Filling Max Width
 

Good evening,

I apologize now because I'm new to quilting and don't know all the term.
Also, I'm sure you see that english is not my language.

I'm new to sewing in general and decided to make a quilt.
It's been hard but it coming well and I'm very happy with it.

I'm no putting together the top, back and stuffing.
I only notice after 3 hour drive to the store that my stuffing (100% cotton) says max between stitches is 4".

My quilt is made of 9" and 4 1/2" blocks.
Do anyone think it would be ok to just stitch at 4 1/2"?
I have wash/dried the cotton already so I think it has shrunk.
What would be the worse case if I don't do 4" or less?

Merci for your comment!

Yes, I would say it is. I've done that often with no problems. one usually lays a hand flat and the span of your fingers closed together is about 4 inches. The quilting area is a suggestion for best batting versus fabric reaction when washed. Good luck, have fun.

Thank you.
This is what I thought but I though I ask first.

Welcome from North Carolina. I believe you will enjoy this Board. Good luck with your quilting.

Bienvenue Sprocket!!
in the North, from QuiltE in the South (of Ontario) :)

Agree ... I am sure you will be safe with 4-1/2" instead of the 4".

Bonne Chance! with your quilt ... I'll be looking forward to seeing it!

Welcome to this board. Lots of knowledgeable people here.

Hello Sprocket. Your English is just fine. Please feel welcome. We enjoy hearing from all neighbors and quilting friends.

I concur...4.5 is close enough. I break the rules all the time.

When I first began learning, quilting more densely than that was more than I could commit to. Years later, I have gone back and filled in on some of my oldest ones in order to reinforce them as they aged. It is Ok to do what you can and learn as you go. Have fun!

Hi Sprocket and welcome. You will love this board. Everyone is so helpful and we all remember when we were newbys. I agree that 4.5” will be just fine.��

Welcome to the Quilting Board from SE Michigan! You should be just fine smoothing it out and pinning then stitching every 4" or so. The main thing is to have as much fun as possible. We all started where you are right now and we all move along at our own pace. Happy Quilting!!

Welcome to the board, Sprocket! Glad you're here.

Welcome, Sprocket, from Eastern Ontario. This is a great forum with members who are always so happy to help.

Bonjour Sprocket et Bienvenue! Hope you'll keep us posted on your progress!

Welcome to the board. Everyone here is so helpful and any questions you have will be answered with great information.

Welcome to the board from NE Ohio.

Well, today I learned that all the French speaking Canadians don't live in Quebec! Welcome to the board. Are you planning on doing a stitch in the ditch quilting going on the edges of the blocks? If so, and you are really concerned about the spacing, you can also do diagonal stitching to get the lines of stitching closer. I have done that before. be sure you show us your quilt when it is done, ok?

Thanks again everyone for the comments.
And of course I'll post a picture once done. Another week or 2 I think.
I'm just getting tired with it now because its hard to work with that much material and my lines are getting crooked.
Just taking a lot of brakes now before I get mad and throw in a bin until next year. lol

The only reason I mention english is not my language is because my wife toll me she can hear my accent when reading what I write. hahaha! And I'm sure she's right.

Most of northern ontario is pretty french. At least all the lumber towns since most employee / owners when the mill open were from Quebec.

Anyhow, Merci encore tout le monde!

**edit**
And yes, "stitch in the ditch". I had to youtube that.
All the "ditch" is done now at 9". now moving to middle for 4 1/2".
This is why my lines are getting ~~~~~~ but I youtube again and found I can use soap to make a line to follow.

I leave the ~~~ line in there because it's my first. I don't think it suppose to be perfect.
If it's really bad and my OCD don't like it, it will live at the ?érablière? (maple camp?)

Thanks for the update. As far as the ~~~ goes, many machines have what we call "serpentine" stitch and it looks exactly like that and hides any number of fabric or piecing or quilting sins.

I used it recently for the first time, I should have adjusted the points so they were more curvy than pointy but I liked it on my sample and by the time I realized I didn't like it so much on the top I was already committed and decided to soldier on. Also, I didn't draw the lines I should have for the rows with the big blocks but most people aren't going to notice there is a bit of a skew and some of the grid is a bit off here and there. A lot of times we are just too close to our own work, and any flaws we are aware of are magnified.

I posted a picture of it here, I don't recommend high loft batting for beginners btw, no need to make it harder than it has to.
https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...ml#post8321537