Cross hatch through the borders??
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Cross hatch through the borders??
I have 3 more t shirt quilts to quilt. The first I did FMQing and realized how HARD that was- never again with t-shirts! I'm going to do a 3 inch or so cross hatch for the others (they are all gifts). Would it look *bad* to go through the borders with the cross hatching? I'm trying to get these done faster (before a family reunion in June) and not having a lot of starts and stops might be easier, but I don't want them to look bad... They are all about 65x72. Thanks for your help!
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Kind of hard to say without seeing it. I like crosshatching but it harder than you think. Are you going to use a walking foot? That helps to keep the layers moving at the same rate but it still is a lot of turning the quilt sandwich.
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I have cross hatched many borders in quilts because it is easier sometimes especially if the body was also cross hatched. If you used white for the body, I would change threads to match your borders.
#7
I have continued my quilting lines through the border. It can be challenging though depending on how wide your borders are to keep a straight line at the proper angle. I have made templates that measured up into the blocks and through the border and marked my border to keep the lines in the proper perspective when I was using only reference points in the blocks to line up my quilting. I really like the look. I used the same color thread in the border that I did for the body of the quilt when I did this. If you use a different color thread as someone suggested it defeats the purpose of limiting the number of stops and starts.
#9
Beautiful quilt and lovely angles! I *have* a herra marking tool. I'm so glad you reminded me to use it! I can put away the tape.
I am going to quit them using 50 wt grey thread. I'll try to post a picture tonight, but they are t shirt quilts with a variety of t shirt block colors and an orange border...
I am going to quit them using 50 wt grey thread. I'll try to post a picture tonight, but they are t shirt quilts with a variety of t shirt block colors and an orange border...
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