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I've just finished piecing Jenny Doan's "You've Got Mail". Any suggestions on how to quilt it? SITD adds nothing. But also doesn't detract. But I'm not very good at it.
It is a twin size for the Hospice House. So it needs to be durable.
I hit this roadblock with every quilt I make.
FMQ has never been a "friend" to me.
I have an embroidery machine. But not sure how that helps.
The quilting is the part of the process I could do without. Probably because I haven't mastered it.
SVAL
Hi. You haven't said what batting you're using - ie: what is the max distance for quilt lines? I always choose W&N that allows for 10". You said you don't like SITD...but how about "inside echoing"....sorry....that's what i call it....like maybe 1/4 - 1/3 inch inside the edges of the envelope and inside the flap ?
I totally agree with you....i have never taken the time to really work on FMQ with my DSM....so straight line things are the way i go....and even though i start thinking about it when i start the quilt, sometimes i'm still puzzling the "how" even when it's been sandwiched.
GOOD LUCK.
Of all the things i've lost, i miss my mind the most.
Unfortunately the batting I came home with isn't what I intended to buy. It wasn't until I had it all pinned that I realized. It says 3.5 spacing. Thought I was getting the 10".Originally Posted by PenniF
I started sewing one seam 1/4 inch away with an off white thread. But it just didn't suit me.
So you're suggesting inside the edges of the envelope? Might try that.
Sometimes I won't make a quilt because of "the not knowing how to quilt it" dilemma.
SVAL
Since you don't like the quilting part of the process.....time to find a local, reasonably priced longarmer.....and edge to edge design for that pattern - see MSQC tute - would be fine........
I would outline stitch the envelope and stitch along the flpp edge and then do a fairly close background quilting to make the envelope puff out.
that's just what i was thinking
Nancy in western NY
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I haven't done any FMQ on anything but 2 pillows many years ago. For me to get a quilt under my DSM is hard enough, let along if I'd be doing all that free motion. What I usually do is echo the seams or cross hatching diagonally. I've done some SITD when the fabric lends to the stitches being almost invisible.
One step at a time, always forward.
I look at FMQ is like driving a stick shift car. For all of you that know how to, remember how you failed to get the clutch down all the way when starting to learn. Same thing. Takes practice of going a certain speed and noticing the movement of which the machine is feeding it thru the needle. All you have to do is match the speed again and move the fabric at the same rate. One day, it is going to make sense. Just remember to NOT look at the needle but look to where you want to guide the quilt. I do like the quilt and they way they quilted it. Good Luck.
Sval, we are our worst critics. You are probably a much better cook than I am.
A Good Friend, like an old quilt, is both a Treasure and a Comfort
How did they quilt the quilt? Is it on the website? Not that i could do it. Probably sent it to a LAQ.I look at FMQ is like driving a stick shift car. For all of you that know how to, remember how you failed to get the clutch down all the way when starting to learn. Same thing. Takes practice of going a certain speed and noticing the movement of which the machine is feeding it thru the needle. All you have to do is match the speed again and move the fabric at the same rate. One day, it is going to make sense. Just remember to NOT look at the needle but look to where you want to guide the quilt. I do like the quilt and they way they quilted it. Good Luck.
Sval, we are our worst critics. You are probably a much better cook than I am.
An overall meander would probably work.
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