I am not an experienced quilter so it would have to be pretty simple. I am just totally stumped as to how to go about this one (color of thread....everything). Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Anita
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I am not an experienced quilter so it would have to be pretty simple. I am just totally stumped as to how to go about this one (color of thread....everything). Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Anita
Since the back is yellow I would go with a light thread colour. If you are not confident with your FMQing, then straight line quilting with a walking foot may be an option. If it was my quilt, I would start by outline stitching around the tin men with yellow thread. Cute quilt!
I would echo quilt with a pale yellow or white.
I too, would do outline quilting, but I would use the red thread on top and match the backing with my bobbin thread. It's a great quilt. Have fun doing it, that's the main thing.
Linda Wedge White
I believe UFOs are like scraps, ferns and dust bunnies. Once you get two, they send spores out into the air and more just happen anywhere the spores meet.
I would stitch in the ditch around the robot (?) and then you could try to crosshatch. That is when you stitch diagonal lines. Mark your first line diagonally from corner to corner and then mark additional line (can be any width between the lines) on either side. Stop stitching before the robot and continue on the other side. It should not take you very long to do. Use a blue or purple be gone found at your LQS or JAF.
A Good Friend, like an old quilt, is both a Treasure and a Comfort
There's a cute idea on this blog, looks like they hand quilted a heart on the tin man. I like the idea of a crosshatch around the men. http://nanagirlquilts.blogspot.ca/2011/01/tin-man.html
Or even a small applique in one tinman!Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
Better to do something imperfectly, than nothing perfectly.
Done is better than perfect.
I agree. Crosshatching is very effective around pictures.
I would love to know how you did your rose blocks if you would not mind sharing?I agree. Crosshatching is very effective around pictures.
If you always do, what you have always done, The results never change. Change is the wings you give yourself.
Instead of crosshatching ... I would use straight vertical and horizontal lines with each quadrant handled separately. So top left and bottom right quadrants to be quilted horizontally and top right and bottom left to be quilted vertically. SITD around each man. I would use white thread.
May your stitches always be straight, your seams always lie flat, and your grain never be biased against you.
Sue
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