I am all for straight lines. Guess I don't think outside the box. Jan, #4 is my favorite. Just adds a certain pizazz. Thank you so much for these guides.
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I am all for straight lines. Guess I don't think outside the box. Jan, #4 is my favorite. Just adds a certain pizazz. Thank you so much for these guides.
All my grand-children have paws.
Actually, fivepaws, I believe straight lines ARE thinking outside the current box, just not as STD. I love all the designs I posted and the straight line designs others have posted!Originally Posted by fivepaws
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
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Jeanne S, I like your quilt so much that I have gotten the pattern, am cutting my scrap batiks and I have ordered some Kona for the enters and squares. Now that you have shown the quilting, I am doubly impressed.....Thank you, so much, for sharing this.....I do not have a LA so either have to send this out or do it myself. I may do it myself now!!!!
I am so glad you are making one like this. The straight line quilting on this one is very easy and I did not even mark the lines because the pattern finishes in 2" strips, so I just followed the design seams straight down. I did all these lines at 2" spacing, then it was really easy to go back and add a line in the middle of those to get the final 1" spacing. I hate to mark quilts so usually just "eyeball" it using the pattern seams as spacing references.Jeanne S, I like your quilt so much that I have gotten the pattern, am cutting my scrap batiks and I have ordered some Kona for the enters and squares. Now that you have shown the quilting, I am doubly impressed.....Thank you, so much, for sharing this.....
Jeanne S. My Kona arrived today and all my batiks are cut....thank you for the tips on quilting. It should work out just fine......I'm looking forward to the finished product!
yeah! It goes together fast. Will look forward to seeing yours!
Jeanne, just checking to make sure I've got this right. When you say that you stitch along the design seam, do you mean that you stitch next to the seam? Not in the ditch?
Thanks for your input. Lovely quilt!
Laura
sewplease, yes I stitched right next to the seam, not on top of the stitched seam.
I have done straight line quilting on several Carpenter Star quilts (which is my favourite pattern) & they have turned out
great. I feel (IMHO) that sometimes, depending on the quilt pattern, meandering or other intricate designs really take away from the beautiful quilt pattern, that's just my opinion. You can do lots of straight line designs & it just takes some thought at which one will enhance the pattern. Don't be afraid to try it.
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I too hate stitching in the ditch. No good at it. I use a domestic machine that i both sew and quilt on. Jan good advise as always. I do a lot of cross hatching; it works very well for me, usually 3-7 inches apart,
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