It was easiest to sandwich and quilt them in batches of two, since she wanted them to be all alike. I used specialty quilting stitches on my machine, with cream thread. In total there were five different stitches used; I kept track of the stitch number and setting information on an index card to ensure the placemats were uniform.
Fortunately this was the only part of the job that involved ripping. There may have been colorful euphemisms that accompanied the unsewing. Ahem.
All quilted now--showing three backs and three fronts. I've got them trimmed to size and the binding fabric is being prepped. I'll apply the binding to the back and bring it to the front for a nice machine stitched finish. Hope to have these done by next weekend--before the customer complaints roll in!
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5 comments:
Wonderful, except for the ripping part.
These do look wonderful, and I can see these as ice cream colors too! Well done!!
Great job - I like your idea of using your decorative stitches on this project. I hardly ever use my machine's many stitch choices. Than ks for sharing your project with Design Wall Monday, Judy
These are lovely! They do look like ice cream, eaten down by the ocean. Let's hope no one spills ice cream on them too soon :)
How nice to use the decorative stitching on this project! My machine just does a straight stitch and a scallop but the machine I have in the States does numerous stitches that I can never think of how to use. Now I know a project I might do!
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