There are many ways of quilting. One can tie it together every few inches with yarn or thick thread. One can use a basic home sewing machine. (My newest Alma Mater quilt, was quilted at home. Straight-ish lines for me.) Or there are such wonders as longarm quilting machines. These machines are large and expensive (a low price is maybe $8,000) but super cool!
The fabric store in McMinnville has a basement with several of these machines for use. One can take a class with them, then rent their use for an afternoon, or one can test drive them in order to determine what to buy.
My boss, Laurie, and I took the longarm quilting class a couple weekends ago. I got to quilt something that she started a couple months ago and that I had offered to quilt for her. Laurie likes straight lines and geometric-like grids, so I was pretty baffled for quilting ideas because an arrangement of straight lines just wasn't going to enhance the piece (especially not with my beginning skills.)
Luckily, I still had not gotten around to quilting it by the time our class came up, so I packed her quilt and was prepared to finally be done with the project.
Here is how the quilt ended up: a pattern of curlicues and loops in multi-colored thread.
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| Closeup of the quilting |
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