tesspug

My LA quilter did a Baptist fan with a heart at the base of each fan. It is beautiful.

Pollytink

No quilting suggestions but that's a beautiful quilt! Love the fabric and colors you used!

AZ Jane

I would stitch 1/4 inch off in a stair step pattern, but I hand quilt.

karate lady

I only do hand quilting or tying as I have not tried the free motion. I am just finishing a rail fence. I went around each square and then made a cross from corner to corner. Then around the edge of the border. Works out nice for me. On the back ( used bleach muslin) you see the square , the x and then where 4 come together, it forms a star. Let me see if I have a picture I can post. ok I found one, hope it is the one that shows the quilting on the back. smile

Lara122

Karate Lady, that is amazing! Thank you for sharing a picture with me! I am a visual girl, lol.

I'll be using my walking foot on a regular machine with a smallish harp. I am a bit worried about stuffing it all thru, and spinning it, to make circles. What size circles are we talking?

I do know the baptist fan, I have a general picture of that in my head . . wouldn't that have lots of starts and stops? If I did circles, to not have to start and stop, wouldn't it be more like spirals? or loops?

I really appreciate the compliments!! I got these fabrics, along with a few others, to make a light/med/dark shaded log cabin. The quilt shop lady helped me pick them. Then when I needed a special quilt, as quickly as I could, these were the best fabrics I had!! This is the last 'specialSpecial' one, thank goodness!! The dark strip will be the binding.

I am going to go google circles and fans, now! lol

thanks again!

alleyoop1

I made a rail fence quilt for my son for Christmas 2011 and it was the first quilt I did on my quilt frame. I just did an over all meander. I loved doing it and found it relaxing and fun.

Tartan

There is a continuous line Baptist Fans pattern that goes like this.....
here is a quick pencil drawing to show how it uses the side and bottom seams to travel to the next arc.

GrannieLOU

I recently did a charity Rail Fence and quilted large circles radiating from the corners - marked the first one in each corner and used the bar on my walking foot (set at about 2 inches) to work my way to the center. [ATTACH=CONFIG]405871[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]405872[/ATTACH]

michelleoc

I don't have advice about the quilting, but your quilt is just gorgeous!

Milli

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