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Old 06-28-2012, 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by pollyjvan9
Both quilts are wonderful. I especially like the little quilt on the second one. For the first I think I would echo quilt around each design about 3 times and then stitch-in-the-ditch on the seam lines. If it still needs some quilting, I would do a small stipple outside the echo stitching.

I would just stitch-in-the-ditch on the second one.

You do great work for such a new quilter.
I agree with this suggestion, but also check out magazine websites like McCall's Quilting or Fons and Porter for quilting examples done on various types of quilts. Many magazines also show how a quilt was quilted and I find that helpful. For books I love the Fons and Porter quilting book or Quilts,Quilts,Quilts. Your quilts are lovely.
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