I’m afraid of my own quilt.
Veteran quilters, excuse my drama, but this is far and away the largest thing I’ve ever made. I had to move all of the furniture off to the side in my dining room, just so I’d have room to pin it. Note to self: this is the largest quilt I am allowed to make as long as I live in this house.
I had some helpers, once they woke up from nap. Nothing so helpful as two toddlers and a dog when you’re trying to keep things neat and even.
So far, pre-quilting and pre-washing, it measures just about 71″ x 91″. Not bad, only about an inch off from what it theoretically “should” measure… but holy crap is that big! It weighs about 6 pounds, which doesn’t sound like much, but it certainly feels heavy as hell.
It’s all pinned and trimmed and ready to quilt…. if I could just a) decide how I’m going to quilt it and b) get up the courage to start.
So, how would you quilt this thing? The backing is mostly a solid slate gray, and that same gray is present in a number of the prints on the top, so I was leaning towards quilting it in dark gray thread. (Perhaps because I’m concerned about my imperfections showing up too much on the back!) But do I just stipple it? Do some kind of straight quilting with my walking foot? Do something entirely different? Please, send suggestions!
