Grandmothers flower garden almost finished
04-22-2014, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by judy5cents
I have been working on hand piecing this quilt for just over a year and now only have the edges to finish.
Now comes the big decision... do I hand quilt it or machine quilt.
If I hand quilt it will likely take a few years, I don't know that I will be happy with just sewing 1/4 inch around all the hexagons .
I am leaning towards machine quilting but am not sure of the design to use. I am looking forward to having this on my bed but do not want to rush the ending as I have spent so much time on this.
How would you suggest I quilt this?
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Thanks
Judy
Now comes the big decision... do I hand quilt it or machine quilt.
If I hand quilt it will likely take a few years, I don't know that I will be happy with just sewing 1/4 inch around all the hexagons .
I am leaning towards machine quilting but am not sure of the design to use. I am looking forward to having this on my bed but do not want to rush the ending as I have spent so much time on this.
How would you suggest I quilt this?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]472555[/ATTACH]
Thanks
Judy
04-22-2014, 06:44 AM
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Thank you for all the lovely comments and photos. I totally agree with both camps.... Yes I think it deserves hand quilting but I know it will take me years and it is a "beast" of a quilt to wrestle with and have on my lap to hand quilt. I could rent time on a long arm machine but am not sure that I want to practice with this quilt. I could machine quilt it on my machine, I like the idea of making a flower in each of the colored flowers, I like the idea of pebbles, but it seems like an awful lot of pebbles.
Some one on a face book page had the best idea... send it out to someone else to do and get it back all done beautifully... I love this idea but sorry to say I don't think I can afford to do this
My flowers are all paper pieced, I have taken out some of the papers.... many more to go. I have not repeated fabrics for any of the flowers although some of the centers are repeats. As I look towards finishing this, I also am thinking of my next project to hand piece as I am now accustomed to sewing while I watch TV.
Some one on a face book page had the best idea... send it out to someone else to do and get it back all done beautifully... I love this idea but sorry to say I don't think I can afford to do this
My flowers are all paper pieced, I have taken out some of the papers.... many more to go. I have not repeated fabrics for any of the flowers although some of the centers are repeats. As I look towards finishing this, I also am thinking of my next project to hand piece as I am now accustomed to sewing while I watch TV.
04-22-2014, 07:40 AM
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I love your quilt... I just started a grandmothers flower garden quilt myself - - I have 8 flowers done ha ha only a bazillion more to go. I am glad you asked your question because I was wondering the same thing for mine
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