Need help with continuous echoing...if possible.
 

Hi everyone. I outlined all the facets on this diamond panel. I wanted to echo all the facets, but it was too time consuming to keep starting and stopping. I have since decided to roll with it and try to do it continuously by starting at one of the points, echo the facet, and then veer off to another point in another facet to start echoing again. However, the result looks pretty wonky and haphazard, if you will. I'm not sure how to perfect this. Any suggestions or thoughts?? What would Angela Walters do? lol. All thoughts welcome. Thank you!

Angela Walters would call it 'traveling' and do just as you have done. It looks good to me. I first saw the echos and had to look for the travels.

Maybe I just see all my mistakes but I see this normal, nice echoing and then this seemingly out of nowhere line barging straight through it on it's way to another facet and I just think it looks odd. I need practice in general but I'd just love to know what everyone else would do differently.

Before I had finished reading your post I thought 'well, I'd just cross over, with a sharp angle, to the next shape.' You know what they say; make an error once, it's a mistake, do it again and it's a design feature. :D

I think it looks great from here

I think it looks great as-is. If you want to try another way, do your "spiral" with spacing wide enough to stitch back between the lines - work in to the center then pivot/change direction and come back out by stitching between the previous lines - this will bring you back to the edge of the area near your starting point and you can travel along the seam or over a previous stitching line.

It looks great just as it is, traveling is ok, lines are straight.

I like it! You’ve done a nice job keeping lines straight and even.

I like this solution.

It looks good to me. Like any quilter you see blemishes that no one else would see. they aren't really blemishes but beauty marks.. Keep up the good work!

If it is wonky, wonky is great! love it!! seriously, it's good.

I think it looks great. I watch a lot of Angela Walters. I am thinking she would be impressed by your work!

If you do it consistently - as someone else said - it's a design element.

I think it's kind of fun to try to follow your trail. Sort of a maze-like concept.

I think it looks great! Would love to see a pic of the whole quilt.

Thanks so much, ladies. I'm gonna keep going along this route. I love your thoughts and ideas. I'll try to upload a picture of it, for some reason it won't let me. It's a great panel for practicing, that's for sure. :)

Angela Walters would say what other here have: repeat what you call a mistake and it looks like you did it on purpose.

Did you try drawing the quilting pattern on paper first? Best thing is to get the largest, cheapest sketch pad you can find, and use a marker. I'd try starting in the center, making a triangle that has the same angles as your piece. See where you can travel from there. But seriously, repeats of anything look intentional. Don't sweat it.

I like the character that the "wonkiness" gives it. but I think angela walters would do more of what she calls "dot to dot quilting". not quite what you have done, but may give a similar effect. or perhaps you can find some way to blend the two. Keep going with what you are doing though, no sense in changing it all now!

I don't see any mistakes, great job, carry on with your echo-ing, looks awesome!

I like how the quilting looks.