Thread: Quilting termnology

Does anyone know the correct spelling of "mactavishing" or mctavishing or ????? : :( Thanks

McTavishing, I found it from a link in another thread, can't remember which one.

Here is the link to her site

http://www.designerquilts.com/mctavish.html

This may sound stupid but what is McTavishing?

Originally Posted by DebJ

This may sound stupid but what is McTavishing?

It's a machine quilting technique developed by Karen McTavish. And it's really beautiful. Take a look at the link cynde posted and you'll see what we're talking about. I just recently learned how to do it. Now, on to to the many years it will take me to actually get good at it. :lol:

Is her technique only for longarm quilters?

that's some pretty impressive applique too

Originally Posted by Extreme Quilter

Is her technique only for longarm quilters?

No, it can be done on a domestic. I have a Juki domestic long arm and I managed ok. I should think any machine that you can do free motion on would work. It would probably be easier on a long arm, but what wouldn't? LOL

It's very pretty. Is the technique different from regular free-motion quilting or is it mostly a matter of the pattern and style?

Ok... her patterns are beautiful, and she is obviously very very gifted and talented. But the tattoos really weird me out. I like quilting, but I can't imagine wanting it all over my arms and shoulders like that.

Originally Posted by Cathe

It's very pretty. Is the technique different from regular free-motion quilting or is it mostly a matter of the pattern and style?

It's a matter of pattern and style. She says that most people who try her technique, and work with it for awhile, develop their own "fingerprint". No two will ever look the same.

She must have just recently had the tatoo work done. I didn't notice any on her in her dvd. Pretty design, but... Yikes! That's a lot of tat there. :shock:

:-) I thank you so much. Sure love the technique and my quilter did some in a quilt I finished. I am going to enter the quilt in a show and needed to know how to spell it correctly. Do not want to sound too stupid :wink: