Originally Posted by Lacelady
Originally Posted by sandpat
Lesley...I was dreaming about Jane last night and I was thinking that I really really want to find the right back and sashing for it so I can start the quilting on it as you've done. Then I started thinking...oh no...I've trimmed ALL my blocks/tri's to the exact right size already....I am planning to do my quilting on the machine (because of carpal tunnel) I'd love to hand quilt it, but I just don't think I could get it done....Anyway, now I'm worried about distortion of the block..or are these so small that it won't really draw it up? Did you have any problems like that?
I trimmed all my blocks to size (i.e. using the ruler) before quilting Patti, and no appreciable difference in size after quilting. I have tried to use approximately similar densities of quilting, and where possible, in similar styles to Jane's (where I could see what she had done from the book, but not always so much of it). And if you quilt (machine or hand) like I have, you can go right up to the edge of the blocks because the sashing just hides your stitching in the seam allowance.
Don't forget I haven't put the backing fabric on mine yet, in fact it's still on its way here, I only ordered it last week. I wanted mine all in one piece and I'm just going to quilt in the ditch to attach the backing to the top/batting sandwich.
Hi Lesley, well I was very interested to hear how you did your quilting, I just assumed you had the backing material on there and were quilting it together. So then you will put the sashing on, or have you already added the sashing to each block as well?. So am I right to say that you leave 1/2" of batting around your block or more, I would really like help on this as I think it will be too daunting to wait till the end to quilt it all and too heavy to handle even hand sewing.
Elle