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09-26-2011, 05:35 PM
#15
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Yakima, WA
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I don't usually draw on the fabric, I'm really bad at trying to follow the lines, I even took a class to learn how and continued to be really bad at it, so I just meander around creating my own squiggles and lines.
I buy prequilted fabric when I see it in the remnant bins and practice on it.
I buy prequilted fabric when I see it in the remnant bins and practice on it.
09-26-2011, 10:11 PM
#17
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MO (the Show Me state)
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this is an interesting tip. do you sew through the plastic sheet? how many sheets of plastic do you need to complete a lap size quilt?
Originally Posted by San Diego Quilter
I love to piece, but used to agonize over how to actually quilt.....where to put the lines, what design to use, etc.
After reading a post from a long arm quilter (thank you to whoever you are!)....I went to Home Depot and purchased a 18 x 18 sheet of light weight clear plastic.....(bind the edges with thin line of blue painters tape so that you don't mark your quilt top by mistake)... Lay this over your quilt and and use a thin line whiteboard marker to try out quilting lines. OMG...this was the best thing since sliced bread!!!
I have since googled "continuous line" quilting pattern, templates, etc. for ideas... If it is intricate, I blow it up on the copier, place it under my plastic.....trace...and then lay it over my quilt.
Have fun with it!!!!
Linda
After reading a post from a long arm quilter (thank you to whoever you are!)....I went to Home Depot and purchased a 18 x 18 sheet of light weight clear plastic.....(bind the edges with thin line of blue painters tape so that you don't mark your quilt top by mistake)... Lay this over your quilt and and use a thin line whiteboard marker to try out quilting lines. OMG...this was the best thing since sliced bread!!!
I have since googled "continuous line" quilting pattern, templates, etc. for ideas... If it is intricate, I blow it up on the copier, place it under my plastic.....trace...and then lay it over my quilt.
Have fun with it!!!!
Linda
09-26-2011, 10:15 PM
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Idaho
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Originally Posted by Havplenty
this is an interesting tip. do you sew through the plastic sheet? how many sheets of plastic do you need to complete a lap size quilt?
Originally Posted by San Diego Quilter
I love to piece, but used to agonize over how to actually quilt.....where to put the lines, what design to use, etc.
After reading a post from a long arm quilter (thank you to whoever you are!)....I went to Home Depot and purchased a 18 x 18 sheet of light weight clear plastic.....(bind the edges with thin line of blue painters tape so that you don't mark your quilt top by mistake)... Lay this over your quilt and and use a thin line whiteboard marker to try out quilting lines. OMG...this was the best thing since sliced bread!!!
I have since googled "continuous line" quilting pattern, templates, etc. for ideas... If it is intricate, I blow it up on the copier, place it under my plastic.....trace...and then lay it over my quilt.
Have fun with it!!!!
Linda
After reading a post from a long arm quilter (thank you to whoever you are!)....I went to Home Depot and purchased a 18 x 18 sheet of light weight clear plastic.....(bind the edges with thin line of blue painters tape so that you don't mark your quilt top by mistake)... Lay this over your quilt and and use a thin line whiteboard marker to try out quilting lines. OMG...this was the best thing since sliced bread!!!
I have since googled "continuous line" quilting pattern, templates, etc. for ideas... If it is intricate, I blow it up on the copier, place it under my plastic.....trace...and then lay it over my quilt.
Have fun with it!!!!
Linda
09-27-2011, 09:14 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Sunny San Diego, CA
Posts: 63
Originally Posted by Sadiemae
Originally Posted by Havplenty
this is an interesting tip. do you sew through the plastic sheet? how many sheets of plastic do you need to complete a lap size quilt?
Originally Posted by San Diego Quilter
I love to piece, but used to agonize over how to actually quilt.....where to put the lines, what design to use, etc.
After reading a post from a long arm quilter (thank you to whoever you are!)....I went to Home Depot and purchased a 18 x 18 sheet of light weight clear plastic.....(bind the edges with thin line of blue painters tape so that you don't mark your quilt top by mistake)... Lay this over your quilt and and use a thin line whiteboard marker to try out quilting lines. OMG...this was the best thing since sliced bread!!!
I have since googled "continuous line" quilting pattern, templates, etc. for ideas... If it is intricate, I blow it up on the copier, place it under my plastic.....trace...and then lay it over my quilt.
Have fun with it!!!!
Linda
After reading a post from a long arm quilter (thank you to whoever you are!)....I went to Home Depot and purchased a 18 x 18 sheet of light weight clear plastic.....(bind the edges with thin line of blue painters tape so that you don't mark your quilt top by mistake)... Lay this over your quilt and and use a thin line whiteboard marker to try out quilting lines. OMG...this was the best thing since sliced bread!!!
I have since googled "continuous line" quilting pattern, templates, etc. for ideas... If it is intricate, I blow it up on the copier, place it under my plastic.....trace...and then lay it over my quilt.
Have fun with it!!!!
Linda
Correct - it is a thin(ish) sheet of clear plexi-glass - just meant to audition quilt lines. Lay it over your quilt top and try out ideas by drawing the quilting lines with a fine tipped dry erase marker. If you don't like what you've drawn, simply wipe away the lines with a damp cloth. HINT....remove the plastic from your quilt before you wipe it. I did not the first time and got smudges of dry erase marker on my fabric. :(
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