My husband has also become excited about playing with my new long arm and he expressed an interest in experimenting with doing a custom quilting job. To be honest, I gave him what I thought was my ugliest scrap quilt to play with because I figured I wouldn't be upset if it didn't go well.
I definitely wouldn't have tried something this advanced without his encouragement/badgering. This video was particularly helpful. We spent all weekend on it and I'm really happy about how much we learned.
I pretty much failed on my last Tuesday ToDo list so I'm just gonna start over from here.
1. During the next week, I am going to custom quilt my Meadow Flowers quilt.
3. I'd like to cut out another leader-ender project, especially if I'll be working on more stained glass blocks.
Oh what fun! and you have an encourager!!! thats awesome!
ReplyDeleteYes, I am so lucky. My husband is wonderful.
DeleteYour custom quilting looks amazing, and I honestly think that is a pretty quilt (not ugly - lol!) So your husband quilted on it too?
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing with us at To Do Tuesday!
Well, it's not really ugly, I was mostly just dissatisfied with how I laid out the light and dark purples. I didn't plan anything so it wasn't a surprise that it had some issues by the time I finished. And, yes, my husband quilted quite a bit. He loves tinkering with the software.
DeleteI think your custom quilt is awesome, Sharon!! I love the thread you chose and your motifs look perfect! Great job on your first custom. I'm having a hard time deciding on my quilting for my NY Beauty. It will have to be custom, probably ruler work and free motion, maybe some ProStitcher custom blocks! Have a great week and fun with your new project. I love that quilt also!
ReplyDeleteHonestly, my husband actually chose a couple of the quilting motifs. I found the smaller ones because they blended fairly well. I can see already that I'm going to be spending quite a lot on pantographs. LOL
DeleteYou and your husband did a great quinting job! How fun!!
ReplyDeleteThank you. It's nice to have this support in these projects. He helps push me to learn faster than I might otherwise do on my own.
DeleteCongrats on the new longarm. Looks like the learning has begun, nice work.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I definitely need to spend a bit more time watching HQ videos before I keep going. I learn so much from them.
DeleteHow awesome!! Just jump in and try things, you're sure to learn things to use on the next quilt.
ReplyDeleteSo did you do that fancy quilting, or your DH? Either way, it looks FABULOUS!!!
ReplyDeleteWe mostly worked together and towards the end he wandered off and I finished it.
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