hand quilting over seams??
#1
I need your expertise! I made a scrappy quilt for my DS and didn't want edge-to-edge quilting, and I can't really afford a custom quilting job right now. I recently took a machine quilting class and still need to do a lot of practice. I've been practicing my hand quilting and love it. In fact I'd decided I would hand quilt this top... but, now that I have it out, I remember how many seams it has... every 1.5 inches is a seam. The pattern is called "Whacky Rails" and I've had it for years. Will I get in trouble trying to quilt over all the seams? Should I try to do a more primitive quilting with large stitches (haven't tried that... will it hinder my small stitching?) Should I give up thinking about hand quilting this one and start practicing on my own machine quilting?
sigh... I guess I just want my quilting friends to weigh in on this one???
sigh... I guess I just want my quilting friends to weigh in on this one???
#3
You absolutely can handquilt over seams. I'm quilting the one in my avatar right now. Lot of seams. I'm finding that I can do about 6 stitches per inch, and have it look consistent (using Warm n Natural for batting, which I've now learned is a thicker batting, maybe you could do more stitches with a thinner or more compressable batting). I'm happy with that- the stitches don't look giant or primitive, and they are consistant (at least as consistant as my skill level enables!). Every now and then, if I run across a seam that overlaps with another- so has more layers- I stab it instead of rock it, so that the stitch won't be too big.
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My take on your question is NO don't do hand quilting.
The way you describe it wth the small areas, it is really going to be chore and difficult to quilt over the seams unless you can figure out some way to do echo type quilting, down the center of each strip or some way that you don't have to go over the seam. I looked for the pattern on line and not sure I found it, but a close up pic would be helpful to us.
The way you describe it wth the small areas, it is really going to be chore and difficult to quilt over the seams unless you can figure out some way to do echo type quilting, down the center of each strip or some way that you don't have to go over the seam. I looked for the pattern on line and not sure I found it, but a close up pic would be helpful to us.
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I appreciate this detailed response as I have wondered about this question as well. Thanks.
Originally Posted by Kristin in ME
You absolutely can handquilt over seams. I'm quilting the one in my avatar right now. Lot of seams. I'm finding that I can do about 6 stitches per inch, and have it look consistent (using Warm n Natural for batting, which I've now learned is a thicker batting, maybe you could do more stitches with a thinner or more compressable batting). I'm happy with that- the stitches don't look giant or primitive, and they are consistant (at least as consistant as my skill level enables!). Every now and then, if I run across a seam that overlaps with another- so has more layers- I stab it instead of rock it, so that the stitch won't be too big.
#8
Originally Posted by Murphy
I appreciate this detailed response as I have wondered about this question as well. Thanks.
Originally Posted by Kristin in ME
You absolutely can handquilt over seams. I'm quilting the one in my avatar right now. Lot of seams. I'm finding that I can do about 6 stitches per inch, and have it look consistent (using Warm n Natural for batting, which I've now learned is a thicker batting, maybe you could do more stitches with a thinner or more compressable batting). I'm happy with that- the stitches don't look giant or primitive, and they are consistant (at least as consistant as my skill level enables!). Every now and then, if I run across a seam that overlaps with another- so has more layers- I stab it instead of rock it, so that the stitch won't be too big.
I'll try to post a photo later of what mine is looking like, and you can see if it looks like something you'd be happy with.
#10
Originally Posted by running1
Kristin, I think we're about at the same level of expertise... I'm getting 6-7 stitches per inch, fairly consistently, too... I'm just a little concerned about all these seams....
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