Sunday, April 5, 2009

It's DONE!

First off...I want to give a BIG "thank you" for all your suggestions and comments to finish my redwork quilt, it was very much appreciated and helped me more than you'll know. The timing couldn't have been better, Lynn pointed me to this blog who had recently posted about quilting through stitchery and how anitque quilts have been done in the simple cross hatch quilting. A few comments mentioned invisible thread (invisible thread and I don't get along) which gave me the idea of using InvisaFil thread by WonderFil. The InvisaFil is very fine, almost like silk thread which is what I needed to have the thread blend with both the white background and the red. I used a light beige InvisaFil on top and a cotton thread in the bobbin. Sorry about the blurry picture, I must have gotten a little too close for the camera to handle, you get the idea. It's so great to have a whole world of quilting bloggers to ask for help, thanks again to all of you!!
I hope your weekend was spent with needle and thread.

28 comments:

Stina Blomgren said...

I didn´t even know there was a thread like that..Thanks for the tip... And your Basket quilt is lovely!! :o)

Mary on Lake Pulaski said...

It's beautiful!

Carrie ~ Cricketwood Prims said...

I didn't know about the thread, thank you for sharing, I have small quilts to do and it may work for them. I love the way it looks on your quilt. Your quilt turned out wonderful.

Lynn said...

It's wonderful!!! The cross-hatching through the redwork looks fantastic. I'm not a fan of using invisible thread - but I think I'm going to try this one.

QuiltNut Creations said...

it looks wonderful! love the cross-hatching

Ruth said...

It looks great! I might do that on my Polka Dot Girls quilt. I'm getting ready to sandwich it and then quilt it.

Anonymous said...

The quilting really made the quilt! Congrats on your finish! What's up your sleeve next? Tee Hee

Janet said...

The quilts looks fabulous and the quilting is perfect, I would never have known how to quilt it either so I'm pleased to have the tip for the future.

Vicki W said...

Absolutely adorable!

Karen from Sew Many Ways... said...

Love the quilting. I always have trouble with picking the thread color for quilting...this worked out great. Thanks for the tip on the thread.
~Karen~

Judy said...

Whats the color number you used of Invisifil? I think it looks fabulous and just disappears which looks great!

Sew Create It - Jane said...

Looks wonderful...You can't beat a red and white combo...it's a winner in my books.

*karendianne. said...

Beautiful little quilt. I really enjoy looking at this one. And your quilting is fantastic! Great work.

Elsie Montgomery said...

Perfect choice! The quilt is delightful!

Darlene said...

Perfect!!! It's stunning, Wendy!

em's scrapbag said...

So sweet thanks for sharing what you learned about quilting on stitery.

Karen said...

Looks wonderful!

nannergirl said...

Wow this is such a beatiful quilt. Can't wait to see what you do next!

Candace said...

Wendy - it's perfect! Great job quilting with that thread and I don't think it takes away from the Redwork at all!
Hint: it you want better close-ups, turn the macro on in your digital camera - it's the little "flower" button...I leave mine on all the time!
Cheers!

Unknown said...

It looks great, and DONE.

Carole said...

That really turned out lovely! Hugs!

Quilts And Pieces said...

Oh it turned out wonderful! I love it!

Karen said...

It turned out beautifully Wendy - what a sweet peace.

Happy Easter - Karen

Belvie said...

Sometimes simple is wonderful and it is on that sweet little quilt. Thanks for mentioning that thread. I'm going to have to check it out.

Judy S. said...

I love the way this turned out, Wendy. There's a UFO redwork quilt in my life, waiting to be quilted. I may just try your approach on the white border. Thanks!

Karen said...

Never heard of the thread and will check it our further. I have some embroidery blocks that I have wondered how to quilt the piece. Your quilt turned out oh so nice!

Brenda said...

Congratulations on finishing this one. It is absolutely stunning! Nice work!

Nancy said...

What a lovely basket quilt. I also love to stitch and have a redwork basket quilt ready to go... I need to check on that thread. I also don't like to quilt through the redwork.
I just found your blog through another (can't remember which one)blog...