Yesterday I began to quilt. I often feel a mixture of excitement and mild anxiety when I begin to quilt these new pieces. I think it is because the fine outline quilting with the black thread is challenging and I am afraid I am going to “ruin” everything. With that said, I put needle and thread to fabric and just dove in. Below is the full image of the piece with the pieced border and the quilting in progress. I quilted heavily around the birds and vines. This gave the birds a fuller look similar to trapunto. I think it worked out very well. These photos show all aspects of the quilting including the outer pieced border. I am using a combination of solid cotton threads and veriagated threads for the border. I created a continuous vine pattern for the two inner borders repeating the drawn images in thread. After all the quilting is completed I will add the beading!
