Yes! This super sweet duo is my second finish this year, and the first UFO in a busy line up on my 17 in 2017 list. We're talking long-term UFO, as I pieced these back in Feb 2011 - these poor mini quilts never made it to the priority spot until their roll call for UFO attention. But here they are now!
"Tootsie and Rumples" is the final mini quilt from my Sea Breeze series. Now that I have them all finished, I can look for lessons on assembling art frames and stretching the quilts onto them. They're all about 16 X 16 inches, and I'll use 13" frames.
I really, really love how the trapunto worked out on all of these, giving terrific dimension to the creatures.
How I handled that: After fusing the blocks, I stitched down only the parts that would not get trapunto work. Then I layered poly batting under the creatures, and stitched those fused pieces. I didn't use any backing for this, and had zero problem with the batting being against the machine surface with dogs down and a Glider sheet in place. Sometimes I reserved appropriate creature areas for a second (and in the case of the puffer fish, a third) layer. I used permanent threads to match the colors of the pieces - no soluble bobbin work on these, and then super-carefully trimmed the excess away.
Last, I sandwiched the final quilt set-up and used a mixture of colored threads and invisible threads to quilt the outlines of the creatures and the backgrounds.
As with the others, this one had fun bead work:
How I handled that: After fusing the blocks, I stitched down only the parts that would not get trapunto work. Then I layered poly batting under the creatures, and stitched those fused pieces. I didn't use any backing for this, and had zero problem with the batting being against the machine surface with dogs down and a Glider sheet in place. Sometimes I reserved appropriate creature areas for a second (and in the case of the puffer fish, a third) layer. I used permanent threads to match the colors of the pieces - no soluble bobbin work on these, and then super-carefully trimmed the excess away.
Last, I sandwiched the final quilt set-up and used a mixture of colored threads and invisible threads to quilt the outlines of the creatures and the backgrounds.
As with the others, this one had fun bead work:
Aren't Mama and Baby just so adorable?
Nothing like two rapid-fire finishes to really get you back into your groove after a long hiatus from your quilting. :)
Now for the next one, which is a much, MUCH larger job. . .
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I'll be linking up at:
Meridithe's 17 in 2017
Muv's Free Motion Mavericks
Sarah's Whoop, Whoop Linkup
TGIFF, hosted by Fiona this week
WIPs Be Gone!
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I'll be linking up at:
Meridithe's 17 in 2017
Muv's Free Motion Mavericks
Sarah's Whoop, Whoop Linkup
TGIFF, hosted by Fiona this week
WIPs Be Gone!
