psychonurse

what is echo quilting?

So many terms to learn for a newbie.
I have made a few of the different patterns but have not finshed a quilt as yet.
Also I need to try to find machine embroidery icons
relating to West Virginian and WVU to make quilt squares.
I purchased a book with CD for quilting in the hoop.
I would like for this to be a surprise for hubby.
I have searched numerous embroidery sites and found one
outline of the state.
If I do find one how do I send it to my machine? I know I
use the Jef file. I can't ask for hubbys help or it would not be a surprise.
Any help is appreciated.

amma

I would echo quilt too :D:D:D

tooMuchFabric

Echo quilting might be said to remind one of the ripples that form when a pebble is dropped into a pond. It is equally spaced lines of quilting that more or less follow the shape of whatever is being accented in the quilting design.
Like, around a leaf or flower or dresden plate, one might stitch lines 1/4" apart going out from the edges of the piecing until they intersect other lines meeting from other elements of the quilt piecing.

psychonurse

Thanks for the information on echo quilting/

Peggy Paris

One response I found, was to quilt inside each hexagon. I was afraid of that as my hexagons are about 1 1/2 in! Another woman told me she quilted the edge of each ring. I tried that and it was okay because the flowered fabric camouflaged the stitches (or lack of them.)Each of my flowers has solid rings around them so I did quilt those hexagons and the pattern looks nice.