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07-03-2014, 08:29 PM

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GailG

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Originally Posted by marcycn

No art instinct here. You ALL have more in you than I can even dream of doing and I see some awesome ones up here that I just shake my head at and enjoy. :-)

Sounds like you have a really good idea. Very creative. Try it.

07-03-2014, 09:45 PM

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Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

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I've done small things like hot pads that way. I have a white one done in a zentangle style with variegated primary color thread that looks pretty cool. I see no reason it couldn't be done any size you wish. Try a hot pad and see what you think. If you love it, go big.

07-03-2014, 10:21 PM

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sewbeadit

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Do what you like, you may start a trend! Show us a pic on the board when you are done!

Happy 4th

07-03-2014, 10:28 PM

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justflyingin

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I think it has to do with the exact tension needed for what you are asking. If you use different colors on the top and bottom, any tiny bit "off" on the tension and it will show. When FMQ, that is hard.

When you are talking contrasting everything (fabric on both sides and thread on both sides) you are asking for a "pain". That may be why you haven't seen it. Leah Day suggests using the same color thread for top and bottom to more or less hide the problems that might come up if you don't use the same color. By using the same color, the problems are hidden.

07-04-2014, 07:48 AM

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ManiacQuilter2

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Originally Posted by Hinterland

It's called whole cloth quilting, and it's been around for a long time, done by hand or by machine. If you search the internet you are bound to find some extraordinary examples. Janet

I am sure there are thousands of photos on Google.

07-05-2014, 04:22 AM

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coopah

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I, personally, haven't done that, but at my LAQs, he showed me a quilt that had a pattern across the middle of the front. The rest was plain black fabric and was quilted with hearts. It was a wedding gift and looked nice.

07-05-2014, 04:56 AM

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quiltmom04

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Originally Posted by quiltmouse

There are whole cloth quilts here in our quilt gallery.

I think you might want your thread and bobbin color to be the same color? Even quite good quilters struggle with polkadots when the bobbin is a different color. So thread red, quilt white on one side & bright blue the other, maybe?

Or orange thread, yellow one side, lime the other?

I agree with you - it's REALLY hard to get your tension so dead-on that none of the color on the other side pops through. But your suggestion of one color thread that coordinates with two plain colors would work perfectly!