Jungle Patches top finished
05-30-2016, 05:13 AM
#26
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Manitoba
Posts: 281
Fun quilt. I too would stitch in the ditch around the blocks to secure and cross hatch in the blocks. If you have a walking foot, it may have a guide on it which can be used to measure the width of a line. Then I would draw a diagonal line through the center of each block in both directions. Stitch on the line, then for the next line, use the guide. The quilting part always intimidates me, but this method works for me. I bought a foot for the stitch in the ditch and it really helps.
05-30-2016, 05:39 AM
#27
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 5,372
This came out adorable. I, too, tried the site and it was hard to navigate and find things. Did not find yours either. But you did a fabulous job. The zebra print is busy so don't spend a lot of time trying to do fancy quilting and do a meander or SITD. Definitely go around your animals. If you are accurate, I would go exactly on the edge and then again in an echo, then a smallish meander to make the animals pop, but I am far from an expert.
05-30-2016, 09:10 AM
#29
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,857
I love doing echo quilting with this type of block. It really emphasizes the animal. I might do a long zigzag in the frames or just a SITD (mainly to give a nice definition on the back). The sashing and the border could be anything you are comfortable with. The zebra lines aren't too linear or to curvy, so either type of stitching would work. I think if I did a SITD in the frame, I would probably just do a gentle curve down the sashing. This would be simple but enough stitching to allow for a lot of use (and abuse) from a child. BTW, love this print, the animals are just silly enough.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Linda Rotz Miller Quilts and Quilt Tops
Pictures
21
08-11-2011 09:07 PM
