Originally Posted by
PatriceJ
the quilting pattern is always important to me.
but whether i do something "fancy shmancy" (within the limited scope of my pitiful abilities) or something simple depends on my mood and the amount of time i want to spend.
if you are guiding the machine (or the sandwich under the needle) then meandering is definitely not a cop out.
my attempts to stipple usually turn into a meander.
and my meander usually stinks from here to Calcutta.
it's usually "good enough" but i am never proud of it. lol
I personally find a meander the hardest thing to do well. For that reason I tend to custom quilt whenever it’s appropriate, which is all of my quilts, as I build them that way.
. I need a plan and a smaller space to work with, I guess that’s how my brain works. I practice free form edge to edge designs on the charity quilts I do where it’s called for. Perhaps you might find that approach works better for you too? Meandering stresses me out
