Echo quilting
10-27-2014, 06:34 AM
#11
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Looks like you already have plenty of good advice. Your quilt is very nice. I'm always one that tends to shadow quilt. I stitch about 1/4 to 1/2 inch away from the edges of the pieces on the inside. It tends to draw the inside out for a little poof that makes the quilt pieces stand out. You might try that.
10-27-2014, 09:06 AM
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Your quilt is beautiful! Just wondering, how did you use your ipad to audition your quilting ideas? Did you take a picture of the quilt? Then how did you draw the design on? I have an ipad mini and would love to use it like you did to audition quilting ideas.
10-27-2014, 10:36 AM
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Thanks gals! I decided on stitching just outside the ditch, what's the term for that????? 
So far I've done my long diagonal lines and my horizontal line through the middle. It's looking good. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do the smaller triangles as well, maybe after I practice more. I took my first seam out twice!
Joanneg - I used Adobe Ideas, PS Touch works similarly too
I might have paid for those apps but I'm pretty sure there's a free version of PS Touch. I was looking for a line tool but I couldn't find one on either app, but it might be in there somewhere, I was just impatient! Hahaha If you try it and find that you like it a lot, you might look into getting a nice stylus. My hubby says the Jot Pro Stylus has a fine tip, I want one
So far I've done my long diagonal lines and my horizontal line through the middle. It's looking good. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do the smaller triangles as well, maybe after I practice more. I took my first seam out twice! Joanneg - I used Adobe Ideas, PS Touch works similarly too
I might have paid for those apps but I'm pretty sure there's a free version of PS Touch. I was looking for a line tool but I couldn't find one on either app, but it might be in there somewhere, I was just impatient! Hahaha If you try it and find that you like it a lot, you might look into getting a nice stylus. My hubby says the Jot Pro Stylus has a fine tip, I want one
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10-27-2014, 05:54 PM
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Here's what I completed today! I'm trying to decide if I should try to do the little tiangles. I think I figured out how I can move it to do them, just wondering if it looks better with or without them quilted. Anyone still up to give me opinions?
10-27-2014, 06:29 PM
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What batting are you using? That determines the max distance between lines. If your batting doesn't require closer lines, then you could leave it as-is.
I think it would look good either way, but doing the small triangles will add quite a bit of additional work to the quilt.
What does the back look like?
I think it would look good either way, but doing the small triangles will add quite a bit of additional work to the quilt.
What does the back look like?
10-27-2014, 08:13 PM
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Your quilt looks great as is IF your spacing between stitching lines does not exceed the maximum specified by your batting. If you have the time and inclination, adding quilting to the smaller triangles would look good, but optional.
10-27-2014, 09:18 PM
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I have done the same sort of pattern on a customer's quilt (on my longarm, but you can do the same thing on DSM), and rather than tying off for every square (for me, triangle for you) I just did a straight line over to where I wanted to go. You can see it in the third picture of my blog, here: http://farmquilter.blogspot.com/2014...mer-quilt.html Works really well.
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