Aurifil Designer Challenge with Julianna

12
Jan

Aurifil Designer Challenge with Julianna

Posted by Lynne

Hi! I’m Julianna and I blog over at Sewing Under Rainbow.

A big thanks to Fat Quarterly team and Aurifil for Fat Quarterly’s Aurifil Thread Challenge! When I got e-mail telling me that I’ll be participating in this challenge, I was very excited. I haven’t got opportunity to test such threads in the past (I use mainly polycotton threads of local manufacturers). When I opened my Aurifil package:

I just knew that these threads are different than these I usually use! I decided to make simple pillow and try machine quilting to show the beauty of hexagons. I used two colors of Aurifil threads (gray 1158 and pink 4020 – both cotton).

I’m really pleased with working with these threads. The details make huge difference! They fit spool pin in my machine perfectly, when I cut it using automatic thread cutter they don’t divide in smaller parts and sewing with them it’s absolutely perfect! Just look at the stitches and you’ll know why I love Aurifil threads:

I got also red wool thread – I’ll use them to hand stitch table runner (too late for this year’s Christmas):

I’m sure that my adventure with Aurifil threads just begun! I hope that soon Polish stores will have it and I’ll be able to buy it (so far only one on-line store has one color of Aurifil threads).

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13 Responses to “Aurifil Designer Challenge with Julianna”

nicolette January 12, 2012

Love the way you quilted the hexagons! Beautiful!

Sally Johnson January 12, 2012

Love the hexies and the quilting. It is so neat looking….

Dan January 12, 2012

Absolutely gorgeous.

Ethne January 12, 2012

Love you hexi quilting – it really enhances the hexi panel – very inventive

Thread Ov Metal January 12, 2012

Amazing work!

Krista - Poppyprint January 12, 2012

Your pillow is absolutely beautiful and I love that you created an entirely new element to it with your quilting, rather than use quilting to simply hold your quilt together. Excellent idea and fabulous work!

Patty Beardslee January 13, 2012