large stitch quilting
 

Is there anyone here who could tell me about large stitch quilting? saw it mentioned in an article and would love to have more info on it.

just search on google...it's not for me but there is No Wrong Way to Quilt, so check it out...

do a search in the tuts on the board. seems like someone has a tut or a link to one.

Quite often done with pearl cotton and a large needle. it can be quite decorative

large stitch quilting is often done with embroidery floss or perle cotton-
it is simply a running stitch- between an 1/8" & 1/4" long- goes quickly and on the right quilt is quite wonderful. used often on primatives (wool quilts- flannels-homespuns) old fashioned looking traditional quilts

I remember seeing it here on the board somewhere, some time ago, do a search.

I found a blog with big stitch on it; let me look and see if I can re-find it.

There's an article in the latest issue of McCalls Quilting. They even have a video. Look at McCallsQuilting.com and click on videos.

Here's a blog that gives some great pictures. http://sewprimitive.blogspot.com/200...-examples.html
I have done big stitch and love it. I use perle cotton and larger needle. No hoop. I did mine on these quilts for sons for Christmas last year. Apparently it's only letting me download one quilt. But I hope you can see what it is.

Billie Lauder is famous for using this technique. I just googled her and got this link to a website with a lot of her videos. One of them is about Big Stitch quilting.

http://www.easymade.com/video_advanced.html

Enjoy!

Ever since seeing Billie Lauder demonstrate the "big stitch" technique on Simply Quilts, it is the only hand quilting I do. It is so much faster than regular hand quilting and looks great! Take Arlene's advice and watch the Billie Lauder video. If you can't open it, I taped the Simply Quilts show and would be happy to loan it to you.

Sandyl,
I really like that look with the stitching and it looks like a yummy snuggle quilt

Last month I finished doing 'Big Stitch' quilting on my D9P with heart, named the quilt 'Hugs & Kisses. Here is the link;

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...d-t170021.html

I'm definitely going on line to check this big stitch out. Sounds like something I would like to do. All my quilts for vintage/traditional patterns so this might be what I need for them. Thanks for posting this.

I love that!

I heard it called Stab Stitch quilting, but others have referred to it as Pioneer stitch. You use embroidery floss or some other thick corded thread so you really SEE the quilting. You make large stitches, as large as you want but typically you are getting only 2-3 stitches per inch. Just like tied quilts, these large stitch quilts will not last as long if they are frequently washed, but they are warm and cozy. I use a thicker batt for it, although I believe traditionally, they simply put an old blanket in the center and quilted over it. You need a SHARP needle and a thimble. It's not really that much different from sashiko, only you use colors instead of either white or black.

My great-grandmother's last two quilts were done using a stab stitch method as she was nearly blind. They still stayed together until recently and were made in the 1940s.

I have quilted a few lap quilts using the "big" stitch method. The thread used is the pearl cotton. I used black thread and liked the "old" look it gave the quilt. Much easier, for me anyway, than hand quilting using small stitches.
The process allowed me to quilt a lap quilt in a reasonable time. If you would be interested in seeing pictures send me a PM. I'd be glad to send you pictures of the quilts I have done in the "big" stitch method.

I have used a "large stitch" in my quilts for years and love the look when a contrasting color thread is used.

I use Sulky 12 wt. cotton threads (they also have beautiful blended colors), #8 or #12 perle cotton balls, and even #10 crochet thread.
The needle I prefer is a Richard Hemming large-eye between in a 7, 8, or 9 size.
I quilt in my lap with a 14" round hoop and my stitches are about 5 to the inch (counted only on the front).

I love hand quilting, especially in the winter when I can curl up in the quilt as I work!

Jan in VA

Am in the process of big stitch quilting a king size quilt. Love doing it and love the look, is primitive and really attractive on the civil war or 30's type of fabrics. Not using a hoop, just puddle it on my lap. Had not seen the ones with the colored thread, like that too, am using beige pearl #8 and a large eyed needle. Will certainly do more this way.

