Originally Posted by
BoJangles
Oh Monica, that quilting is beautiful! What do you mean, you "slowly followed the lines of a pattern on a separate fabric?" You just looked at the pattern and made it? Or you actually drew the lines to follow with something like a light box? You did an absolutely gorgeous job - how ever you did it! Yes, you can FM with the Davis! I have mostly used my Davis for binding - did a little FM - but, I prefer the 15-88 treadle for FM! Candace, I saw that you tried to FM with your 319, but didn't have much success? I think that 319w is a great sewing, piecing machine, but get yourself a Davis VF or even better a Singer Model 15 for FM!
Nancy
I used a large printed floral fabric as my drawing. The floral print was top layer, then batting, and silver ironing board fabric was the bottom layer. I followed some of the larger and longer lines in the print and I just stitched over them. On side of floral print (top side when stitching), I used white thread, and on the silver fabric side (bottom side when stitching) I used variegated orange thread. The result of following the floral pattern can be seen on the silver side, which became the bottom of this potholder.
I'm not into using light boxes or drawing. I'm a bit lazy for that type of design. I always try to think of the simple and easy method, since my mantra is "keep it simple". If it looks like too much work, it doesn't get done. From reading other quilters' blogs, I've discovered simple techniques. This was one. Just by outlining a fabric's motif while quilting, one can create a quilting pattern.