Originally Posted by frudemoo
(Post 6179301)
Nice to see a Bernina quilt! .... It's absolutely gorgeous too. I'm sure it went to a very happy home :)
I've been doing most of my quilting with either the Bernina 930 or 1031. Sharon Mrs. Finch, I have a Pfaff 1222E, love that machine! I'm using it to piece a quilt from the newest issue of "Scrap Quilts" by Fons and Porter, its called "Color Study". Sharon |
Originally Posted by purplefiend
(Post 6181336)
Amelia,
I've been doing most of my quilting with either the Bernina 930 or 1031. Sharon |
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I started this quilt in November of 2012 and finally hand stitched the last of the binding to the backside today. It is about 75 X 100. The braid side went together very quickly and initially was intended to be the front. The back side was pieced using inherited fabrics from mom’s estate. That side was a challenge and I never knew what design I would end up with. Most of mom’s fabric was pre-cut into inaccurate 3” squares and I used EQ7 to design as I sewed.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]424433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]424434[/ATTACH] I used five machines to make this; 3 treadles, 1 vintage, and one modern computerized: 1) A Singer 66 treadle to do all of the piecing [ATTACH=CONFIG]424435[/ATTACH] 2) Singer 115 treadle to do the perforating of the freezer paper for the paper piecing process on those two flannel borders [ATTACH=CONFIG]424437[/ATTACH] 3) Singer 403A vintage electric to baste the bias outside edge of the braid side upon its completion. I didn’t want those edges to stretch as I worked with that pieced top [ATTACH=CONFIG]424438[/ATTACH] 4) Bernina 440QE computerized machine with the BSR to do the quilting (no pics of my 440) 5) Davis NVF treadle to attach the binding [ATTACH=CONFIG]424439[/ATTACH] |
The braid side is very pretty an the R/W/B side looks like a lot of work. How nice you were able to make use of so many of your beauties.
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Very nice quilt..... I love the idea of having the back and front different quilts...... You can flip it over and have a whole different look. Beautiful!!
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nanna-up-north - thanks. Yes, I like a reversible quilt too. I like to piece and this way I get to do two "tops" and spend money on only one batting. It is my frugal side :)
irishRose - yes, that front took a long time. It was quite a challenge using up the 3" squares in limited fabric choices. I know my brother will treasure this quilt. We remember some of these fabrics from our childhood. Here is the design I eventually came up with in EQ7: [ATTACH=CONFIG]424835[/ATTACH] And, here is the final quilt (washed and hung but it is dragging on the floor) [ATTACH=CONFIG]424836[/ATTACH] I could NOT have accomplished this without the design software! |
What an incredible amount of piecing! Your quilt is gorgeous, and filled with love from your Mother as you finished her work.
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Originally Posted by twinkie
(Post 6172284)
I do all of my piecing on my Singer Featherweight 221. I use it every day. I also do FMQ of small objects with my 1951 Featherweight. I use it for everything.
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Judy, all I can say is WOW, WOW,WOW! Beautiful work - both front and back!
Sharon, great job using that Pfaff 60! As you know, I have several Pfaffs now, but only one of them is a treadle - none of the later models are in a treadle! I envy you having the 60 in treadle! Mrs. Finch, the dog quilt is very cute, nice warm colors! I can't believe you found a Pfaff 1222 for $29.99! That is an awesome price for an awesome machine! Nancy |
Nancy, thank you for your nice comment!
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