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Spirit Song Update: The Borders and Blue Triangles Have All Been Quilted from Cheeky Cognoscenti

I am finished with the borders of my Spirit Song quilt!!! I am finished with the blue thread! I am so EXCITED!! I rolled the quilt back up to the top last night -- for the last time. Today I'll do some experiments off to the side of my quilt to decide whether I'm rethreading with So Fine or with the lighter weight Bottom Line thread in the needle as well as in the bobbin, and then I get to start quilting background fills in all of those white/neutral HSTs.

With the skinny inner blue border, where I ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 9 months ago. under lisa calle , long arm quilting , quilter's groove rulers , quilting with rulers , spirit song quilt

Good Times "Under the Stars" Quilt Kit Ordered, as Spirit Song Quilting Progresses to the Borders from Cheeky Cognoscenti

I know, I know -- I was trying so hard to be good and not shop for new projects until finishing my Spirit Song quilt, but Green Fairy put the Under the Stars kit (using fabrics from the Good Times collection from American Jane) on their clearance sale for half price. I have always admired star quilts similar to this one and I am so looking forward to making this quilt!

Under the Stars is designed to finish at 88" x 95" and the pattern description says it's "easier than it looks" due to strip piecing construction. I was not ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 10 months ago. under quilter's groove rulers

Happy Birthday to Me! 47 Is Gonna Be My Year of Fearless Free-Motion and Ruler Work Quilting from Cheeky Cognoscenti

I am finally having fun with free motion quilting on my long arm machine! Yay! The chalk pounce stenciling is imperfect, as it smudges and disappears while I'm quilting, but all I really need is a vague guide anyway for spacing and the angle of the curls. If I mark just one motif with chalk at a time and then quilt it right away, it serves its purpose -- and I have zero fear that the chalk won't come out of my quilt, since it's all bouncing right off the quilt without settling into the fibers in the ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 11 months ago. under apqs millennium , batting , diy stencils , free motion quilting , handiquilter , long arm quilting , marking , quilter's groove rulers , quilting with rulers , spirit song quilt

Spirit Song Ruler Work and Free Motion Fills from Cheeky Cognoscenti

And the beat goes on... Here's what I accomplished in my studio after dinner last night:

Quilting Progress as of Last Night

I'm feeling a little better about it than I was a few days ago. As you can see in the photo above, I decided to fill in every other rectangle in that "piano keys" design with bacd-and-forth scribbles. That makes my diagonally oriented quilting design stand out more, like I wanted, and I'm also finding that I like the way the 50 weight So Fine thread looks better when the quilting stitches are denser rather ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 11 months ago. under apqs millennium , free motion quilting , long arm quilting , quilt glide , quilter's groove rulers , quilting with rulers , spirit song quilt

Spirit Song Quilting Commences: Monofilament Invisible Stitching in the Ditch from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Good morning and happy Tuesday! My quilting goal for the past week was to complete all of the SID (Stitch in the Ditch) quilting along the seam lines of my Spirit Song quilt. I'm about halfway there as of when I switched off the machine last night.

Invisible Monofilament SID Halfway Completed

For the SID work, I'm mostly using my 2 1/2" x 6" Quilter's Groove ProMini ruler, with Nexcare clear first aid tape on the backside of the ruler to reduce the slip-and-slide action without sacrificing visibility. I also have the larger 10" version.

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added by Rebecca Grace 4 years ago. under lisa calle , long arm quilting , monofilament , quilter's groove rulers , quilting , quilting with rulers , samwise , spirit song quilt , stitch in the ditch , superior threads , tension trouble

Rulers for Rookies 2: The Next Step!!!!! 15% off this weekend from Lisa H Calle's Blog

So I realize that it’s been a while! I apologize. I have started to accept customer quilts again, it’s difficult to try and get it all done but I’m trying!

I have had this new Rulers for Rookies 2 Kit in the works for quite a while now. I can say as of today…. it is done! I had so much fun designing this panel! It comes with 5 different rulers. ProCircle 7, ProEcho 12, ProPebble 3/4 – 1.75, Pro and my favorite…. the ProLine 8!

There is also a class to go along with this ...

added by lisahcalle 4 years, 2 months ago. under classes , domestic machine quilting , education , l , lisa h calle , long arm machines , longarm machine quilting , longarm quilting , machine quilting , quilter's groove rulers , quilting , rulers , teaching , templates (Comments)

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