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Originally Posted by Tartan
(Post 5340557)
Very pretty churn dash blocks. Most traditional hand quilting of old blocks I've seen is usually 1/4inch inside the seam lines or cross hatching. Are you planning to hand quilt it? If you are going to machine quilt it, I think I might try a traditional pattern like Baptist Fans or Orange Peel? I love Baptist Fans on a quilt but there is no way I would ever have the patience to hand quilt them. I have seen both a machine pattern for them and someone doing them freehand on the net.
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Here is a picture of Baptist Fan on Churn Dash http://vivianperry.blogspot.com/2010/09/just-pedal.html
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Originally Posted by QuiltnLady1
(Post 5341870)
Echo quilt around the prints and crosshatch in the center -- at least this is how my DG did one about 90 years ago.
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Originally Posted by tesspug
(Post 5342483)
Here is a picture of Baptist Fan on Churn Dash http://vivianperry.blogspot.com/2010/09/just-pedal.html
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I don't know, but it's a beautiful quilt!
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Originally Posted by 117becca
(Post 5340175)
Beautiful top!!! ARe you hand or machine quilting this?
As a handquilter, I'd echo quilt most of the pieces. I'd do a cross-hatch or maybe a rope pattern in the sashes between the blocks - and I'd look for a design to put in the center block - maybe a simple flower. In the corner blocks of the sashing, I'd just do an X. I like to take my quilt tops to a stencil place to see what fits in the blocks... |
I'll add my vote for Baptist fans, like the antique quilts were quilted.
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In one of my machine quilting books, they stitched about 1/4" inside the lines.
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I ended up SID the Churndash Blocks, doing the crosshatch in the center, then in between the blocks where there is the 1 1/2" block of fabric I did a daisy type feathered wreath using that small block as the flower center. It is turning out really pretty and I will post pics when finished with it.
The customer wanted more than an all over design and I'm better at custom than I am at pantos. |
Does anyone know if you can quilt a baptism fan design on a domestic machine? Will it turn out or look right? I have a small wall hanging churn dash and think that maybe a good fit, but don't want to do it by hand. Although I'm reserving the right to change my mind on the hand quilting. Lately I feel like I'm production piecing, I've got so many projects going.
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