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Old 02-05-2011, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by alderdweller
Thanks so much for your encouragement. I was just about ready to give up on this particular quilt, since it is huge and it's gonna take me forever to stitch around all the triangles.
mpeters1200...thanks for that suggestion. I've been trying to figure out how I could still hand quilt without doing every single triangle. I couldn't figure out anything I thought would look right. This might work!
Another question would be this...I used the Warm and Natural cotton batting from Joanns. I've never used a cotton batting before but thought that you had to make your quilting stitches closer to each other. If I only quilt around the (pinwheel) block, will it still be ok with that type batting?
If I could just get that part done, maybe I'd have the incentive then to go back and quilt a bit more in it, but right now the job just seems overwhelming!
Just a thought! Just last week I watched a program about using the long stitches, i think it was Fons & Porter, and the quilt was so pretty with those stitches.
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Old 02-05-2011, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Yooper32
You've done a wonderful job of piecing. Love your blocks and as for the quilting...I am always in a quandry myself,so I will leave that to those who know a whole lot better than me.
Hey Mountaineer, I live on a tippy-top hill in Wv, too.
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Old 02-05-2011, 05:43 PM
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Is this quilt pattern from the book I see in the lower right corner of the pic? I have this book and am looking to make a king sized quilt for our bed but need to be able to use up what fabric I have.
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Old 02-05-2011, 06:37 PM
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my rule of thumb is cotton batting quilt 3 to 5 inches aprt and poly quilt 6 to 8 inches apart, for hand quilting.
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Old 02-05-2011, 07:20 PM
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Actually, I think you could just do an "X" pattern overall
and it would do it great justice.
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Old 02-05-2011, 07:30 PM
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wish my last one looked like that let alone my first. Beautiful
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Old 02-05-2011, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by beksclen
Is this quilt pattern from the book I see in the lower right corner of the pic? I have this book and am looking to make a king sized quilt for our bed but need to be able to use up what fabric I have.
No, the pattern isn't from that book. I actually got it from a Civil War quilt along I've started a few weeks ago. This is the link for it and you'll need to scroll down to the bottom of the page. The name of it is "Catch me if you can".
http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/s...=2011-01-17T09:52:00-06:00&max-results=7

I really liked the block so wound up doing a whole quilt with it

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Old 02-06-2011, 06:05 AM
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Thanks for that link. I will definitely be checking into it as perhaps a way to make something with what I already have.
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Old 02-06-2011, 06:34 AM
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Gorgeous quilt!!! How about continuous curves inside your blocks and a cable of sorts in the sashing????
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I'd do something with curves, wavy lines.
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