Rebecca's Quilting: 11/09/17

Thursday, November 9, 2017

THE PERILS OF LONG ARM QUILTING!

THE PERILS OF LONG ARM QUILTING - A.K.A. EVERYTHING I DO, I DO IT FOR YOU!

I can't believe that I did it again!

Several months ago, I sewed through my left pointer finger with the needle of my long arm quilting machine. The needle went in and right back out before I jerked my hand away and I ended up with a painful puncture wound. I was almost relieved, because I knew it would probably happen sooner or later, and now that it did, it would never happen again.

Day before yesterday, it happened again! But this time, I jerked my hand away before the needle had time to exit my finger, and I torn the side of my finger open as the needle came out sideways.

Who ever dreamed that being a long arm quilter was a dangerous profession?

And just in case you are wondering, I did not get even a drop of blood on my customer's quilt!

CUSTOMER QUILT - SPIDER WEB

CUSTOMER QUILT - SPIDER WEB

One of my newer customers, Becky, brought me this beautiful quilt to quilt for her. These are my colors, and I enjoyed working on it so much!

Becky purchased Warm and White cotton batting from me at the price of $9.50 per yard. The batting is 90" wide, so Becky had a little left over that she can use for table runners, placemats, or other small projects for her home or for gifts. I sell this batting by the inch, so it keeps leftovers to a minimum and saves my customers money.

I used Signature white cotton thread and my new favorite edge-to-edge digital quilting design, called "Seafoam" that can be purchased from Urban Elementz. This design has been so popular with my customers and really livens up a quilt. The curves and circles add a lot of interest and motion to a quilt and softens up the edges of a block pattern that is rather angular.

Here are a few photos of the quilt in progress.

Here are two short videos of the quilt being digitally quilted with my Tin Lizzie Ansley 26 quilting machine and Quilt Magician software. Maximize the screen to maximize your viewing pleasure!

The size of this quilt is roughly 56" x 76", and the cost for my services was $89.60, which included a set up fee, digital edge-to-edge quilting, thread, and batting. And the quilt was finished and ready to be picked up in only three days!

I am still receiving quilts that can be completed before Christmas, and my prices can't be beat!

If you are a quilter looking for affordable rates for your latest project, give me a call! Don't quilt, but looking for a great gift for a special person in your life? Or maybe you want something special for yourself. I would love to design and create a quilt especially for you! Contact me for details at 815.735.0997.

ABOUT ME

I have been quilting since the early 1990s and have taught many beginner quilting classes in my home and various quilt shops in the area. In 2001, I started my own professional long arm quilting business and quilted more than 120 quilts for my customers over the next two years. One quilt that I did the custom quilting on toured the country with The Alliance for American Quilts and was raffled off, raising $10,000 for that organization. The quilt was featured on the television show Simply Quilts on HGTV and in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. Another of my quilts, which I designed myself, won a ribbon at the Heritage Quilters Guild Quilt Show in Lockport, Illinois, in 2003.