My Torturous Trek to Terrific Thread Tension
I recently began to work a large whole cloth quilt. In my eternal search for The Most Difficult Thread Combinations, I have settled upon a doozie. I chose black Aurifil Mako for the top and gray Superior Kimono for the bobbin. This presents a challenge not only in the different thread weights, but also in […]
2012 SAQA Whisper Challenge
Since 2007 the NorCal/Nevada Region of Studio Art Quilt Associates has held a Whisper Challenge, based on the childhood game where you whisper a message in someone’s ear. That person repeats the message in the next person’s ear, and so on. The final message is usually quite different from the original. This meeting where the […]
Work In Process-Playing With Thread and Color
I’ve started a new quilted piece that will be a mere 12 inches square and somehow I have already put in maybe 15 hours? There is definitely a learning curve involved. In this piece I wanted to try several things: two threads running through one needle to achieve color blending, two layers of wool batting to […]
Thread Tension Epiphany
I am starting a new whole cloth quilt and plan to use only 2 threads-one on top and one in the bobbin. That makes each thread choice pretty important. I’m firm on my bobbin choice of Superior Thread’s Kimono silk, but I still need to choose my top thread. I want a thread that behaves well and […]
Pre-Printed Panel Follow Up
I felt the need to follow up on my last post about pre-printed panels (PPP). The Asian panel in my last post had over 30 hrs into it, with beading and complex quilting. Since my point was that PPP are great things to just let go and play on, I figured I’d better follow up with something […]