Good Saturday On You!

One row of hand-stitching left on the binding. Yesterday delayed the finish.
I used the MasterPiece thread that Pam suggested to me. I used it to do the free motion stippling and straight line quilting. It is soooooo fine and allows me to sew longer without refilling the bobbin. It has given me a few problems. Runs great in the Bernina 1530, broke a few times in the Pfaff 7570 but finally played nice using it with a horizontal spool holder… and as stated below…causes me grief in the Bernina 185E.
I use my old Pfaff 7570 to sew the first side of the binding on as it has the IDF…that’s like a built in walking foot and keeps all layers moving evenly. Wish my body had its own IDF! I also used it for the straight quilting. I love my Bernina 1530 for the Free Motion work…we just do well together and I feel the love as we waltz together. I have a newer {also bought used} Bernina 185E but haven’t tried it out for quilting yet. It was pretty persnickety with the Masterpiece thread. Kept shredding it. I will figure that problem out later.
For hand-sewing the MasterPiece is like buttah…mostly. The stitches are almost invisible and it doesn’t tangle. I do like to use some GOOD quality beeswax {not the icky kind sold in the notions department} on the thread to keep it straight. I used the thread doubled.

I am not affiliated with MasterPiece or Superior threads. Just the first time to use it. I would love to try the other threads Superior offers and also am curious as to how the Aurifil quilting thread sews/quilts. Sooooooo if any of you aforementioned thread manufacturers are reading this… I am available to test and review =D

The fabrics I used for my son’s birthday quilt are a combination of charm packs and scraps from Botany by Lauren & Jessi Jung, Freebird by MoMo and Frolic by Sandy Gervais… all made by Moda.
I think the pattern style is a Stacked Coins Quilt similar to this.
I will start by showing you my Bigass OOPS! I ended up with one block being more than a 1/4″ short from being inline at the top with the rest of the rows…and didn’t notice it until AFTER I quilted it { How it happened I do not know…I think it may have been subliminal since I did not like that piece }. I covertly sewed some extra fabric over it before I added the binding. Hopefully only I will know it’s there. MuWha Ha Ha… the underground quilter strikes again.

I cut jelly roll strips in half and pieced them to create the binding. The method I use is the same as how Oh, Fransson! explains it here.
I sew the first side of the binding on by machine to the quilt front, then fold it over and hand stitch it down to the backside.


I have sewn around, by machine, and this is the junction where the beginning and end meet

This is the back…my favorite part. Bad photo quality. { not shot by my camera }

More tomorrow on my thread choice, quilting and hopefully the finished product!