Quilted on the Longarm...

A few weeks ago, two friends and I took the class to

begin learning to longarm quilt at a shop in our area.

You can take this introductory class and then rent their

longarms by the hour.

Last week I quilted my first quilt on the longarm.

The instructor said to not bring an heirloom or a treasure.

And she said "dogs need quilts, too."

I have been saving the perfect quilt for this adventure.

This one was made a couple of years ago

and is probably the ugliest quilt I've made.

It could not get any uglier,

so using it for my first longarm adventure was a no-brainer.

So the fun began....

They start us out on the hand-guided longarm,

so I was trying to make swirly flowers.

Some turned out really well and others... not so much.

I learned that I'm going to have to think about where I am

and where I need to travel next as I am quilting.

A few times I got stuck in a corner and had to travel over already quilted

areas to get out of it.

 

The good news was that the thread I chose blended in so well with the 

fabric, my mistakes don't show up very much.

The bad news was, I had a difficult time seeing where I had been.

It didn't matter too much, though, since you can't really see the quilting.

:)

The thread even blended well on the back. 

This quilt was a major blunder as far as fabric selections go.

I should not have used the gold as a background fabric,

but my friends dog will get a quilt from my mistake.

 

I had a BLAST using the longarm and have my second session

scheduled already.

Happy Quilting!