Ever "too much" quilting?
09-02-2010, 02:23 PM
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I think this issue is kinda like "chocolate vs. vanilla"...there is something for everyone. I happen to like fairly heavy quilting and I haven't found that it results in stiff quilts (thats a batting choice issue). I think that what bothers so many of us are the overall meandering done on quilts with NO regard to the design or piecing of the quilt. I agree with the poster who talked about the LAQ setting the parameters, then going to lunch. That isn't what I call "quilting"..I know it is, but....it doesn't seem to show much respect for the piecer. Anyway...this is always an interesting subject.
09-02-2010, 03:00 PM
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I like lots of quilting on my quilts, don't know why but I do. I ask my customers what they prefer and most of them leave it up to me. Now my daughter likes the looks of comforters and wants me to make quilts like that and I just roll my eyes at her.
09-02-2010, 03:18 PM
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It is a personal preference whether or not you like dense or light quilting. The quilt should be stitched fairly evenly allover for a smooth effect (by hand or by machine).
IMHO sometimes the piecing is the emphasis, sometimes the quilting is the emphasis, and sometimes both are stunning!
IMHO sometimes the piecing is the emphasis, sometimes the quilting is the emphasis, and sometimes both are stunning!
09-02-2010, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Late Bloomer
This overkill with quilting gets to me too. In fact, I have emailed editors of quilting magazines complaining that it was almost impossible to see the actual quilt piecing due to the excessive quilting over it and if they did not print the design in plain colors, it would be difficult to see how to piece it. Needless to say, I have never heard back from them but I just needed to vent. The lights on the quilts glare and the pictures just show the quilt design contrast and not so much on the piecing. I suppose that is why you never get an email or website for the machine quilters printed in the magazine.
09-02-2010, 03:30 PM
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My husband doesn't like quilts to sleep under.He finds them "too solid" & we have a comforter he loves.Light & puffy,you hardly know it's there, but very warm.My quilts are on a quilt rack in the bedroom.He adnires my quilts, just doesn't want to sleep under them.:-)
Originally Posted by sylvia77
I like lots of quilting on my quilts, don't know why but I do. I ask my customers what they prefer and most of them leave it up to me. Now my daughter likes the looks of comforters and wants me to make quilts like that and I just roll my eyes at her.
09-02-2010, 04:10 PM
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SharonAnne, I love your 'cat' quilt. You ask how it should be quilted. How the quilt will be used is usually the deciding factor as to how much quilting it should have. I just think if things are quilted too close they become so stiff and not cuddly. If I do any machine quilting it has to be SID and I do that mostly for quilts made for my grand children because I know they are used and laundered a lot. For wall hangings the design determines how it is quilted. Those are usually my guidelines.
09-02-2010, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by moreland
It seems as Long Arm Quilting becomes more and more accessible, the amount of quilting seen on laq quilts has exploded. I have to sometimes wonder if the quilting is trying to outdo the piecing/fabric/design. I am not a laq and I am not taking potshots at those of you who are, but I just wondered if anyone else ever thought about this. I am not convinced that having quilting on every piece of the fabric that is visible is necessarily the "best way"--I tend to feel like it becomes "one upmanship" between piecer and quilter.
Do you think as we get past the initial rapture of now being able to quilt as much as we want to/can, that there will be more balance? Perhaps I'm the only one who thinks it is often out of balance???
Do you think as we get past the initial rapture of now being able to quilt as much as we want to/can, that there will be more balance? Perhaps I'm the only one who thinks it is often out of balance???
Most of the ones I have had quilted have wide open spaces but they do look nice.
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