I HAVE BEGUN QUILTING!!!!!
As you can see, I am doing a criss cross diagonal lines in the background of my snowmen and gloves. This will be the only quilting on the inside of the quilt. The outer border will be quilted in straight lines (I think). I have only done a small section of the largest snowman, but that is my goal to accomplish by the next time I get to craft with my mother-in-law :)
You can see that I chose to baste my quilt over safety pins, this was a recommendation from my mother-in-law. The stitch I used to basted is called a herring bone, and there is a tutorial for how to do this HERE. Now the tutorial is long, but she teaches how to sandwich and roll the quilt to avoid slipping or shifting of the back and batting during the basting process. I did not follow the steps she presented, I only learned to baste, found a large table and cutting mat and then layered by quilt. I used one hand to hold the fabric in place and one hand to baste. (on a larger quilt you may need to follow her full instructions). ** Also, I did not knot any of my basting threads, I chose to leave tails at both ends of the thread instead.
There you have it folks, my first attempt at hand quilting. I will keep the updates coming as I progress through the 6 squares and outer border of this little quilt!
As always, please feel free to comment and share any comments or projects you are working with :)
