Quilting Details

After a late night I have finished the quilting of the Pink and Green Squares quilt. The quilting went really well and I am very pleased with how it has added more interest and detail to the quilt. This picture was taken with the sun shining on it, and although the colors are not quite right, it does show the quilting design really well.

I first outlined all the seams by stitching just a quarter of an inch inside each seam line. Rather than marking the quilt, this can be easily done by using the edge of your sewing machine foot as a guide, and adjusting the needle position so that the stitches are the required distance from the seam line.

I decided to also cross hatch through all the white squares. This does require some minimal marking. I used a Clover Chaco marker for this and I prefer to use white. Although the white on white is barely visible it does the job. I prefer not to use colored chalk on white fabric as I find it can leave a colored mark on the white fabric as well as the stitching thread.

I used 100% cotton Aurifil Mako thread again in 40/2 weight. I has a really nice sheen to it which fits in well with the overall "prettiness" of this quilt. The stitch length I used was 4 mm.

This is what the back of the quilt looks like:

The birdcage fabric is terribly cute and is called Tweet Tweet by Michael Miller.

This quilt is ready for its binding!