Shewanders

I was here about a year ago asking for advice on machine quilting my first quilt top - a baby quilt to be gifted to a dear friend. Just wanted to come back and share photos of the finished project!

I ended up using basting spray and machine quilted using a walking foot on my vintage New Home. I was pleasantly surprised to have no issues with bunching or puckering; everything was nice and smooth before it crinkled up in the wash! Mostly I just did SITD but I added a star-type motif in the open tan squares. That was the most challenging on my little machine due to pivoting in different directions.

A couple things I learned: (1) Square up half-square triangle blocks. I didn't do this and ended up with some not-so-perfect points. I did square up on my second quilt and it came together much better - though the squaring up process was pretty tedious. (2) Machine binding is easy and fun! I tend to be someone who gets projects 90% done and then they sit. I was dreading the whole binding process but I was under the gun to get the quilt done before Christmas. Turns out, I really enjoy machine binding (followed techniques in a couple online tutorials) and it went super quick. So nice to actually finish something completely and ship it off to a new home!

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