Mother QC’ing the Bunny
I had trouble with the longarm after the quilt was mounted but before I started quilting. I futzed around with it all day and finally gave up and called the factory. Dan had me reprogram the machine and in short order it was working fine! Geez! I learned my lesson: call the factory sooner, not later!
This is a very heavy quilt. Aunt Lucy used heavy-weight stabilizer instead of light- or feather-weight. Therefore, she opted for a thin flannel batting. Even with a light batting the quilt could be used as a weighted therapy blanket. It didn’t have the nice puff of a polyester batting, but it quilted nicely. Aunt Lucy requested that the top be quilted loosely, not closely.
- 66" x 89" Single bed size
- Quilting: Quilted around the designs in the t-shirts and made wavy lines in the borders. Used light gray 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Silver") for the top and dark blue 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Navy Blue") for the bobbins. 6 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
- Backing: Navy blue cotton printed with bright, different color circles supplied by Aunt Lucy
- Batting: 100% flannel supplied by Aunt Lucy
- Binding: To be done by Aunt Lucy.
- Pattern: Uncle Bruce’s t-shirts arranged artistically
- Piecing by Aunt Lucy
- Pinned into frame October 5, 2021. Quilting on long arm quilter October 11-13, 2021. (Patty).
- Binding by Aunt Lucy.
- QC by Mother
Top Before Quilting (Picture from Aunt Lucy)
After Quilting
Burying Thread Ends
Aunt Lucy at the Tucson Quilt Show with her quilt
