Quilting samples

I've finished the little sample I started yesterday, and I quite pleased with it. I just hope when I do it on the coat it's not to dense and makes the coat like a board!

Log samples

More log samples

More fmq samples

Trying out different ideas for the logs on the bottom of the coat.

More samples!!

A couple of days ago I decided to do a couple more samples as I wasn't quite sure just how I was going to wash the solufleece out. So I did two samples, one with just the solufleece on the back the other as if I had quilted the garment with the fleece in.

I drew round them both just to see if there was any shrinkage during washing. I then washed both in the sink in warm water and hung them out to dry in the sun.

Although the fleece had gone from the un-quilted sample they both felt a little stiff, so I washed them again using a little bit of non-bio liquid and again hung them out to dry.

The un-quilted sample is fine but the one I quilted is still stiff.

So I will need to wash all top before I quilt it, which scares me a little that it will miss shape. I’ll just have to make sure I baste the edges well to stop them from fraying and be very careful handing it out.

Samples

The flame sample looks so much better with the background added.

Samples

I thought I'd better start doing some samples, here's 1 of the flame sections and a spiral flame section.