Need ideas for quilting my horse quilt
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Need ideas for quilting my horse quilt
Please help me figure out how to quilt this one! I am drawing a blank. It is for my 3 year old granddaughter for Christmas. I quilt on my domestic machine.
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I would quilt each of the horses in a color that matches the fabric with one design & would quilt all the white in another design (in white thread). I'd do horseshoes in the sashing, possibly in a contrasting color.
Here are a few ideas for what you might consider for the quilting design (note: the bubbles would go all the way around the horse, it just was getting late):
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I'd also embroider on an eye & a mouth on each horse in a dark colored floss/perle cotton. You could do that on the machine with embroidery/thread painting or could even hand stitch a simple French knot for the eye & a running stitch for the mouth. For some reason children seem much more enamored with 2-D animals when they have a "face".
Here are a few ideas for what you might consider for the quilting design (note: the bubbles would go all the way around the horse, it just was getting late):
[ATTACH=CONFIG]561670[/ATTACH]
I'd also embroider on an eye & a mouth on each horse in a dark colored floss/perle cotton. You could do that on the machine with embroidery/thread painting or could even hand stitch a simple French knot for the eye & a running stitch for the mouth. For some reason children seem much more enamored with 2-D animals when they have a "face".
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I think I would ditch around each horse and then quilt on a saddle and face and other details. Mane, hoofs, etc. then do a simple meander in the background of each block. I would probably ditch everything else except the light border. Might put a rope design through that. It's a great quilt!
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Since this quilt is for a girl, I would include hearts somewhere. That way you can tell her she will know you love her every time she sees the hearts. Following that theme...I would do some X O X O somewhere so you can tell her those are your hugs and kisses.
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Thank you for all the helpful responses. I really like some of them!
The quilt is very heavy. I backed it with a cuddle fleece (minky type) and used white flannel for batting, thinking that it wouldn't be as heavy and bulky as regular batting. I think I was wrong about that. Anyway, I decided to do as little quilting as possible so that I don't mat down all the fuzziness of the minky. It is one of the swirly ones that looks like roses.
Thanks, again, for the help.
The quilt is very heavy. I backed it with a cuddle fleece (minky type) and used white flannel for batting, thinking that it wouldn't be as heavy and bulky as regular batting. I think I was wrong about that. Anyway, I decided to do as little quilting as possible so that I don't mat down all the fuzziness of the minky. It is one of the swirly ones that looks like roses.
Thanks, again, for the help.
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