Old 04-23-2011, 01:59 PM
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QuiltnCowgirl
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Originally Posted by klgreene
Originally Posted by QuiltnCowgirl
Please help me figure this out & decide what to do.

Assignment: Machine Quilt a Thinking Outside the Block wallhanging. (40" x 40")
Equipment: Singer 403.
Operator skill: SITD & straight stitching, maybe a wide curve here & there.

What would you do? How would you quilt this wallhanging?
I did one last fall. I just SITD, but I made my strips smaller. They are about 1" wide. I like the way it turned out. I'm a SITD'er and straight stitcher too. If you want you add some contrast with straight stitch you could do a large zigzag (not the machine stitch) but starting at one corner of the strip, stitch at an angle. Do that one every other strip. Or continue that with turning it into x's, which look like diamonds. But only on the every other strip. Then you could leave the other strips alone, or do something else in those strips. Does that make any sense. It is so much easier to just draw it than describe it.
Not to worry - I understand what you are saying. I like both ideas. Thanks for giving me something to play with & draw out to see how I like it.
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