Originally Posted by
quiltsRfun
Have you ever tried straight line quilting in
evenly spaced rows about 3/4 inch apart all across the quilt? I've seen it on lots of modern quilts and thought I'd give it a try. It's not as easy as it looks. Hopefully the baby I just made the quilt for won't notice my wavering lines.
No, it isn't that easy!! And then there is matchstick quilting which is straight line quilting about 1/4 inch apart all across the quilt. I was lucky enough to attend a Jacquie Gering trunk show a few weeks ago and she had a couple that were quilted like that. The texture it gives to a quilt is amazing and the perserverance it requires to do it is mind boggling. And some of her takes on traditional blocks blow my mind - like this one:
http://jacquietps.files.wordpress.co.../01/cogs12.jpg
I started quilting about 5 years ago and began by making "kid quilts". I think I did it because the traditional colors and patterns just didn't appeal to me. If I hadn't discovered the modern movement in quilts I seriously doubt that I would still be quilting. It isn't that I don't appreciate and admire the skill that goes into traditional quilts but I don't want them for my home and I definitely don't want to make them.