adventures of a quilting diva

Still making a block a day for my Dear Diary 2010 quilt. (I’ve got 33 blocks now! See a few recent blocks below.) For a couple of days I fell into satin stitched applique. I didn’t mean to … it just happened.

Satin stitching is one of those techniques I just don’t do. Too much stress, too much hassle, too much thread to cut out when things go wrong. I’m more of a blanket stitch kind of gal.

Unfortunately the fabrics I chose for this little blue mushroom didn’t have as much contrast as I’d imagined they should. So it was either make an entirely new block from scratch or attempt to save the day with some satin stitching in bright blue rayon.

Not bad for a satin-stitch-a-phobe. I could definitely try this again. Maybe someday I’ll even make an entirely satin stitched applique quilt.

So the very next day I did. I had a sample of Glide Trilobal Polyester thread from Fil-Tec Bobbin Central that I’d been saving to try out on a mini quilt top.

As you can see on the cloud applique, it satin stitches beautifully. Notice the tight curves and inside points of the cloud. (These are 4-inch blocks.) I LOVE that even though I stacked up quite a bit of thread to cover the corners and curves, this thread was fine enough that it didn’t jam up or get caught in the feed dogs.

Glide’s shine matches that of rayon, plus it’s colorfast. Check out their wide range of gorgeous colors. There’s even color conversion charts for Madeira and Robison-Anton. The only thing I could wish for is Glide Trilobal Polyester thread in variegated colors. Until then …

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