Monday, September 14, 2015

Auntie Green's Garden

Auntie Green's Garden is finished. I have been trying her out on my bed, and in the guest bedroom, but most often I just like to cuddle under it on the couch.

I machine quilted her pretty simply. In the ditch around all of the appliqué, cross hatched the center,

and 3/4 inch radiating lines out from the center.

The above picture has some lines just marked with the Hera marker but not stitched yet.

I love the way she turned out but I must say that cross hatching and 3/4 inch lines are MIND NUMBING. The stops and start around the appliqué are endless. I was stitching one line and did not realize my top thread had broken. It wrapped round and round my inside fly wheel. My DH was a champ and picked threads out of the inside of that sewing machine with a tweezer. Unfortunately the timing got knocked off when I tried to turn the stuck flywheel so the machine still had to go to the Bernina shop.

In the end there were usually chocolates sitting by my sewing machine and I would reward myself with a half a chocolate for every 20 lines I quilted until I had it finished.

Ha Ha, the games we play with ourselves.

Happy Stitching,

Cheri

 

15 comments:

  1. Oh Cheri it is so very lovely!! I bet you like snuggling under the couch with her - that's the best place to enjoy all those gorgeous flowers :0) As for the quilting - mind numbing I believe it but it sure is perfect to show off the applique.

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  2. dear cheri,auntie greens garden quilt is so lovely,very nice work,susi

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  3. Oh it looks so beautiful on the bed. Awesome job on the quilting too.

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  4. Absolutely stunning, you must be so pleased with it. I can tell you that hand quilting cross hatching is pretty mind numbing too.....but both so worth the effort.

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  5. Hello, Cheri!
    Your quilt is magnificent!! Congratulations!
    It motivates me to start this waiting project eventually.
    Best wishes!

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  6. Auntie Green's Garden is spectacular. All of that quilting has definitely made the beautiful applique stand out. Chocolate can be a great motivator. Great job.

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  7. Gorgeous quilt! You can be very proud of this quilt. Both the applique and quilting.

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  8. Simply stunning. I cannot imagine doing all those lines of quilting!

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  9. Such a beautiful quilt. You did a fantastic job on the whole thing. Maybe someday.....

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  10. It looks sooo beautiful - love it on the iron guest bed! Well done with the quilting Cheri - I can so relate to all the 'stop start' and love the chocolate reward system - haha!

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  11. Oh Cheri, You did such a wonderful job with your Auntie Green. I am inspired to keep working on mine. I really like the way you quilted it with all the straight lines. It really makes the appliqué stand out and keeps with the tradition of the quilt.

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  12. Cheri, you are awesome. On the bed or on the couch, it looks wonderful. Love the chocolate stash. It doesn't matter now if the process is mind numbing, the finish was worth it.

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  13. She is so pretty! Your applique looks lovely and the crosshatching just enhances the beauty. What a treasure! Gretchen

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  14. Love it on the bed! Can't wait to sleep under it!

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  15. I am just starting mine now I am scared but you have inspired me so

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