My favourite summer pastime is reading. In this post, we are celebrating all kinds of books - the free motion quilted (FMQ) and the paper pieced kind 😊
FMQ books of the Version 2.0 kind
I wanted to FMQ something on my son's quilt but it had to be simple and relatively mindless. As I looked at the PowerPoint map of the Version 2.0 quilt, I realised that I could quilt a whole bunch of books onto one of the maroon stripes. Yeah!
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| FMQ books following the patterns copied onto Golden Thread quilting paper |
I started by tracing 5 or 6 images of books from the internet. From the first tracing, I made a second copy and then pinned them onto the stripe.
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| All of the traced images are pinned on the stripe |
Eventually I had to remove some of the traced images since they were getting in the way of the FMQ. It was easy to pin them back when I was ready to quilt them.
I wish I could say that it was easy and mindless to quilt but that would not be true! Since the quilt is queen size, it's awkward to quilt to begin with. I figured out that I had to start at a top corner of an image so that I could work my way forward and actually see the tracing. I also quilted all of the books sideways since it was the easiest way to place the quilt within the machine.
Here are a couple more pictures!
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| All kinds of different books - some even have a feather pen! |
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| Many books as well as the night sky |
Update on the Summer Book Club
I'm quite behind on the making of my Tall Tales blocks but I did manage to make ten so far.
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| Here are my ten lovely book blocks |
- I'm glad that I ended up doing some FMQ on my son's Version 2.0. It's so lovely to see the different areas slowly being filled! It's very encouraging.
- Next time, I think that I'll use a thin marker to trace the images so that they'll be easier to see.
- There is a blue stripe next to the maroon one that I may tackle next. I'm going to FMQ some herbs since it's something that Stéphane is growing. I hope that he has better luck than me! I hope to practice drawing these and then quilt them without tracing paper.
- I'm not going to predict how my Summer Book Club will go but I think that if I make the blocks in an assembly-line fashion, that I'll have better luck with them. I did make a huge effort to concentrate on the last block and it did go well, but I still used the seam ripper a little bit.
Related links
- First Nation Space on Free Motion Mavericks, June 16, 2022
- Coneflowers and books on Free Motion Mavericks, June 30, 2022
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties. Let's see what's going on out there...and remember to link up your project below - it doesn't have to be FMQ related! Midweek Makers, Design Wall Monday, Off The Wall Friday, Finished or Not Finished Friday, Peacock Party, Patchwork & Quilts, Monday Making, Design Wall Monday,
Free Motion Mavericks
Gail, of Quilting Gail, finished her Pop Star Quilt using mmm quilts' pattern during the QAL. If you didn't see it, here it is.
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| Gail's beautifully quilted Pop Star quilt |
It's your turn 😊
I hear you on the difficulty of pulling off the golden threads. I often draw on fabrisolvy or Pellon wash and gone. You can then just wash it off. If it's an art quilt that you don't necessarily want to wash, you can cut away the excess and spray with a water bottle and that gets it off. Sometimes the stitch line feels a little stiff because there is some residue there but that does not matter for an art quilt.
ReplyDeleteHi Laura, thanks for that tip. I'm going to try to remember it since I do have fabrisolvy.
DeleteOh I love that idea of quilting books in there - I love to read in summer too!! I think you nailed it!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Alycia, I'm also looking forward to piecing more book blocks too!
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