Friday, July 31, 2009

Quilting the middle of a king size quilt




The hardest part of quilting any quilt bigger than a throw is the middle and that is especially true of a king sized quilt. The middle is a bitch! However, once you get the very middle out of the way is does get a little easier. And after you've finished the middle part, and your forearms feel like Popeye's, and you lay it out on the bed to take a good look at it and it looks FREAKIN' GREAT, you can then jump up and down with glee cause you have just done something hard and you have done it well! Yipee! and Yehaw! Quilting makes my skirt fly up! Now I'm off to quilt some more. Happy Quilting!

16 comments:

Victoria Findlay Wolfe said...

Amazing!!! God golly lolly, you sure now how to quilt! My birthday is not til march though, I don't know what you'll do with it until then...
beats me!
wink.

Wendy said...

Love it!

BEAUTIFUL!!!

=-)

Browndirtcottage said...

YES....I am MOST impressed!!!

sewtakeahike said...

Shelly, it's just amazing. I'm ready to cry it's so beautiful. You really do amazing work.

Jackie's Stitches said...

It's gorgeous!

What type of sewing machine did you quilt that on?

jacquie said...

amen sister! that middle is aX#@$!

Abby and Stephanie said...

You machine quilt on a regular sewing machine??? I struggle with a lap size quilt. It's gorgeous.

Unknown said...

Absolutely Stunning!! I cannot even imagine making a king size yet still working on the Baby Quilt. I need a Longarm.....

Brioni Greenberg said...

Hahaha. Yep...the middle is a bitch! This is absolutely gorgeous!!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting!

B.x.

Terrie Sandelin said...

Beautiful quilt and quilting! Love the colors -- wow.

Janet said...

I don't know how you do it. My arms and hands are ready to drop off quilting anything as large as a twin. I've just resigned myself to paying someone else when I make a queen or king.

smoothiejuice's hectichousehold said...

this is really looking great!

Victoria said...

You are a hoot! I love your sense of humor and wonderful energy just as much as I love your spectacular quilting! Thanks for making me smile!

Martha Tsihlas said...

Thank you Shelly, it took all my concentration being able to get it ready for the upcoming exhibit at the airport. Thank you for your prayers.

Anonymous said...

I'm ready to die on it, it's so beautiful. You really do amazing work.

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Marit said...

Wow! You are doing some amazing quilting on that gorgeous quilt. You are more than brave, the quilting is fantastic!