Quilting a patchwork quilt for babies Festotu

I finally did quilted the patchwork quilt my mother hand-sewn for my baby daughter!!! And I have to say it is beautiful!!

At the beginning I was not completely sure to be able to do so…and it was such a big responsibility..

On my birthday, I got as a gift an accessory for my sewing machine to make free motion quilts. And I thought I was going to need it for my baby quilt. So I’ve been some time practicing with it..making some nice little stuff.. (I will show it on a future post..).

Free motion quilting accessory.

Nevertheless, I keep on not finding the moment to start with the hard work, that is to quilt my baby’s patchwork quilt.

Back from Christmas holidays with my power “renewed”, I decided it was the right moment.

As a model I was having a picture and a stencil for the quilt.

Look the picture of the original quilt:

I am not sure it is posible to appreciate the quilting…

I transfered the stencil into board and I cut it out. I also bought a special pen with ink that disappears after some days.

Notions I used

Once I had the stencil I just needed to transfer it to the patchwork quilt with the special pen.

I finally traced the pen marks on the sewing machine, with a sewing thread of a color similar to the quilt. The point was that at the end I did not used the free-motion quilting accessory!!! I decided it was easier with the normal food! Nevertheless, I feel I learned a lot while practicing with the free-motion quilt accessory…so “je ne regrette pas..”

Whant to see the result?? I hope you like and that you can see the details!