Originally Posted by
suebee
absolutely gorgeous..what kind of thread did you use in top and bobbin?
Thank you!! I used Glide thread in the top and bobbin. Not that it's necessary. I'm really not too particular as far as thread goes, I just happen to like Glide because it's inexpensive, comes off the cone and runs in my long arm well, and it's somewhere between a fine and thick thread.
Originally Posted by
Jackie Spencer
Just beautiful, your work is stunning. I love anything victorian. I hope you will post again when these are finished!!
Thank you!!! I certainly will! My goal for today is to finish the remaining two stockings.
Originally Posted by
PaperPrincess
These are just stunning!!! If you could share some info I'd be grateful... Did you actually add additional batting to the tapunto areas, or is that just the effect of dense quilting around the feathers? What batting did you use???
Certainly! I love to share!!
I did not actually go through and add the trapunto. I adore trapunto...but I'm a lazy quilter. I could have done machine trapunto to save time...but I'm even too lazy for that. What I did was layer two lower loft inexpensive polyester battings. To create the trapunto look I quilted very densely and close to the feathers. This is my preferred method because I do like detail work...and I adore the old fashioned look.
You COULD do this by quilting the feathers first with a water soluble thread and then trimming away the batt...but that's a lot of work and honestly if I'm going to go to all the trouble I'd rather do it at the machine than quilting, trimming, quilting again. Bleh. Like I said I'm lazy. LOL
The batting is Quilter's Dream Poly Request...their least expensive lowest loft batting. But I used two layers.