This is it, my friends. We have pieced and assembled the blocks. Now let’s quilt that baby!
For my Valentine inspired quilt I went with an edge to edge heart design. This was done on a longarm by computer. In a matter of hours I have a quilt done and dusted this way. I completed this using Cassandra’s longarm, but if you don’t have access to one you can always hire someone to do it. I recommend Alloway Quilting. Penny has quilted a few of my quilts for me and she is wonderful to work with. We spent time looking at the quilt and various designs that would fit the quilt, along as deciding thread color together. She’s great at listening and guiding you to get the finished quilt you want.
Sometimes I want a more custom look for my quilt. These quilts are completed on my domestic Juki machine. When I am in a meditative mood I will just put on a free motion foot and meander away. I use the walking foot for straight line stitching, but have also managed some curves with it! I’ve had some issues using a ruler foot, but have recently received some advice from friends that I will be trying out. Hopefully they will work. Oh, and I have hand quilted one quilt, that was fun, but I don’t have the patience. I want things finished!
I cannot wait to see how all of you quilt your quilts. Don’t worry about rushing, you only need the flimsy (quilt top) to be entered into the grand prize drawings (more on that in a bit). I only finished quilting Quilt Concert 2021 right before we started 2022!! And I know I still see newly quilted 2021s popping up on Instagram!
Grand Prize Bundles!!!
Cassandra and I have split the Grand Prize into THREE bundles!!!!
Bundle 1 – Must be a U.S. Resident
Our first grand prize is sponsored by Hobbs Bonded Fiber and Hancock’s of Paducah.
Get your next quilt started using the $50 gift certificate from Hancock’s and a Queen size batting from Hobbs!!!!
Bundle 2 – Must be a U.S. or Canada Resident
You know I love me some Sew Fine Thread Gloss!!!! Sherlock Holmes would have no problem deducing all my sewing spots since each one has a tin of Sew Fine sitting there. There is a pack of three tins in this prize bundle.
Oliso is sponsoring one of their new Pro Plus irons for this Grand Prize bundle!! I need to get my hands on one of those!
Bundle 3 – Resident of Planet Earth
Last, but certainly not least we have our wonderful sponsors, Make Modern Magazine and Aurifil Thread
Dive into a six month subscription to Make Modern for endless inspiration and get sewing with an Aurifil Necessities collection of thread!
How do I win a Grand Prize bundle?
- Follow both hosts on Instagram: Lissa and Cassandra
- Use the primary and weekly hashtags: #quiltconcert2022 and #quiltconcert2022week12
- Tell us in your post what country you live in so we know which bundle you qualify for!!!!!!
- Post a photo of your QUILT TOP using a public Instagram account by 11:59 Eastern on Thursday, September 1st, 2022 (if you don’t want to make your primary account public, you can always create a second, public account to use for this quilt along and other projects like this)
- Winners will be selected by random drawing and will be contacted via Instagram direct message by Saturday, September 3rd, 2022. The winner must claim their prize by responding to the message with their mailing address by 11:59pm on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. If the prize is not claimed at that time, we will select an alternate winner.
Cassandra and I will post all the winners around September 9th, so stay tuned for that.
And we WILL be back with Quilt Concert 2023!!!!!!
Lovingly, Lissa