Help! Need ideas! on how to Quilt this Paperpieced Top
05-26-2010, 06:50 AM
#101
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That is an amazing quilt. And I was going to ask what block/pattern that was, but someone else said Karen Stones McCommas Beauty, so now I know.
What is weird is that Quiltville just posted photos of antique "Whig's Defeat" quilts in her blog today, and McCommas Beauty seems to be a modern version of that block (which also blew me away).
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2010/...ed-lovely.html
Trapunto may be overkill ... definitely "audition" it on a practice block or two, and also waiting to enter it for next year is probably wise - three weeks to quilt and bind may be rushing things (I know it would be for me, but I also work fulltime, so my quilting time is limited). better to take your time and create a blue-ribbon masterwork than to rush and miss by an inch.
If you have graphics or quilting software, you can audition designs on your computer. Feathers might be just the thing, or maybe there's something else unexpected that you will think of.
I can't wait to see the finished product, and please let us know where and when you're showing it.
What is weird is that Quiltville just posted photos of antique "Whig's Defeat" quilts in her blog today, and McCommas Beauty seems to be a modern version of that block (which also blew me away).
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2010/...ed-lovely.html
Trapunto may be overkill ... definitely "audition" it on a practice block or two, and also waiting to enter it for next year is probably wise - three weeks to quilt and bind may be rushing things (I know it would be for me, but I also work fulltime, so my quilting time is limited). better to take your time and create a blue-ribbon masterwork than to rush and miss by an inch.
If you have graphics or quilting software, you can audition designs on your computer. Feathers might be just the thing, or maybe there's something else unexpected that you will think of.
I can't wait to see the finished product, and please let us know where and when you're showing it.
10-12-2010, 06:49 AM
#105
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Beautiful quilt and piecing. Have you started quilting it yet or made any decisions on your path? Sometimes I find that is the hardest part of the whole process.
I really want to learn to feather too.....now to just practice!
I really want to learn to feather too.....now to just practice!
10-12-2010, 07:13 AM
#107
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Originally Posted by JAGSD
Thank you,
Originally, that is what I was kind of thinking. Then I started to wonder with all the points, if the feathers would be good or if it should be something with a more pointed design?
That is why it is still unquilted I pull it out and the undecision comes again.
I haven't done actual feather quilting yet on my long arm but have been practicing them and they are really starting to come together.
Originally, that is what I was kind of thinking. Then I started to wonder with all the points, if the feathers would be good or if it should be something with a more pointed design?
That is why it is still unquilted I pull it out and the undecision comes again.
I haven't done actual feather quilting yet on my long arm but have been practicing them and they are really starting to come together.
12-09-2010, 08:48 AM
#109
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Originally Posted by MamaBear61
Your quilt is breathtaking. I can't help with the quilting design, but I sure hope you can find one you like and get this into your quilt show because it deserves to be there.
12-09-2010, 09:00 AM
#110
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Originally Posted by Sheree from Chicago
It's beautiful! I also made Karen Stones McCommas Beauty and can't believe how different they look with different fabrics and color placement!
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