Can there be too much quilting on a top?
#72
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I agree with Qbee. It really depends on what the quilt will be used for. If you are entering it in a show to be judged, they seem to like more quilting, even if it makes it stiff. However, if it will be used as a comfy quilt on a bed or a lap quilt, etc., then less quilting is better, as it makes it soft and warm, but still hold the batt from shifting. I do agree with you that a LOT of close quilting makes the quilt stiff and I'm not a fan of that.
#73
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by stewyscrewy
Yes it is quilted to death but I want to impress the Judges and the others that I can be taken as a serious longarmer. .
#74
I do my own quilting. For myself I like a minium of quilting. But I am so glad that not everyone like the same things I do. I am glad that each of us can be unique in what we do and like. I do not plan to enter my quilts in a judging show bc I like to be me and not quilt to please a judge.
#76
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Any quilt I make for the bedroom I quilt it heavily ( just meander or spirals or such. I do this because our dogs sleep on the bed and I have found if it is heavily quilted they don't seem to tear them up
#77
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Originally Posted by gale
I like to go no less than 2" apart and maybe even 3. I like them soft and bendy.
#78
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
.not to mention that all the quilting compromises the fabrics longevity. Used to be that we all understood that if you use poly or rayon thread on cotton fabric it WILL cut through the cotton in time..th
BTW, I've had several textile experts tell me, and read in different sources, that the above statement is NOT true, that it is a self-perpetuating Old Wives Tale along the lines of "You can't go swimming while having your period" and "Cats will suffocate a newborn".
#79
I know I have said this before. After I work for weeks on a quilt. I don't expect the LAQ to get the credit on my work. I am also a LAQ and I just do freehand and simple. I like for my quilting to disappear into the quilt and just give it the extra finish.
The object is the quilt and the quilting should only enhance the main subject. All you hard work is lost with all that heavy quilting.
The object is the quilt and the quilting should only enhance the main subject. All you hard work is lost with all that heavy quilting.
#80
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Location: Macon, Ga
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I think most longarm quilting is too much. I guess if I could do that freemotion I would want to just keep on quilting. But too much does make the quilt stiff, even though the quilting is beautifully done. But sometimes I think the machine quilting takes away from the patchwork.
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