Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Main
  • How do you pick your quilting design? >
  • How do you pick your quilting design?

  • How do you pick your quilting design?

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 08-27-2010, 06:31 PM
      #1  
    Member
    Thread Starter
     
    carmen4him's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: Ohio
    Posts: 97
    Default

    Hello all. I was wondering if someone might help me figure out how to decide what quilting design to use. I made a baby/childs quilt for Downy and it has kitties and big pokka dots on it. Bright colors and stripes. How do I figure out what quilting design to use. Any info is greatly appreciated. LOL in Christ, you guys are the BEST for sure. Happy Stitchin
    carmen4him is offline  
    Old 08-27-2010, 06:53 PM
      #2  
    Super Member
     
    SharonAnne's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA
    Posts: 1,449
    Default

    I'm new at quilting and I share your issue on design. That's the hardest thing. Many say to let the quilt tell you, but perhaps I'm hard of hearing. lol. Anyway, I'll be following this post to get some info, too. Thanks for asking the question.
    SharonAnne is offline  
    Old 08-27-2010, 07:12 PM
      #3  
    Super Member
     
    Dina's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jan 2010
    Location: Texas
    Posts: 5,500
    Default

    I am also new to quilting, having only been doing it about a year. What I tend to do is search online for "easy quilts"or "quilts for beginners." Then I get some ideas and then I look for colors I like. I have found that I prefer sewing in plain colors or variations of one color. I am VERY fond of purple and have made three quilts that are mainly purple.

    So....I look for simple things. Does that help any?

    I also worry a great deal about what I select, as I can't visualize what my quilt will look like. I am always surprised by my results, but so far I have liked them.

    I am anxious to read what others say. I know my sister likes to select patterns that will challenge her. She likes to learn new techniques. THAT scares me silly, but she has been quilting 12 more years than I have.
    Dina is offline  
    Old 08-27-2010, 07:29 PM
      #4  
    Super Member
     
    GrannieAnnie's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Aug 2010
    Location: S. W. Indiana
    Posts: 7,484
    Default

    Originally Posted by Dina
    I am also new to quilting, having only been doing it about a year. What I tend to do is search online for "easy quilts"or "quilts for beginners." Then I get some ideas and then I look for colors I like. I have found that I prefer sewing in plain colors or variations of one color. I am VERY fond of purple and have made three quilts that are mainly purple.

    So....I look for simple things. Does that help any?

    I also worry a great deal about what I select, as I can't visualize what my quilt will look like. I am always surprised by my results, but so far I have liked them.

    I am anxious to read what others say. I know my sister likes to select patterns that will challenge her. She likes to learn new techniques. THAT scares me silly, but she has been quilting 12 more years than I have.
    I think it's a curse, but I can look at fabric and think of a dozen ways to use it, or look at a pattern and see a few dozen color sets. I look and think-----------if I spent as much time sewing as I do thinking, I'd be covered up in quilting!
    GrannieAnnie is offline  
    Old 08-27-2010, 08:24 PM
      #5  
    Super Member
     
    Ditter43's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jan 2007
    Location: Crystal River Florida
    Posts: 9,785
    Default

    I know they want them to be pretty heavily quilted since they will get a lot of use and lots of washing.That might help you decide.... :-D
    Ditter43 is offline  
    Old 08-27-2010, 08:41 PM
      #6  
    Junior Member
     
    Marquilt's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Aug 2010
    Location: Virginia
    Posts: 113
    Default

    One thing that might help you to decide on a quilting design is to hang your top someplace you can stare at it for about a week. Look at the whole pattern and the patterns that makes if you squint at it, or cross your eyes at it. Don't laugh at the squinting and crossing. I guarantee you this works. LOL

    The quilting of any quilt depends on what part of your pattern you wish to accentuate, and as Ditter said, its intended use.

    With your big polka dots and kitty shapes, perhaps quilting around each cat and adding some inner cat quilting to define their catness, and quilting around some or all of those polka dots might be nice. And maybe quilt along the edges of those stripes to bring them out. And for further background quilting, perhaps different sized circles, to reflect those dots might work.

    Or you could show us your quilt and make it easier for us to help you think of something.
    Marquilt is offline  
    Old 08-28-2010, 05:06 AM
      #7  
    Power Poster
     
    Join Date: Feb 2010
    Location: Ohio
    Posts: 17,068
    Default

    If you post a pic there are a lot of people on the board who can help.
    sueisallaboutquilts is offline  
    Old 08-28-2010, 05:43 AM
      #8  
    Super Member
     
    sahm4605's Avatar
     
    Join Date: May 2010
    Location: Blue Springs, MO
    Posts: 2,167
    Default

    i just dive right in with one block and if i like it then i keep going, but i try to make the same block in two different color choices, especially if I don't like the way it turned out mostly because of the colors. it is more fun and all the blocks that you make that you don't like you can turn into an I hate these blocks quilt. I have yet to hit a block that i hate. getting ready to start my third block. (If you haven't guessed I am very new to quilting also.)
    sahm4605 is offline  
    Old 08-28-2010, 07:36 AM
      #9  
    Super Member
     
    sash's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Sep 2007
    Location: Texas
    Posts: 2,665
    Default

    I just meander all over; that's all I can do and I really like the look of it and I don't the difference. I don't think it will come apart after all the washings and tuggings.
    sash is offline  
    Old 08-28-2010, 07:46 AM
      #10  
    Member
    Thread Starter
     
    carmen4him's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: Ohio
    Posts: 97
    Default

    Here is the pics. Thanks everyone for your info.
    Attached Thumbnails attachment-106208.jpe   attachment-106209.jpe  
    carmen4him is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    Butterfli19
    General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    47
    08-30-2011 03:54 AM
    craftybear
    General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    5
    10-10-2010 05:49 AM
    RatherB Quilting
    Main
    22
    06-15-2010 09:23 PM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter