Jane Quilter

I use 12 wt thread and a long (4") sashiko needle. I love the look, and i goes real fast. BTW, I love your lone star, and my eagle eye can't see any problems with this beautiful quilt.

barny

Well, you had better sleep a day or two and then look at your beautiful quilt again. When that quilt is quilted, you will want to keep it for yourself.

SusieQOH

Thanks to all who replied. The more I look at it the more I think it will turn out okay. I'm pretty sure I'm going to big stitch it. I ordered the variegated Perle cotton from Missouri Star.

Blueridgebeverly

My Dad still uses a quilt my Mom’s Mom made without batting (grandma passed away in 1972!). He calls it a summer quilt.

Annie68

SusieQ that is one gorgeous quilt and would certainly look fine with the big stitch. BTW, I have that headboard, so if you don't like it when finished it would look great on my bed!

DJ

I think big stitch will be wonderful on this gorgeous quilt!

grandma7

I want to learn Big Stitch quilting, as I find I can no longer handle a quilt to machine quilt. I appreciate knowing that there is an interest in this. I appreciate all of the help. Faintly Artistc, your encouragement was most helpful. If I have problems and/or questions, may I PM you?

Thanks for this question and all of the responses. VERY HELPFUL

MadQuilter

My Lone Star still sits unfinished in its box. I have hope that some day I will be brave enough to pull it out and fix it. Yours looks great - not sure what the problems are but I know from experience what a bugger this pattern is.

I think big stitches would look great. My color choice would be a variegated blue. I bet you will like it better when it's finished.

SusieQOH

grandma7- Youtube has some nice tutorials on big stitch quilting. it doesn't look hard at all, especially if you are familiar with hand quilting.
Thanks everyone! I'm liking it better now haha
The color sequence in my lone star is goofed up but I kind of like the pattern that emerged from my mistake!

grandma7

SusieQOH, thank you for the encouragement. I've put together some sample quilt sandwiches to practice on. I made a pinwheel quilt (from my bucket list) and want to use the big stitch on it.