Machine Quilting Nice Crisp Points with Sally Terry

Most quilters find stitching-in-the-ditch time consuming...and well, not their favorite thing.



I feel that if the piecer, and that may be you, takes the time to do detailed, intricate piecing it should be highlighted by SID (stitching-in-the-ditch).



So here is a great way to make things go easier for you. Hope this helps :)  Sally

Flipping Patterns Around

No doubt you love that you won't ever have to be perfect. And, you value the idea of how easy and quick design layouts would be.

Have you been mixing and matching your Terry Twist Stencils and Template sizes? 

Look what they can do... :)

If you like these patterns and have a computerized quilting machine these patterns are being digitized and will be available soon. Please check with intelligentquilting.com/sallyterry

To checkout the tools and ideas click here

Look for the new 125+ page Terry Twist Pattern Handbook coming soon.

                                                    

Terry Twist (R) is a Registered Trademark of Sally Terry(R) LLC Brand Products, All Rights Reserved and Actionable.

Teardrops are the latest shape for machine quilting!

Why not flip your Terry Twist Rulers, Templates and Stencils around and make Teardrop machine quilting designs...

What do you think of the new look of Terry Twist ruler designs??? It goes with so many machine quilting patterns using both stencils and rulers / templates :)

To checkout the tools and ideas click here

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Look for the new 60+ page Terry Twist Pattern Booklet coming soon.

Happy Accidents with Patterns and Designs

Sometimes you just don't see it. A simple little machine quilting pattern can be so much more.

If you have the Terry Twist Stencils or Templates let's take another look at what they can do for you. Here the 2" and 4" TT radiate and nest to form this great little block pattern that is a snap to do yet it looks so complicated....it is not.

Redoing my samples for upcoming machine quilting classes gave me some time to play. And Voila...

Take some time to play with your favorite stencils and templates in your studio :)

How Machine Quilting Changed How We Think About Antique Quilt Tops

I have so many Antique Quilt Tops waiting to be done. And I do love to quilt these treasures.

Yet we are so into Modern right now, including me, that these old gems may be waiting a long time before we can get them out of the trunks and get them machine quilted.

I think there will be an even bigger resurgence of old quilt tops than there is now. They will become even more popular for professional machine quilter customers. They need need to be finished.

And, they can now be finished quickly, quilted dirty-remember, using either modern machine quilting designs or the traditional feathers and stitching-in-the-ditch like I am here. If you don't want to SID then quilt up to 1/4" away from the piecing lines.

Even some local quilt guild features a section for them in their guild show. My last guild meeting of Country Star Quilters in Hilliard, Florida had a program of an Antique Quilt Turning. Everyone brought their antique quilts and told their story. It was an unbelievably great program. The stories, the memories were heart warming and quite fascinating, especially how far these quilts have traveled.

Plus we cannot let them sit there forever in the dark. Lets get them out in the sunshine!

Here is my current Antique Quilt Top and a few tips on how to load and keep it squared up, since they are mostly hand pieced. The pieces have had their template shape traced on the fabric with pencil and cut by hand with scissors. Imagine. This one was remarkably square.

1. Used Channel Locks to baste across in a straight line
using the straightest part of the pattern to line up, the melons
and basted around the raw edges.

2. Here is how straight it was when I got to the bottom.
Notice the ruler tape on the leveling roller to help keep
everything straight as I floated this top.

3. Repeated the curve of the melon in the piecing
instead of the usual straight line zig-zag.

4. Here is how the overall design is starting to work out. Ditched on low side as it was pressed to the green.

5. Used the top roller to line up the bottom of the orangethen based across. Also checked the vertical before basing every row.

Now I will be rolling her back to the top and change thread to that oh so popular green and work my way to the bottom again.

If you can keep the machine quilting density equal for both thread color changes it will stay squared up as the first basting and then current stitching really stabilizes the top.

Work your way down and keep going in the same direction, right to left here.

This quilt was a full float, which means the bottom of the quilt was never basted and attached to a straight piece of muslin as was the previous Grandmother's Flower Garden Antique Quilt Top post.

I hope this gives you inspiration and encouragement to quilt these wonderful memories in fabric and design.

Quilt Happy, Sally

If you want some help loading and working with the whole quilt top and patterns check out this book for quick tips and lots of quick free motion designs.

Adorable Binding Helpers

Thought this was the cutest idea ever for us machine quilters.

For your quilt bindings and for your baby's hair.

Just ADORABLE. It's from Moda's Bakeshop...

Been piecing like crazy, about a quilt a day and just sent out my Load It and Go Society newsletter with a must needed homemade pressing spray recipe. Be sure to sign up using the bright pink box on the right for updates if you haven't already, so you don't miss another thing.

ah...those fabulous deep blue indigo batiks, 3x8 finished block

Could not resist this child size apron and oven mitt. Fabric from Hancock's of Paducah.

Wish I could remember where this glowing blue floral came from?

Caryl and Kaffe, so quick and easy.

Just loved the fabric!!! Early rare Kaffe before he labeled his own line.

An adaptation of "Friend's Choice" Pattern from Cynthia Fueling.

I am sure you recognize all that Kaffe Fasset and Friends and some wonderful Caryl Bryer Fallert Gradations quilting fabrics.

These will be featured in Classy Stashy Etsy Store.

Now for SibbyNell and the Circle Lord Long Boards. Happy Day Quilting Everyone.