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Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.

rubywishes

Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« on: March 22, 2018, 05:39:12 AM »

Well, I'll confess right up front....the 5 little holes I have in the backing didn't get a label or fancy shmancy patches of some sort. I decided that my rather agricultural looking darning stitches will suffice, I may live to rue the day but meh, I'll be innovative then.....today I'm all out of "innovative" and "caring"!!!  The lint shaver worked quite well on the beardies though at certain angles there is the odd white fuzz here and there. I've told Mr.Ruby it is akin to the quilt having it's own etheral, other worldly aura and quite a special attribute for the quilt to have.  :D The texta marks are still vaguely present but have this afternoon become rather a feature activity for the grandchildren......."Find the pink marks before the egg timer runs out and you can have a chocolate!" Lordy, they're going to go home on such a sugar high when their father collects them this evening!! LOL
Juki TL2010Q, Juki DX7,  Singers: 1917 27K treadle (aka Gertie), 1957 99k (aka Vincent), 1951 99k knee lever (aka Shirley), 1950 99k handcrank (aka Alice), 1927 28K (aka Dora), 1947 201K treadle with motor conversion (aka Livvy)
....and the dusting and vacuming can wait!

Iminei

Re: Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2018, 07:17:18 AM »
Well I've looked up close and personal and that Aussie sun seems to have bleached out all pink marks as far as I can see and how clever of you to photograph the quilt outside, it shows your immaculate quilting up beautifully!!
I can never get the quilting to show nicely.... but then we only have pathetic, pale, watery sunshine over here!

What a beautiful and manly quilt .... and, as you said, against every odd going ... Bravo Rubes, Bravo!!!!
The Imperfect Perfectionist sews again

Pearl

Re: Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2018, 07:33:11 AM »
Love the quilting, Ruby. 

Ploshkin

Re: Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2018, 07:39:29 AM »
That is a stunning quilt Ruby and of course no one else will be focussing on the tiny faults.  Well done for persevering.
Life's too short for ironing.

Lowena

Re: Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2018, 10:02:33 AM »
That's gorgeous Rubes, the quilting is stunning  <3
Triumph of hope over experience :D

rubywishes

Re: Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2018, 10:29:49 AM »
Thankyou peoples....it looks better in photo than in real life!
Juki TL2010Q, Juki DX7,  Singers: 1917 27K treadle (aka Gertie), 1957 99k (aka Vincent), 1951 99k knee lever (aka Shirley), 1950 99k handcrank (aka Alice), 1927 28K (aka Dora), 1947 201K treadle with motor conversion (aka Livvy)
....and the dusting and vacuming can wait!

fajita

Re: Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2018, 11:07:18 AM »
I love your quilt and its spiral quilting. Worth all the angst.

Ellabella

Re: Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2018, 12:13:27 PM »
Thankyou peoples....it looks better in photo than in real life!

Don't believe that for a moment, it's fab.

Kenora

Re: Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2018, 20:10:35 PM »
I agree with Ellabella - it's a gorgeous quilt, and I'm sure you're doing it an injustice by saying it looks better in the photo. Fabulous work Ruby. :flower:
Minding my P's & Q's in Portreath

Sewingsue

Re: Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2018, 07:28:41 AM »
The quilt is lovely and I am still struggling with the idea of doing that spiral quilting on a domestic machine.
Bernina Aurora 440QE, Brother BC-2500, Singer 99K (1938), Juki MO-654DE overlocker, Silver Viscount 620D overlocker.

rubywishes

Re: Against all odds, the Texta quilt is finished.
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2018, 08:42:33 AM »
SewingSue.......20+ hours of quilting, 9 bobbin refills and a predisposition to monotony!!!!!! The biggest problem for me is that as you get further out in your spiral, even though you are decreasing the amount you have to fit and turn through your harp it does become more difficult as the dense quilting you have done adds a huge weight to the quilt making rotating it quite a task.
Juki TL2010Q, Juki DX7,  Singers: 1917 27K treadle (aka Gertie), 1957 99k (aka Vincent), 1951 99k knee lever (aka Shirley), 1950 99k handcrank (aka Alice), 1927 28K (aka Dora), 1947 201K treadle with motor conversion (aka Livvy)
....and the dusting and vacuming can wait!