I finally finished the hand quilting big stitch on the Carpe Diem quilt of improv Hourglass blocks.
I haven't done any hand quilting in decades, at least on anything this big.
I pinned up a sheet of plastic on the work wall and pinned the quilt up, using lots of pins. My purpose was to get it squared up and straight. Then I sprayed it with water to get the blue marking lines to disappear. It took a lot of spraying, some of the marks were a little stubborn, but they all eventually went away.
However, orange from the Aurifil 50wt thread I used for the basting left orange marks and faint lines here and there on the lightest fabric. Very disappointing.
I patted the quilt, while wet, to get the layers to meld together and it looks a lot better now.
So here it is:
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| Before I sprayed with water, notice the orange dots and faint lines between. |
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| After water, marking lines are gone, but orange dots still visible. |
