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04-08-2011, 04:15 PM
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Most of the batting I have seen requires stitching only every 4 inches. What does your batting say? You are also stitching the binding so that will hold the batting in place. I would vote "no" for quilting the 2 1/2 inch border!
04-08-2011, 06:03 PM
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I'm having the same quandary over sashing. I think it needs something but it's a diagonal set quilt so any continuous design has to be spot on. The blocks are quilted right up to the sashing so there is a 2" or less area that is unquilted between all 16" blocks. The blocks are quilted with an Orange Peel. The setting triangles have a waterlily motif. The first border is a similar but simpler continuous waterlily and the final border is the fancier waterlily also continuous. For now, the quilt is loaded on the frame so I see it every time I walk into my office or past the window outside. Eventually a solution will come to me.
Back to your issue. How big is this quilt? Can you post a pic? What kind of other quilting designs are going on in the quilt and how close do they come to the border?
Back to your issue. How big is this quilt? Can you post a pic? What kind of other quilting designs are going on in the quilt and how close do they come to the border?
04-08-2011, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by BKrenning
I'm having the same quandary over sashing. I think it needs something but it's a diagonal set quilt so any continuous design has to be spot on. The blocks are quilted right up to the sashing so there is a 2" or less area that is unquilted between all 16" blocks. The blocks are quilted with an Orange Peel. The setting triangles have a waterlily motif. The first border is a similar but simpler continuous waterlily and the final border is the fancier waterlily also continuous. For now, the quilt is loaded on the frame so I see it every time I walk into my office or past the window outside. Eventually a solution will come to me.
Back to your issue. How big is this quilt? Can you post a pic? What kind of other quilting designs are going on in the quilt and how close do they come to the border?
Back to your issue. How big is this quilt? Can you post a pic? What kind of other quilting designs are going on in the quilt and how close do they come to the border?
And no you don't have to quilt the border if you don't want to. I would stand back and stare at it for a while. It will tell you if it needs it or not.
04-08-2011, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
Originally Posted by BKrenning
I'm having the same quandary over sashing. I think it needs something but it's a diagonal set quilt so any continuous design has to be spot on. The blocks are quilted right up to the sashing so there is a 2" or less area that is unquilted between all 16" blocks. The blocks are quilted with an Orange Peel. The setting triangles have a waterlily motif. The first border is a similar but simpler continuous waterlily and the final border is the fancier waterlily also continuous. For now, the quilt is loaded on the frame so I see it every time I walk into my office or past the window outside. Eventually a solution will come to me.
Back to your issue. How big is this quilt? Can you post a pic? What kind of other quilting designs are going on in the quilt and how close do they come to the border?
Back to your issue. How big is this quilt? Can you post a pic? What kind of other quilting designs are going on in the quilt and how close do they come to the border?
And no you don't have to quilt the border if you don't want to. I would stand back and stare at it for a while. It will tell you if it needs it or not.
04-08-2011, 11:18 PM
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I would say that it depends on how much quilting you have in the rest of the quilt, if it's fairly closely quilted, closer than 2 1/2, I would do some quilting in the border so that it lays flat and doesn't puff up or get wavy. You could always just do straight or decorative stitching 1/2 inch from each edge, that would be simple, or if you prefer fmq, you could do a wave or a free form cable.
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