Thanks, Jan,for all the info. Think I'll try it on my next quilt!

cannot watch video on easymade ??

If I were to hand quilt...that would be the way I would do it. :)

A friend of mine has a machine that does long stitching but can't think of the name of it it looked like hand sewing quite neet.I wouldn't put that much money in it tho. Have a blessed day

Is it similar to Shashito? The stitches are deliberate and meant to show.
MaryKatherine

Here's a picture of a quilt I made using ("the big stitch"). Hope the picture posts as I've been having trouble doing it with this new board. [ATTACH=CONFIG]294727[/ATTACH]

I have done big stitch quilting on pre-printed baby quilt panels. I just follow the outline of the object in the panel (if it had a teddy bear on it outline the teddy bear for example). They turn out really cute and are fun to do on a pre-printed panel. They work up much faster than regular hand quilting and are great for charity quilts. I have used pearl cotton and a large needle. I haven't tried embroidery floss but imagine it would work well also.

I use it in conjunction with stitch in the ditch by machine. The combination works well, especially on baby quilts but I have used it on tablerunners too. I have used yarn and pearl cotton.

thanks all for the info and pictures. this look is just the thing I will try. I love old fashioned quilts. Simple and colorful. Will check out all the sites suggested.

Kaffe Fassett does this. I saw some of his efforts at quilting in one of his earlier books. He just called it trying to quilt.

Hey this is the only type of hand quilting I know how to do. Didn't know there was a name for it.

Large stitch quilting...
 

Our guild gave a lesson on this a few years ago. They showed it as a long stitch, then short, ect. Perle
Cotton was their recommended thread at that time.
I did Big stitch on a quilt, and it was okay; nothing great, tho!
Mariah.

I'm sorry you find this "nothing great" because it really can be!
I've never seen it done as a long stitch and then a short stitch, though, sounds weird.

As there are several sizes of perle cotton threads, one should probably note that the size 8 or 12 are probably better.

Yes, "big stitch" quilting IS similar to (the same as?) sashiko quilting. It is intended to show, yes, but is often done in colors other than just white as sashiko is.

My shop in Dallas taught classes on this technique 12 years ago. Our lovely teacher moved from Plano to North or South Carolina, as I remember.

Jan in VA

30 years ago, my husband's grandmother died, and we got all her quilts, in all different phases. Just last year I decided to get her maple leaves quilt finished. She had hand pieced the leaf blocks, as well as putting some in rows, with sashing. Luckily, she also left a piece of graph paper that she had drawn how they were going to go in the quilt, on point.
I took the autumn pattern from my sash, and did finish it.
HOWEVER, I'm not a hand quilter, but felt this piece deserved a 'hand quilted'
finish, so I used what I knew as the Big Stitch
I used many different colors of perle cotton, to match each leaf, and yellow for the sashing.

It's finished, but probably not the way she had envisioned.

Lesson:

Don't die and leave UFO's, you never know when (30 yrs later), how, (big stitch) or even IF they will get finished

If I was his grandmother, I would be tickled pink at how you finished it. Good job!

I did this on a baby quilt. Really easy and liked the finished quilt. Also did this on placemats. Used floss in different shade and it was so pretty. Hand quilter use 1/4 in. X or if you have a design like dot to dot swirl follow the dots in a contrasting color. I didn't do the whole swirl just the outline to make the design pop

This looks wonderful!! Great job, she would have loved it. :)

Jan in VA

I use pearl cotton I think #8. and a big needle. Love doing it because it works up fast.

In Feb/March of 2011 I posted a pic of one I did with big stitch. Verigated thread , perle cotton needed a big eye.
Fabric kit had large size blocks but a very --"MODERN" look that younger people seemed to like more than the
Baltimore Album type. Can't tell where it is on this forum. Was pink and brown.
Liked the process in that circumstance.

yep toe nail catcher's...seen this done by several "famous" folks...still don't care for it myself..not even on the prim stuff my sister does...