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Advice please on sew easy strata star
I just finished 'birthing' the Sew Easy Strata Star. Up until now I was thinking this is great it turned out wonderfully!
Now here is where I'm needing help, as I've never quilted a birthed quilt. I have stitched in the ditch successfully with a layered table topper so I could 'ease' the fabric from the center out. I usually send all my quilts out to the LA. I have only quilted small wall hangings etc., again all were layered. With this table topper having the sewn edges I'm not sure how I will keep from getting puckers and folds. I have quilt pins the curved type do I just pin, pin, pin and then pin once more? Any words of wisdom of those that have been-there-and-done the Strata Star or quilted a birthed quilt will be most appreciated. |
When I made mine I used lots of pins and then rolled it tightly and did a stitched from one point all the way across to a point then did the same the other way so it was in four parts and it made it easy to do more quilting. I have made 3 and used the same method. Hope this makes sense.
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That is a problem with a birthed quilt. It can pucker easily when quilted. Quilt as far apart as the batting will allow and pin, pin, pin.
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This is why I personally hand baste; for me it's more controlling than pinning.
Jan in VA |
I ended up starting to press the ends flat and then press the quilt. Usually cotton will stick to cotton fabric and I put only a few pins in.
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I put a binding on mine and quilt before.Maybe you can try that next time and hope you can quilt this one where it looks ok......
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
(Post 7070686)
This is why I personally hand baste; for me it's more controlling than pinning.
Jan in VA I'm so glad that you responded to my asking for help in quilting the Sew Easy Strata Star. I always appreciate when you share your wonderful knowledge. If you wouldn't mind my questions here... I've never basted a quilt or table topper. I went to YouTube and watched Sharon Schamber's video on herringbone hand basting, is this the type of basting that you would suggest on this smallish piece? Or would I just use longer stitches along the linear lines of the star? I have to look on the Warm and Natural to see how far apart I can stitch...I was hoping to stitch most of the lines, however now think that less would probably be better? What do you think? I know this is probably a silly question but how long of a stitch length would you use? |
Originally Posted by Mary O
(Post 7070816)
I put a binding on mine and quilt before.Maybe you can try that next time and hope you can quilt this one where it looks ok......
Thanks for taking the time to reply....Ohhhh, I must confess I cannot understand how to cut bias strips. I've watched a couple of YouTube videos and fold like this and cut like this makes all those old gears in my head go whack a doodle. I never gave a thought to quilting a birthed quilt...so I hope I can 'get' quilting this smallish piece as it was fun seeing the star come together and I do want to make more. |
Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2
(Post 7070770)
I ended up starting to press the ends flat and then press the quilt. Usually cotton will stick to cotton fabric and I put only a few pins in.
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Originally Posted by Ruby the Quilter
(Post 7070441)
When I made mine I used lots of pins and then rolled it tightly and did a stitched from one point all the way across to a point then did the same the other way so it was in four parts and it made it easy to do more quilting. I have made 3 and used the same method. Hope this makes sense.
I had so much 'fun' making this and seeing it come together and I do want to make one for each season until I got to this point and I don't want to make a mess of quilting it. So thanks so much for your explanation it does make sense to me. My thinking was point to point too. Did you stitch the outside edges? I was wondering if that would be necessary to keep the back from eventually rolling/shifting to the front or would the linear stitching keep it in check? |
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