Quilt Along Wednesday

I finished up the mini quilt for Quilt Along Wednesday. I found micro stippling a little challenging. I took me approximately 4 hours to do the micro-stippling. i only worked in one hour increments. I found it easier to keep my stippling small in the little areas, like the heart. On the outer edges, the stippling got slightly larger. I had to " reigh it in" a few times on the outer edges. I would start out"micro" but then my shapes would start to get larger. Also, doing such precision work caused my hands to start to cramp up a little bit. Did any one else experience this? All-in-all, I am pleased with the results! Even the the stippling size varies a little bit, it is slight enough that it still looks consistent.

This is my warm up piece.

I can see the need for blocking the quilt. there are quite a few waves. But I did manage to not get any puckers, front or back, on my quilt!! :)

front

back

I had a hard time figuring which was the front, and which was the back. All the chalk has rubbed off. When I go to bind it, i will have to look at it extra hard to find the front. I should probably mark it next time. That's a good thing, right??

Here is my mistake on the front. I'm not sure what happened. I think it's where I stopped and started again and had a little  excess thread .

Mistake on the back. Not sure what happened here. These mistakes are staying! I'm not even gonna attempt to rip out those teeny tiny stitches.
Just for the record, I did have other mistakes! Ha! But they were so subtle and un-noticable, that they aren't worth worring about!

Questions for Leah: 


How long did it take YOU to micro-stipple this??? Did your hands get cramped? Do you quilt micro- stippling at a VERY slow speed? I forgot to mention earlier that while quilting this motif, expecially in the shaped areas, my speed was super slow.


Here is what i learned. While a little challenging, Micro-stippling provides a beautiful texture to your quilt. It's not the best motif if you are in a hurry! I think I will  reserve it for art, or wall quilts, but I think it would be cute to add little border to a home-made quilt label! I can't wait for BLOCKING!!