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Bought a new nifty log cabin ruler. Made a quilt using my scraps. Now how do I quilt it? The logs are only 1 inch wide, so SID would be quite a job. I do not have a long are and will be FMQ on my Janome 7700. This is a charity quilt so it doesn't have to be fancy, but I want it to look nice. Thanks for any ideas.
Love the quilt. Tell us about the "nifty log cabin ruler." As for quilting, I'd probably do an all-over design.
I would quilt down/vertical the "outside" of each block and then quilt across. Your quilting with be like blocks and should be quilted close enough. If you feel it needs more quilting I would make a little x or something in the center of each center block.
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If SID is out and you want to keep it simple...then i'd say diagonal straight lines - evenly spaced - with one of the lines going through the center of the block...spacing between lines would depend on what batting you used ... but i think it would look very nice. Good luck -- let us know what you decide -- And lucky charity - they're getting a very pretty quilt whatever you decide !!
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This is what I would use.Originally Posted by Lori S
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I would quilt in the light areas like feathers maybe you could do some std around the blocks where they join together across and down.
This is the ruler I used. Your strips need to be at least 1 1/2 inches wide, you sew then on and then trim. Everything stays square.
I've been looking at that ruler. Is it pretty easy to use? Your quilt looks great.
First of all, BEAUTIFUL QUILT!!! Second.. thanks for the info on the ruler!! I recently took a class on log-cabin how-to and was taught to square off after each log... but this ruler looks GREAT!!
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