Longarm Quilting a mandala

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5/17/2016

Now that the my play room (basement) is reorganized, the batting rack is up and the new workbench built, it's time to get back to normal programming. That means it's time to load a new quilt.
Do you remember Spirograph? I loved that "toy" and I bought a new one several month ago to play around with for quilting ideas. I want to do some of those techniques on a quilt but I need to practice a bit. This whole cloth dyed mandala seemed a good place to start.
This is going to be a Quilt of Valor so I'm not quilting it heavily but I can get a little practice in.

sAll of the marks that you see are done with Crayola Washable Markers. I use them every week in my dyeing so I know they will wash out.

Mandalas aren't folded perfectly....well, mine aren't. It's impossible to get them perfect because some fold go inside others so things get off. This quilt will, hopefully, teach me how to work around that. After I do a lot of computer work today I plan to be working on this tonight. Chris is going fishing so I'll have my time to myself today.

Karen link

5/17/2016 12:09:21 pm

I have never used the Crayola washable markers - are they fine point and do they have special instructions for washing? it has come out of everything you have used it on? I ask as recently for the first time ever not all of my Mark B Gone markings came out in the Patriotic Table Topper that I made I can see some faint marks in some of the red fabric - very faint and no one sees them but I me it seems - that is the first time in over 20 years that happened.

Vicki link

5/17/2016 03:32:01 pm

They have fat markers and skinny markers. The lines on the quilt above are made with the skinny markers. I've been using them in my dyeing for 9 years and have used them on a couple of quilts. Just washing them, so far, has always gotten all of it out. Sometimes just a soak in water does it.
But it's always good to test them! I have used every color from yellow to black.

Pam

5/19/2016 01:06:04 pm

Do you soak in cold water with no detergent?
What do you use in wash--hot or cold water with or without detergent?

I was told to soak in cold water with no detergent but you are my go-to guru on dyes. I buy the fine line markers when school supplies are on sale.

I appreciate you sharing your expertise with us.

5/19/2016 02:24:55 pm

Pam, I plan to just wash this quilt with laundry soap and warm water in the washing machine. I my dyeing I find that the markers come out with just rinsing in cold water.

Cheryl Kotecki

5/17/2016 05:01:52 pm

I love those radiating designs and your mandala is a perfect place to try them. My problem is I when I design these, sometimes I forget that even if my machine can do a long line, but that doesn't necessarily mean I can fit my template in at some of the angles. Your design looks more realistic - and it's going to come out great!!

5/19/2016 02:23:25 pm

Well, those big star points on the outside are going to be a problem but I can draw the lines in so it will be easy enough to do them in sections.....I hope.

Mary Anne link

5/17/2016 05:26:34 pm

I always wanted a spirograph when I was a kid - I remember playing with one at a friend's house and thinking how cool they were. Too bad I wasn't a 'sane' quilter because then I could really justify buying myself one.

5/19/2016 02:26:51 pm

The thing I always wanted as a kid was an Easy Bake Oven! But Mom told me that if I wanted to bake that there was a perfectly good oven in the kitchen so she had me making cookies at an early age.

5/19/2016 06:25:57 pm

Oh yes, I wanted one of those too - and a train set. I REALLY wanted a train set!!

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