FINISHED: 1st Foundation piecing "quilt"
Keerthi Y. McIntosh
Friends,
Well I did it! I really didn't think I would finish it but I DID!!!! :)
I followed the instructions that Anne Louise Gockel had posted summarizing
her research into foundation piecing. I had every intention of picking up
some of the references she had quoted in her post, but never got around to
it. I found her instructions informative enough to get me though my small
project.
I made a backgammon board. I had ordered the pattern from Keepsake Quilting.
and purchased the fabrics from my local quilting store. I used a navy fabric
with small geometric prints in red and teal. Then I used solid red and
teal for the triangles on the board. It took me two attempts to get the
concept straight but once I did, it was fairly quick to complete.
I tried to "fussy" cut the background to maintain the "lines" created by
the geometric shapes, but I found it difficult to keep the fabric perfectly
positioned. Once I gave up on this concept, the board was quickly and easily
assembled.
I used velum graph paper for the foundation and a very small stitch length.
(1.0 on Bernina) The most significant variation from Anne's instructions
was that I colored each area of the foundation (the paper) This insured
that I got all the colors (or different fabrics) in the correct place. I
found it confusing to remember where to put the colors and ended up making
one backwards. I also pressed and pressed and re-pressed. I think Anne
may have mentioned this in her original post.
I machined quilted the top to a plain navy backing and used both in the
ditch and outline stitching. I had momentarily considered some fancy quilting
around the borders but I ran out of time.
I am quite proud of it! The recipient seemed to like it. I was glad to
have a useful learning oppoturnity!
Thanks for all the support this group offers!
Keerthi McIntosh
kymci...@amoco.com
who is amazed she is able to quilt at all and excited (this week) with all the
progress she is making on her quilting projects!
Rayna Gillman
Keerthi -- I remember when you first came into the group with your questions
about quilting. Now you've got a successful project. Hooray! It sounds
like a good one and you have every reason to be delighted with it. On to
the next!
Rayna