How do I quilt this?
10-14-2013, 02:21 PM
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How do I quilt this?
I have finished piecing a "Trip around the World" quilt top. The pieces are 1-1/2 by 3 inches, so the seams are very close together. I pressed the seams all to one side and I'm thinking maybe I should have pressed them open on this particular quilt because of the bulk. 
With such narrow pieces, the bulky seams are very close together over the whole quilt top. I am not an experienced quilter and I'm afraid I'm just going to be breaking and bending needles right and left no matter how I try to do this. My question is actually twofold: 1) what design would you use (I'm thinking just an all over, edge to edge design as the the quilting is not going to show much). and 2) How do I handle all those bulky seams? Thanks in advance for all your help!!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]441335[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]441336[/ATTACH] (M seams are really not that crooked, my camera must have been at the bubblee!)
With such narrow pieces, the bulky seams are very close together over the whole quilt top. I am not an experienced quilter and I'm afraid I'm just going to be breaking and bending needles right and left no matter how I try to do this. My question is actually twofold: 1) what design would you use (I'm thinking just an all over, edge to edge design as the the quilting is not going to show much). and 2) How do I handle all those bulky seams? Thanks in advance for all your help!![ATTACH=CONFIG]441335[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]441336[/ATTACH] (M seams are really not that crooked, my camera must have been at the bubblee!)
10-14-2013, 02:25 PM
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you should be fine- use a New Sharp Needle and an all over design would be nice. the 'Trip' quilt I just quilted for a customer was one she chose an edge to edge wavy pattern for- it turned out nice. *her seams were all pressed to one side too. we used a cotton (Hobbs 80/20) batting- and I made sure I had a nice new needle in the machine. no problems at all.
10-14-2013, 03:39 PM
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Quilting on a long arm or DSM? If a long arm than an open design panto would be fine. If on your Domestic Sewing Machine, I would quilt in straight lines down the center of each strip. You would only have the cross seams to go over and they should not be any more difficult than regular quilting. I would say to go down the center in a zig zag fashion but that will be difficult on a DSM.
10-14-2013, 06:13 PM
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I will be quilting it on my DSM. I have only practiced FMQ, so I'll need to go with something fairly easy. I'm thinking a loose meander, if that would be enough quilting. Would crosshatching look OK on staggered rectangles? (Sorry for the bad pics)
10-15-2013, 04:32 AM
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I like a large meander for patterns I can't decide a quilting pattern for. As others have said put in a new sharp needle and get your tension set before starting. Meander to me is a non-pattern and does not distract from the quilt design. To help to get a consistant meander size, decide on an object you are familiar with such as golf ball, tennis ball etc. for the loop sizes....this really helps to keep the meander consistant over the quilt.
