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quilt progress
I've been pretty diligent about quilting at least one block per day. The Girl and the Man both had the flu over the weekend, so I didn't do much sewing then, but they're both almost well and I've made some progress.
I've passed the halfway point - 14 blocks quilted!
For the quilting thread, I am using white Mettler "silk-finish" 100% mercerized cotton. It is not an ideal quilting thread. I really should be using a thread specific to machine quilting, but this is what we have at work and I just don't have time lately to make a lot of special trips to the quilting store. It works better than any other cotton all-purpose I've used, though. Just tends to break a bit more. A lot of that is solved by tension tweaks, but I still manage to break the upper thread about once per block. Almost always when I am a stitching a sideways straight line. I guess I just pull the quilt a bit too much, or not smoothly enough.
I am really loving this quilt. I think this is going to be my first Really Good quilt. You know how you start a hobby, like making dresses, and you just have to make a few really crappy ones to learn on, and then you can make a couple so-so ones that you like and wear, but they're a little wonky, then eventually, you get enough experience and skill to make that Really Good dress. It fits, it looks lovely, it works. This quilt is that.
It's not perfect, of course, but who wants perfect? Perfect is not real, it would leave you nothing to strive for, and it's the enemy of the good, right?
I am itching to finish it though, because Spring arrived in MN quite abruptly and I am having a terrible urge to clean out closets, finish old projects, tie up loose ends, and make everything organized.
I've passed the halfway point - 14 blocks quilted!
For the quilting thread, I am using white Mettler "silk-finish" 100% mercerized cotton. It is not an ideal quilting thread. I really should be using a thread specific to machine quilting, but this is what we have at work and I just don't have time lately to make a lot of special trips to the quilting store. It works better than any other cotton all-purpose I've used, though. Just tends to break a bit more. A lot of that is solved by tension tweaks, but I still manage to break the upper thread about once per block. Almost always when I am a stitching a sideways straight line. I guess I just pull the quilt a bit too much, or not smoothly enough.
I am really loving this quilt. I think this is going to be my first Really Good quilt. You know how you start a hobby, like making dresses, and you just have to make a few really crappy ones to learn on, and then you can make a couple so-so ones that you like and wear, but they're a little wonky, then eventually, you get enough experience and skill to make that Really Good dress. It fits, it looks lovely, it works. This quilt is that.
It's not perfect, of course, but who wants perfect? Perfect is not real, it would leave you nothing to strive for, and it's the enemy of the good, right?
I am itching to finish it though, because Spring arrived in MN quite abruptly and I am having a terrible urge to clean out closets, finish old projects, tie up loose ends, and make everything organized.