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    Old 08-17-2010, 01:18 PM
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    Originally Posted by kathy
    who furnished the batt? that's probably "enough" quilting, granted it doesn't have much eye appeal, did you discuss a design or density of quilting or just leave it all up to her?
    BTW if you have to send it out, we have several quilters here on the board, Jackiemoe did 2 for me, I left it all up to her and she did a perfect job of picking the panto for me and she was quick and priced reasonably.
    The batting is Dream Green from Keepsake Quilting. So I'm sure the batting shouldn't have been a problem.
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    Old 08-17-2010, 01:19 PM
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    Maybe one our our long arm quilters on this site can do the same large wave design going the opposite direction for a reasonable price. I don't think it would look too bad. It's too bad this happened. The quilting should compliment the quilt - this quilter didn't do you justice.
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    Old 08-17-2010, 01:22 PM
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    Originally Posted by ckcowl
    it depends on the batting used, if the batting only needs to be quilted every 10"-12" it will be fine as it is, if the batting required closer quilting then it will need more. if the quilter furnished the batting she probably knew how much it required. just because it is for a child it does not have to be heavily quilted, lots of long-arm quilters only do 'heavy' quilting on show/heirloom quilts, regular utility quilts do not require alot of heavy quilting to keep them together as long as the distance recommended on the batting is followed.
    I just checked and it did say it was good up to 12 " apart. I just like a lot of quilting. When I did hand quilting, I did a lot, took forever, but I loved each and every quilt.
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    Old 08-17-2010, 01:24 PM
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    It does look like the quilter did a pantograph on it, a "Wave" one. Although, it's not much quilting to it and I would be concerned about those empty areas between the lines of quilting if a child is going to use this a lot. I could see those area maybe bunching up after some time. I don't really know what you can do to make it better other than stitch-in-the-ditch around some of the blocks to stabilize it more. It looks like the quilter was going for a really quick pattern to get it over with and done.
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    Old 08-17-2010, 01:24 PM
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    Originally Posted by Candace
    Is that even a panto? It just looks like she did random squiggles. It's a nice quilt regardless and chalk it up to a learning experience. I think you should leave it as is, though.
    The quilting is like a wave, evenly spaced so I don't think it was freehand.
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    Old 08-17-2010, 01:30 PM
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    I'm sorry!! I would be absolutely upset and rightfully so. I hope you made a call before she got to the 2nd one. If you didn't request it and left it up to her, I would ask her if it was your quilt would have you done it that way? Do you really think this is an appropriate design for this quilt? To see what her response is.
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    Old 08-17-2010, 01:31 PM
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    No, get back with the quilter and have a discussion. What you show here is not "the norm" that is expected when we send our quilts out to be quilted.
    This is waaay more than "sparcely quilted" and you are right to have expected more.

    On another note, the quilt you made is really a nice piece of work, and very pretty.
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    Old 08-17-2010, 01:42 PM
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    I agree that is a beautiful quilt. I would ask the lady that quilted it to now go in the opposite direction and do 3 rows.....like a tic tac toe......
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    Old 08-17-2010, 01:54 PM
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    the idea of doing the same pantograph in a different direction might work
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    Old 08-17-2010, 01:58 PM
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    How disappointing, I don't blame you for feeling a bit let down.

    I would do some extra quilting on it if I were you.

    Lovely quilt by the way, she will love it. :-)
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