this blog for sometime or following me elsewhere you may recall the tree runners that I quilted a couple of years ago…
Well this summer I had the opportunity to add my quilting to another of this customers work. This time for a more summery runner that will be displayed on her table in a cottage that is being built in Quebec.
Some quilting jobs I find the need to marinate ideas for a while and this was one was one of them. My ideas usually wake me in the middle of the night and then I know! This job was no exception.
I knew that my customer wanted my freehand quilting in the background. It is a fun way to quilt once you get past the beginning which can feel a little intimidating!
When discussing this type of quilting with others, I always say that it’s the whole picture that others see not just the early beginnings and small areas of your quilting, if that makes sense.
Playing with design ideas and doodling on a white board with a plan really helps. Sometimes I will even write a list of de-sign elements that I want to include in my quilting. Other than that I let myself play.
I do however start with a little practice piece on the side.
Before beginning this runner I added faux trapunto under the flowers…I loaded batting as a backing onto the longarm and then outlined the flowers with stitching…this is where water soluble thread could be used however not wanting to wet a customer project I used regular thread.
All of the batting was trimmed away from the flowers.
This along with minimal quilting on the flowers allowed them to pop a bit especially with the background fill around them.
I will share pictures when they arrive of this runner bound and photographed in its home. For now I share this video of where my work I left off.…
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