I participated in a mystery QAL (quilt along) last spring and pieced together this wall hanging. It then sat for several months until I had a chance to quilt and bind it. I'm pleased with the result!
I started the quilting with a walking foot. My design required pivoting the quilt back and forth and that got tedious pretty quickly. I switched to free motion quilting which sacrificed straight lines and precision but the process was a lot more enjoyable. (Especially having fixed the bobbin tension issues.)
At some point I started to quilt some curves, but disliked the look. I ripped them out and continued quilting straight lines. I really like the designs over the gold and white (the black is quilted, too, but does not stand out). I extended those patterns across the border as well.
I picked a flange binding to finish it off. The quilt was flat and square before binding it and after it was all wavy (although still square). I was so bummed. I don't know what I did wrong - it looked awful on the wall. Ironing it didn't help.
I have only blocked one or two other quilts in the past. I soaked and blocked this one and was rather impressed with the results. Not totally flat, but wow what a difference! It looks far better on the wall than before. It's currently hanging in the dining room until I figure out which wall it belongs for the long haul.
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I've blocked many knitting projects but didn't know that quilts are sometimes blocked as well. It is magic either way, I guess!
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