Quilting The Carolina Christmas – The Spiral Border!

The Quilting is Finished!!!!

I completed the spiral quilting of the border this afternoon.  I made a quick video for your viewing pleasure.  There is some narration, but it’s my first production at that so go easy on me!  Anyhoosy…here’s the vid:

Now all I need to do is the binding!  My FIRST binding, yikes.

Yes…I haven’t bound a quilt this big, just small stuff.  I’ve been looking at videos on you-tube so I think I have an idea how the process works but I remember a few years back seeing a video on machine quilting by Ricky Tims.  Does anyone know what I’m talking about?

I think I’ll stop off at the library and see if it’s available for check out.  I just remember he did something really cool with the binding!

~Cathy

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Quilting The Carolina Christmas – The Holly Border!

Yippee!

Here is a video of me quilting the Holly Border.  I think it might be a little long but you can see my scribble!  I do speak a little so turn the sound up if you want to hear (sorry, no sub-titles…just saying to myself…”holly point, holly point…blah, blah,blah) otherwise just watch…

~Enjoy!

Til the next step!

~Cathy

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Quilting The Carolina Christmas – Running Out of Thread

Yesterday I ran out of thread!

Look…I just had this last little corner bit to do before working on the borders!Fortunately I had wound several bobbins and have a couple left to work through.  I’m hoping I can squeeze it out of them!

In the meantime I did find Aurifil at Linda Z’s in Arlington Heights.  But unfortunately they did not carry the same weight I am using.

I bought what they had, as it is the same tri-color variegated thread but am hoping this difference in weight will not be noticeable.  I’m using the green spool (40 wt) and Linda Z’s carries the orange spool (50 wt).

Does anyone know if there is an estimate chart for thread usage?  Lesson learned here no doubt!  For a King size quilt purchase 3000 meters of thread!

Til next time!

~Cathy

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