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This spring I tackled a big challenge – quilting a king sized quilt on my 12-foot longarm frame. This might not sound like a challenge, particularly in comparison to quilting a king on a home sewing machine, but I think a king quilt is always a big deal, no matter what kind of machine you’re quilting on.

Josh and I wanted a new king sized quilt and for this quilt to be simple, but very creative. I had a purple tapestry saved from college and decided that was the perfect centerpiece for this quilt. Using a variety of techniques, I turned the edges and mounted the tapestry onto a backing fabric, then pieced on two borders.

My favorite part of this quilting adventure was finishing a king sized quilt in two months. Honestly, it was so nice finishing this quilt in a few months and I loved being able to quilt across the entire width of the quilt in one pass on my 12 foot quilting frame.

I learned a lot about quilting bigger quilts and it was yet another reminder that every minute of quilting time is an opportunity to learn something new. This king sized quilt challenged me to use quilting rulers and computerized quilting in new ways, and to create new digitized quilting designs as well.

In this photo you can see one of the unique Infinity Tree designs I quilted in the border. The tree itself was placed and stitched with Quilter's Creative Touch, then I free hand quilted the leaves and roots. The simple curves connecting the trees totgether and the background around the leaves were quilted with rulers.

There was a time when I would have considered some of these techniques cheating. Today I'm so grateful to have these creative options because they saved time, made my quilt much more creative, and helped me finish this king sized quilt in a few months.

New Little Rebel Home Sewing Machine

Last week we opened the preorder for our new Little Rebel home sewing machine. Grace Company has released a few teasers and I decided to take a look at their video and see what I could learn about this machine from this trailer:

Click Here to find the Little Rebel Preorder, available in bundles with awesome quilting gear, our new Cutie Breeze Frame, and QCT 6 - a new version of Quilter's Creative Touch coming out this fall.

I'm really excited about this new machine and can't wait to get mine. Machines will begin shipping in October, so if you'd like to be one of the first to get your Little Rebel, I would preorder now to get the best deal and ensure a machine is reserved for you.

Let's go quilt,

Leah Day