In the process of finishing WIP #2 - the signature quilt - I was forced to try out a technique for adding text to the quilt. I should have transfered the text before I sandwiched it, but I didn't, so I have to come up with a way to transfer it to the partially quilted top. Here's where I became a
brave quilter and took on this challenge because this quilt had to be done by April 29th.
First using Word on my computer, I found a font and the size I needed for the text and printed it.
Next I traced the text onto freezer paper and cut the paper to the size of the space where the text would go.
Then with paper scissors, I cut out the stencil from the freezer paper.
Next I ironed the freezer paper to the quilt top.
Then taking my Frixion pen (it was blue, don't know why it looks black) and traced it through the stencil onto the quilt. I'm terrible in writing so neatly - that's why the stencils. Also, I've sewn over the words on paper before, but then it's so time consuming to remove all that stitched over paper.
Then I took the quilt to my machine and stitched the text with my FMQ foot. And can you believe it! I forgot to take a photo of the finished quilt! Geesh. And she loved it. Here's the birthday girl on her special celebration last Saturday:
I'm working on a baby quilt from the
disappearing broken dish pattern by Jenny Doan, so about a yard is going into that. I've made one Splendid Sampler block so another .06 of a yard used. So the new
YTD total de-stashing is 17.06 yds. Very slow progress there.
What are you up to? Leave me a comment, and I'll come by and see your eye candy. Blessings!