Ahh, First...that is NOT a pool table, ok? It's a quilting table....sometimes we let the others in the house use it to knock balls into the thread catcher pockets...sometimes!
That said (LOL)...I would rethink the stitching around each block. I know you are thinking to save time/headaches...but cutting out the stabilizing of the quilt will most likely end up giving you more headaches than not stabilizing.
Does not need to be Stitch in the Ditch...use a zigzag (or, if you have it on your machine, a stitch that resembles an "
S" curve...just go over the outter block seam...across the row in one direction, and back across the next row in the oposite direction. Repeat down the quilt...then do the long seams. This will not only stabilize the quilt, it will give a "home" for each design motif...giving a nicer finish to the back, just my opinion...from having done many a quilt on my home machine...learning that shortcuts aren't really shortcuts.
the quilt is beautiful...your son will love it.
Oh, for design motifs...look at coloring book pages online..find some you like, that will be easy to do...print them, trace onto freezer paper, or Parchment paper (I like parchment, as it tears away nicely.
I lay the printed design on top of as many layers of the parchment paper (or use Golden threads if I have it), run through my sewing machine without thread...and pin those to my quilt and stitch over the punched designs. Tears off really easy (because of the holes to start & your stitiching holes..you find it starts ripping itself off as you stitch).
I use the above motif method even now on my longarm machine at times...when I need a special motif that I don't have in my files.
Originally Posted by janedb
hi i need help in knowing what problems i may come across when i quilt, my 87" square. i wont to quilt around each 6" square.
any help would be great. do i make up my own stencils or buy pre-made.
thx jane