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Gütermann Thread completes your quilt, like – wow!

by Paul Leger

Yesterday, ODIF 606 Spray and Fix No-sew Fusible Adhesive Web made the job easy by easily turning fabric into a no-sew applique.

Part of the quilting fun in any project is finding the perfect thread colors to complete a quilt. For my four-leaf clover quilt, I’ll need the help of Gütermann 26 pc Sew-All 100m – Thread Set in Acrylic Box – Assorted Colours.

An acrylic box containing 26 vibrant colours of Gütermann Sew-All 100m Threads.

Gütermann 26 pc Sew-All 100m – thread Set

To complete the quilt top and quilt it, select threads from the Gütermann 26 pc Sew-All 100m – Thread Set in Acrylic Box – Assorted Colors.

I’ll use the green color for both the satin stitch and stipple quilting the clover and the cream-colored thread for quilting the background.

A spool of green and crem colored Gütermann threads.

Green and Cream colored Gütermann threads

For the applique and quilting stitches, the first step is to baste the quilt sandwich using Odif 505 Temporary Quilt Basting Adhesive Fabric Spray. This stabilizes my work.

When I work on small quilts, I like to incorporate the applique stitch into my quilting. I sewed a very tight satin stitch around the entire clover.

A four-leaf clover applique sewn using a tight applique satin stitch around the clover.

I stitched a very tight applique satin stitch

By incorporating the applique satin stitch as part of the quilting, the stitch will also be visible on the back of the quilt.

The back of the quilt shows the green satin stitch on the cream-colored fabric.

Satin stitch viewed from the back of quilt

Once the satin stitch is completed, quilt the remainder of the quilt. Always start from the center of the quilt. As shown in the following photo, I used a stipple stitch. When I quilt, I, in a manner of speaking, go around the center, working my way closer with each pass.

The stipple stitch applied to the four-leaf clover design is featured in a partially quilted clover quilt.

The stipple stitch complements the four-leaf clover design

The two chosen thread colors matched the quilt exceptionally well.

a green and cream colored 100m spools of Gütermann thread place on top of the clover quilt.

Gütermann Sew-All 100m spools

To finish the four-leaf clover quilt, use the OMNIGRIP Ruler – 2012″ x 2012″ (52 x 52cm) to square up the quilt.

OMNIGRIP Ruler – 20½” x 20½” is used to square up the quilt.

Squaring up the four-leaf clover quilt.

Once squared off, use your favorite binding method to complete the quilt. You can try the binding method in this post: Perfect quilt binding by hand, perfect quilt binding by machine.

The completed green four-leaf clover on a cream-colored background quilt.

Completed four-leaf clover quilt.

The Gütermann 26 pc Sew-All 100m – Thread Set in Acrylic Box has all the basic colors needed for all quilting and sewing projects. This thread collection comes in handy with any exciting quilt project! We’re done with the clover. Follow me on my next quilting project in the spring.

An acrylic box containing 26 vibrant colours of Gütermann Sew-All 100m Threads.

Gütermann 26 pc Sew-All 100m – thread Set

This is part 4 of 5 in this series

Go back to part 3: Odif 606, fusible interfacing in a can | The find of the century

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