Originally Posted by
illinois
Beautifully done!
Tell me how you hand quilted this pattern. I can't see your stitches but would like to know how to do this one. I prefer hand quilting. And those patterns that lead me through construction and then say quilt as desired with no suggestions...... aughh!
Agreed! I always appreciate some suggestions in a pattern. I can then take them or leave them, but at least it's a place to start.
I stitched in the ditch around every piece. For the dark batik, angled lines about 1" apart, to match the angle of the piece and add to the depth: [ATTACH=CONFIG]596427[/ATTACH]
For the light batik, I did ovals and circles roughly the size of a quarter: [ATTACH=CONFIG]596428[/ATTACH]
And for the border, just straight lines about 2.5" apart. On the black, I didn't see the point in doing much since it wouldn't show up anyway. [ATTACH=CONFIG]596429[/ATTACH]
It is very densely quilted, perhaps a little too much. I went through 2 complete spools of quilting thread on it, but decided an overall pattern just wouldn't work and dealing with each block separately added to the depth of the quilt - at least, in my opinion.