Decorative stitching on a crazy quilt
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How do you determine how much decorative stitching to do on a crazy quilt, I don't want to stitch on every single seam as there are so many and I don't have the time or desire to . I don't want to put lace or ribbon on it as it is also for a guy ( a 50th wedding anniv. gift) & I don't think he will appreciate the lace and she is not really a lacy person either.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks to all who have any ideas...
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks to all who have any ideas...
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Probably by machine as I have only a month to finish it. There are a lot of small seams and not very many large ones & it is not done in blocks but as one large piece of crazy quilted fabric.
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Interesting question. Spiderwebs are supposed to be good luck. Perhaps you could try and do a spider web in a different color and or size in a random scatter all over the quilt. If it isn't already quilted or tied in some manner that would take care of that problem also. Please post a picture. If you haven't yet done the decortive stitching it would help us help you.
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Google Pat Winter lots of ideas there..............this is my witches hat and the spider web and spider I beaded........calla
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tpr?p=1679279&t=68420
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tpr?p=1679279&t=68420
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traditionally every seam in a crazy quilt is somehow covered- either by some sort of embellishment or decorative stitching-
traditionally
it is your project and you can do as much or as little decorative stiching as you want-
since it is not blocks it may be easier for you to kind of mark blocks- make a grid depending on the size of it prehaps 10" or 12"- what ever seems (good) to you--
then you can decide which seams in that block to do---and continue around that way- it will help you keep it balanced- so it stays even across. depending on the batting you are using--the batting really determines how much quilting you have to do- some batts recommend quilting every 2" which is quite dense quilting- others allow you up to 10" between quilting lines- so see what your batting says- then look at one of those blocks- determine a good (path) of seams to do some decorative stitches over.
once you get going you may find that it goes pretty fast and you will decide to do more- just try to keep it balanced.
show us pictures---you know how we are :)
traditionally
it is your project and you can do as much or as little decorative stiching as you want-
since it is not blocks it may be easier for you to kind of mark blocks- make a grid depending on the size of it prehaps 10" or 12"- what ever seems (good) to you--
then you can decide which seams in that block to do---and continue around that way- it will help you keep it balanced- so it stays even across. depending on the batting you are using--the batting really determines how much quilting you have to do- some batts recommend quilting every 2" which is quite dense quilting- others allow you up to 10" between quilting lines- so see what your batting says- then look at one of those blocks- determine a good (path) of seams to do some decorative stitches over.
once you get going you may find that it goes pretty fast and you will decide to do more- just try to keep it balanced.
show us pictures---you know how we are :)
flannel crazy quilt-decorative stitching
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crazy quilt in flannels
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The pattern that I saw shows it as a border in the middle of a purchased blanket. I have not quite decided how I am going to it yet, I am just trying to get the crazy quilting part of it done. Has anyone ever sewed on a purchased blanket before. The pattern is showing the center of the blanket with nothing in it and the crazy quilting as a border around the center part only. It looks like the center is a blank picture and the crazy quilting is the frame, if this makes any sense.
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