Did I quilt enough?
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I went back to the store and at the other battings from the shelf I took mine from because I had thrown the package away. Being a newbie I didn't learn battings were all different until I had finished putting the binding on this one and then looked for other people that shared my interests on line. Yes, Iv' learned this all backwards the hard way. The other packages on that shelf said quilt 2 to 4 inches. I'm still in the practicing stage of stippling and not very confident about it. Someone else had the idea of doing some straight line stitching in the gaps. If I did this about 1 inch to 1 1/2 inch inside the blocks on all sides how would that do?
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Sorry about all the questions guys. I really don't want this one to fall apart, but I'm afraid I'll ruin it it I try stippling.
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I think your open areas are a bit wide open. That being said, if they are less that 4 inches, you should be covered. Any thing MORE than 4 inches needs more quilting. I just doodled a bit (and luckily for my customers, I'm a MUCH better quilter than artist!)..how about something over the intersection of the blocks? The circles and arcs would be a bit harder. but a Diamond is straight and you could use a walking foot.
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I think your open areas are a bit wide open. That being said, if they are less that 4 inches, you should be covered. Any thing MORE than 4 inches needs more quilting. I just doodled a bit (and luckily for my customers, I'm a MUCH better quilter than artist!)..how about something over the intersection of the blocks? The circles and arcs would be a bit harder. but a Diamond is straight and you could use a walking foot.
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If you're not sure you could do the echo quilting or stippling, you could use 2" blue painters tape and run it along side your seams, on each side. Then follow along side the tape to make straight horizontal and vertical lines. It would create a sort of frame around each cup.
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