A Question, just curious
I was wondering what is the strangest thing you have ever used to help lay down a line to guide you in quilting the first line in an area?
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A lot of quilters use masking or painter’s tape to do straight quilting lines. I have been intrigued by the new Frog tape that comes with wave and chevrons but looking at the price, decided I didn’t need it that badly.😂 I’ve used a variety of dishes as templates to draw a chalk lines on a top but now I just use my ruler foot and curved ruler.
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With a ruler, I chalk in ~4 lines ~ 4-6 inches apart. About 4 is all I can stitch before the chalk is gone. Having this far apart stableizes the fabrics so they don't shift as much inbetween. Then I stitch the 1/2 line, etc.
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When I needed several really big circles I traced around a wok lid, a cookie sheet and a hula hoop.
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Maybe not weird but different. I bought a four foot and six foot straight edge 2 in wide rules from Lowe's. They are metal and will lay flat on the quilt top. I can mark down both sides and have my starting lines exactly right and straight.
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Question, Just curious
The reason I ask this question is I had wanted a somewhat gently waved line to start. So I took a USB cable and laid out what I had in mind pinning in place as I went. I had no intent of all the lines being the same just wanted a jumping-off place to start stitching.
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Love the long metal rulers.
Originally Posted by Onebyone
(Post 8471875)
Maybe not weird but different. I bought a four foot and six foot straight edge 2 in wide rules from Lowe's. They are metal and will lay flat on the quilt top. I can mark down both sides and have my starting lines exactly right and straight.
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When I want a really straight line. I pull a thread. Was taught this in 4H years ago.
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Originally Posted by DebJ
(Post 8471897)
The reason I ask this question is I had wanted a somewhat gently waved line to start. So I took a USB cable and laid out what I had in mind pinning in place as I went. I had no intent of all the lines being the same just wanted a jumping-off place to start stitching.
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I bought a carpenter’s chalk line that I intend to use to “pop” long straight lines, but I have not done it yet.
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