Bjay's zigzag journey

[Bjay]

Busy afternoon .

It turned totally dark at one time. Not what would be expected for the middle of June so had to set up my daylght light

Anyway 4 panels are now complete. The black border is attached and they are squared off ready to start making sandwiches.
Feeling quite excited at this. First time I have quilted a de-constructed quilt.

Wath this space.

@Iminei I love your patterns - 100 colours - so intricate - a  wonderful

[Bjay]

@Flobear  and @realale do you remembr the backing fabric. When I bought it I ended up buying extra.

 Thank goodness i did as there is a pattern to match going across which I didn't realise until I unfolded the fabric.

So it means I have to match both the quilt top and the backing patterns.
Ready to make sandwiches now. Fortunately doing it in panels means they fit onto the dining table - no more back ache or dog and cat  'helping' as I pin

[Flobear]

So glad that worked out,  Beej. Didn't seem like a matching type pattern. 

[realale]

I didn't think there was a pattern to match on it @Bjay. Shows how we can be taken by surprise!!

[Bjay]

@Flobear and @realale  the coulous go across the fabric -in a sort of stripe so - red/orange , blue green
Not to difficult to match though

Have sandwiched 2 panels today

[Bjay]

Made he sandwiches and have begun quilting -

So much easier in the smaller quarters than a whole quilt. Mind you they will have to be sewn together

Only catastrophe was sewing machine needle going tnrough fleshy part of finger and my 'ow' woke Mrbeej up!

[Lowena]

It's the joining I hate

[Bjay]

It's the joining I hate
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Thanks @Lowena. I'm nervous enoough about that stage - haven't done it before well only on the 2021 Quiltathon

I am certainly less stressed about the quilting this way

[Bjay]

The quilting of the panels is done. I am not quilting the border until the panels are all joined together,

Progress today - I have joined 2 panels together BUT I have to unpick as the stitichimg looks terrible (thinks 'Thanks @Lowena)

Once I have mastered the joinng it is certainly easier than bunching a whole quilt through a machine

[Lowena]

Once I've mastered the joining is the key phrase methinks @Bjay 

[Bjay]

IToday I have unpicked and redone the joins of the 2 panels (another 2 to go)

I ended up using traditional tacking and sewing along the tack lines.

All ends have been sewn in. I have matched the quilting on the 2 panels.

Now I have a better idea of what to do perhaps I won;t have to unpick too often!(maybe)

[Bjay]

Well I now have a quilt sewn together - gosh it's bigger than I thought it would be.

I still have to do the final binding on the back. It's where i usually sliip up so am expecting unpicking. I will be surprised if I don't.

The fnal stage will be quilting the border and - of course -  attaching the binding. It won't be finished this week now but hopefully by the end of next week it will be

[Bjay]

Not perfect BUT finished







it is 84ins x 66ins

They also have a box of Liquorice All sorts to go with it 

[Flobear]

Looks marvellous, @Bjay - good enough to eat 

[realale]

Oooh, I like it!! And that backing fabric is just the thing  Well done