Advice needed on quilting design!
Hey all!
I'm new here, but have been lurking for a while to learn, I learned a lot from y'all, thank you! (:
I am making my very first quilt, and because I am a bit of an all or nothing person, I immediately went for a king sized one (: It's far from perfect, but I'm quite happy with it. All the blocks are different and improvised.
The whole basting/ sandwich process was really intense, I used cheaper backing material because I ran out of money, and it kept on wrinkling. I did it over three times and this is as good as it's going to be.
I finally could start quilting, yay! Because this is my first quilt and it's gigantic and I want to machine quilt it with a regular sewing machine, I thought straight line quilting was the way to go. I thought of only doing vertical lines, but I'm now starting to doubt. Also, the second line I tried to do with the help of a quilting guide, but it's not straight at all, so might have to mark the lines on the quilt.
I was wondering what simple quilting design/lines you would go for with this quilt? I think something echoing the design and not too busy would be good, but not really sure what exactly. The batting is a cotton blend and can be quilted up to 4 inch apart.
I couldn't get my whole quilt on the picture at the moment, but hope this gives you an idea. It's 5 rows of 7 blocks with sashing in between.
Another question I have: the quilt is spray basted and pinned. It was (almost) wrinkle free at some point, but by trying to quilt it and handling it, new wrinkles appear. Should I iron it in between?
Thanks so much in advance for thinking along!
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