My project for the past week has been to machine quilt this top that I'd pieced together back in 2022. The pattern is Anna's Lille Veggteppe, by the Norwegian designer AnnAKa, and wa spurchased as a kit from Lappedilla in Norway, way back in 2011. It was already layered with wadding and backing fabric, and I picked out a few Aurifil 40wt threads for the machine quilting - shades 2610, 2312 and 6010...
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...using Aurifil thread shade 2312 for the top thread, and shade 2610 in the bobbin to match the backing fabric (along with a Schmetz Mirotex size 70 needle) I started off with a simple cross-hatch design. I didn't want to stitch over the hand embroidery, so there were lots of stops and starts. Once the cross-hatch was completed, I decided it really need a bit more quilting. so machined an outline around the birds, branches and leaves...
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...I used the same style of quilting for the panel with the hand embroidered birdhouse. The patchwork blocks were quilted very simply, diagonally across each block...
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...the fabric for the binding was included in the kit. I cut strips of fabric 2.25" wide, and joined them together using a diagonal seam. The binding was folded in half, and the raw edges lined up with the raw edges of the wallhanging. I've machined the binding in place using a 0.25" seam, then folded the binding over to the back of the quilt. The corners have neat mitred corners...
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...the binding is stitched in place by hand using ladder stitch, using a single thread of the same Aurifil 40wt thread that I used in the bobbin for the machine quilting. I've used a piece of the backing fabric to make a very simple quilt sleeve. This was cut at 9" deep, and an inch shorter than the width of the quilt. The sides were folded in and machine stitched to neaten them, then the long edges were machined together, before hand stitching the sleeve in place. Some people machine this in place along with the binding along the top edge, but I prefer to add the sleeve once the binding is finished, as I don't like hand sewing through all of those layers...
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...and here's the finished wallhanging, which measures approx 29" x 45". I still need to design a label for this one, so I'm doodling ideas for it, along with sorting out which fabrics to use. Luckily there are several pretty scraps that were leftover from the patchwork blocks, so I'll be spoilt for choice!
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