For most of the weekend my sewing space looked just like this ~ although what you can't see is the fluff and threads floating around on the floor which all goes to creating the largest dust bunnies ever seen! Not much pre-planning goes into the quilting design and it does usually unfold on a "as I go" basis. This is probably not as I would recommended but that's how it rolls here and so far without disappointment.
Straight line quilting cannot be rushed; it's time consuming and can be quite tedious. Although there are times where I commit myself to finishing a certain set of lines/section and will sit and stitched for several hours, there are also times when I allot myself 15 minutes or 30 minutes of stitching and walk away from it for a while, returning when ready to do another short session of quilting.
I am pleased to tell you that the basting pins have all been removed. It took four large bobbins of thread and I estimate about 7 hours of quilt wrangling to finish all that stitching.
So today the gloves are off! (Just a quick word here about gloves ~ and I have written about them previously here ~ they are Ansell's HyFlex Multi-Purpose rubber palmed and finger tipped gloves. They make quilting much easier by providing the best non-slip grip and all the control you need to guide the quilt. They are comfortable, cheap and readily available from your grocery store).
Ready to trim back the batting and start auditioning some binding fabric.
Enjoy creating your dust bunnies!
