bizzy kid

Here's my latest quilt finish!

The pattern is Bizzy Kid by Cluck Cluck Sew.

Fabric is mostly Anna Griffin Fifi and Fido.  There are some Laura Gunn Painter's Canvas, Joel Dewberry Woodgrain, and a few solids in there too.

It's a bit of a color departure for me, I'm not usually one to pick pastels, but I fell hard for the houndstooth and wavy zig zags!  I picked this up at Bindings Borders and Squares in St. Charles if you should decide you need some too!

The Bizzy Kid pattern was easy to follow and I just love the way it looks.  I'll for sure be making this one again soon.

My quilting was inspired by the wavy zig zags and ended up looking sort of like long lines of vertical flames.  I purposely oriented all the quilting vertically and I'm happy with the look.

I still need some practice to get my stitch lengths more even and I definitely need to have my machine looked at.  The stitches just don't seem to be really digging in to the fabric as much as I'd like no matter how I adjust the tension.

Oh! I have to tell you about the basting on this quilt!

My friend Kalynda, who is a long arm quilter, basted this quilt for me using water soluble thread. 

She ran a simple large scale meander of the entire quilt and I gotta tell you that it made the quilting process much more enjoyable.  Once I got used to looking past her stitches while making my own (it took a little while), I was thrilled not to have to stop and take out a pin or smooth things out so I didn't get a pucker.  Awesome!

I also loved that I didn't have to kill my back on the floor basting!

I'll defiantly do this again, probably on larger quilts and/or those that I think are special enough to deserve the small cost associated with professional basting. 

If you are local and want to contact Kalynda, her info is here!