in-the-ditch or all over stipple?
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#1
off2mexico , 04-08-2014 05:19 PM
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11-16-2014Hello,
I'm relatively new to quilting & am looking for some advice on how this project would look better quilted: in-the-ditch or an all over large stipple? Those are the only 2 methods I feel confident enough to try on such a large project. (It is a queen sized quilt).[ATTACH=CONFIG]470772[/ATTACH] Thoughts?
I'm relatively new to quilting & am looking for some advice on how this project would look better quilted: in-the-ditch or an all over large stipple? Those are the only 2 methods I feel confident enough to try on such a large project. (It is a queen sized quilt).[ATTACH=CONFIG]470772[/ATTACH] Thoughts?
#2
nativetexan , 04-08-2014 05:23 PM
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well a stipple is very small and close together free motion quilting, like a very tight meandering stitch. I can't do that myself. Perhaps some curving lines and some straight ones would suffice. Great quilt!!
#3
Stitch in the ditch is very hard for me to keep straight, so I would do a large stipple. Your quilt is very pretty!!
#6
SITD with a walking foot is fairly difficult when moving a large quilt through the machine. If you decide to do that, remember to change stitching directions every other row. If your second choice is a large meander, I might go with that.
#10
Its a beautiful quilt! As for the quilting... I would not do either I would do a wide echo stitch that runs down the middle of the light strips and then on the batik area would quilt a square on point going contrary to the square of the batiks creating a diamond , I would do this about half way to the center of that batik square.
If I really wanted to keep the darkest sashing from shifting at all I would stitch right down the center of the dark. Sometimes I find the narrowest sashings will shift a bit and not appear to be the straight line they are before quilting. Since its the contrast is so great and draws you eye to that portion... I would stitch that dark sashing.
If I really wanted to keep the darkest sashing from shifting at all I would stitch right down the center of the dark. Sometimes I find the narrowest sashings will shift a bit and not appear to be the straight line they are before quilting. Since its the contrast is so great and draws you eye to that portion... I would stitch that dark sashing.
