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I totally agree! Please do not start out FMQing on a beautiful little quilt top like this. It took me months of practice before I did anything I wanted to keep.Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
Here's a quilt I did awhile back using a quilting design with a walking foot that might look nice on your quilt. Take a look at the second picture (of the back) to see how it was quilted: Another Charity Quilt
Last edited by azwendyg; 05-05-2012 at 05:00 AM.
Wendy
I quilt by hand and love it.
Have you considered quilting from the back? Maybe a meandering pattern going between the owls? That would highlight the owls and not cut any of them in pieces like SITD would.
I hope you let us know what you decide.
When I was first learning to FMQ, I found that using variegated thread helped hide any boo boos. Lines that aren't quite as smooth as you may want themto be won't even be noticeable. I agree with what others have said about not doing your first FMQing on that quilt especially since you want to give it as a gift. Also, if you will not be using a machine on a frame, it would be much better to start on small quilt sandwiches and work up to something bigger.
Keep us posted and good luck!
The quilt is beautiful!!!
Gloria
Another thought, you can use your walking foot to do a simple outline of an owl in each block, after you SID around the outside of each block. But you will need to stop every 2-3 stitches to re-align your stitching to the curves. It sounds tedious but I have certainly done it in the past and it works well - your feed dogs are up - try it on a sample first. Here is a colouring page you could simplify one of these outlines. http://www.coloring.ws/owl.htm
KIMMERS14---I'm with you. I love making the quilt top. but when it comes to quilting it, I freeze. I've done some FMQ, but I'm not real happy with it. Done it on simple things, and it's turned out okay, but I'm terrified to try it on a quilt that will be given as a gift. I feel your pain! I guess it's what everyone says---practice, practice, practice. Good luck!
If you want to quilt owls on the quilt, why not just turn your fabric sandwich over and outline your owls on the backing? Personally, I think the owls would get lost in the blocks of the top. This pattern would really look good done SID or X or some other straight line quilting. When the top is colorful like yours, you really don't see the quilting. I would use a light pink thread top and bobbin and I really think that would look great on both sides.
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I think SID would look fine on both sides of your quilt...as would the X across. A light pink would look good as top and bottom thread. The stitching on the back will hardly show up anyway.
Beautiful quilt!
Dina
What kind of machine do you have that you can't find a FM foot? Most machines are short shank, long shank or slant shank. Berninas are an exception, I think. All three shank types are available.
FMQ - Just do it, though I would practice on a sandwich first and the draw the pattern I wanted on a surface with the index finger of my dominant hand, then have at it.
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