Quilting

I finally finished the quilt.  When I got married I was blessed with 3 quilts, one that was stitched and two that were tied.  I had stitched a quilt and it is quite a project but I have always wanted to tie a quilt.  When I worked with a MOPS group we had some ladies come and show us how to tie baby quilts on a round table.  I have wondered if that would work with a full size quilt on my ping pong table…. so I tried it and made a lovely quilt for Latisha and Brent.  I would like to share my results and how I did it.

First I bought 16 feet of material for the front, 16 feet of a complimentary material for the back and batting.  I cut each material into 8 foot strips and sewed the fronts together and the backs together.  Then I taped three sides of back material right side down tightly to the ping pong table.

 Next I taped the batting snuggly down and then the front piece right side up snuggly down.

 Here are a couple pictures of it taped down and the beginning of the tying.

 Notice the one side hangs down.  I used quilting needles with a big enough eye to fit yarn and thread about 5 foot segments of yarn.  I liked using squares so I didn't have to measure my knots.  I just counted five square then put my needle through to the table and brought it up.  Then counted five more squares and down and up.

 Then I clip half way and triple knot each piece.

 After the first section was full, I took off the tape, moved the fabric over to the unknotted side, retaped and continued sewing and knotting.

 Next, I went around and cut the layers to the same size.  Then I folded the top layer over the batting, folded the bottom to match and pinned it around.

 I sewed around with a decorative stitch through all layers.

 Then I was so excited to finish my blanket.

Here is my final project.  I am happy with it and am excited to give it to the soon to be newlyweds.
Hope all is well, have a blessed day.
Alicia