I know someone who makes a lot of quilts and she told me how to do the quilting with a darning foot and free handing the stitching, when she does it its perfect, when I do it...... well its okay. I have never done anything like this though, so I think for my first attempt its turning out fine. and like I have said before I am no quilter. I decided to do the quilting stitch in the center part that my great-grandmother did first. I know that treating that part as a separate section isn’t necessarily the proper way to do it. but because the fabric is so old, and grain lines are so all over the place I needed to do it that way. hopefully it will cause the least amount of crinkling.
I finished the center part and at some point I am going to go for the rest. it was kind of fun swirling around the stitching like that. you can see on the green backing better the stitching I did and how its only in the center. do you see all the swirlly gigs! now I just have to swirl around thr rest of quilt not just the center.
after I took these pictures I laid the quilt as flat as I could get it and pinned the rest so its ready to go when I get the time to finish it.
