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Old 02-05-2012, 03:25 PM
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jillaine
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Default How do you quilt your Twisters?

I've just completed the tops, sandwiched and basted (ala Sharon Shambers way) a pair of Twister quilts for my niece-in-law's upcoming twins.

I've bounced around both QB and images.google.com looking to see how people have quilted their Twister quilts, with very few results-- most of the images I've seen are only finished tops.

It appears there are three primary methods:

1. free-motion swirlies all over the quilt, which provides soft curves to an otherwise sharply-cornered geometric pattern;

2. stitch-in-the-ditch, which I kinda like but can't fathom exactly how to work my way across and through the quilt.

3. stitch 1/4" off the "ditch" which looks nice, and would probably be great if hand-quilting, but would be a pain in the neck for machine quilting. I don't have time to hand quilt this pair.

What have you Twister-makers done? And how'd you do it?

Many thanks!

-- Jillaine
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