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    Old 07-31-2016, 08:34 PM
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    [ATTACH=CONFIG]555064[/ATTACH]I would love some ideas of how to quilt this. I am a hand quilter
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    Old 07-31-2016, 08:40 PM
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    I would SITD around the center pictures and then do a square spiral out, quilting down the middle of the surrounding strips. If you quilt down the centers, you will avoid most of the seams. Cute top!
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    Old 07-31-2016, 11:31 PM
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    I like Tartan's idea. Alternately, you could just SITD all the seams in the pieced blocks. I would be tempted to quilt around the balls in the outer border. It would make them stand out, and with no marking required.
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    Old 08-01-2016, 03:26 AM
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    It is what are you comfortable doing?? I myself would stitch in the ditch using FMQ. I would look carefully and continuously outline some of the balls quilting them as continuous loops.
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    Old 08-02-2016, 03:44 PM
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    I just made a celebration of life type of quilt with pictures like you have there and I stitched around the outside of each picture, then carefully detailed the actual pictures so they wouldn't look so puffy and weird. Just did minimum detailing & it looked great! It came out really awesome. Good luck!! I love some of the other ideas you're getting too! Just pick what you're comfortable with! It'll be cherished because you made it special for them.
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    Old 08-02-2016, 08:24 PM
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    Beautiful quilt! You didn't mention what level of quilting you were looking for. I do not do a lot of hand quilting, but I do love that you can run the thread through the batting rather than having to do a continuous line design. I started off making connections in my sketch, but realized you don't need to do that & it will look nicer without them.

    Since it seems to be baseball themed, I went with bats & balls around the photos & caps in the outer border. Those could be any color at all. Then, I went with a bright pink (could be red or blue or any color that really shows up) and outlined just a few details in each photo both to provide support for the quilt & to add a focal point to the lovely black & white photos. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!!
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    Old 08-02-2016, 09:42 PM
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    I would free motion round the figures and any objects in the squares. Then zigzag through all the log cabin stripes. Just circles in the balls area.
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