Straight-line Quilting for Carpenter's Star?
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Jeanne S, I like your quilt so much that I have gotten the pattern, am cutting my scrap batiks and I have ordered some Kona for the enters and squares. Now that you have shown the quilting, I am doubly impressed.....Thank you, so much, for sharing this..... I do not have a LA so either have to send this out or do it myself. I may do it myself now!!!!
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I have done straight line quilting on several Carpenter Star quilts (which is my favourite pattern) & they have turned out
great. I feel (IMHO) that sometimes, depending on the quilt pattern, meandering or other intricate designs really take away from the beautiful quilt pattern, that's just my opinion. You can do lots of straight line designs & it just takes some thought at which one will enhance the pattern. Don't be afraid to try it.
great. I feel (IMHO) that sometimes, depending on the quilt pattern, meandering or other intricate designs really take away from the beautiful quilt pattern, that's just my opinion. You can do lots of straight line designs & it just takes some thought at which one will enhance the pattern. Don't be afraid to try it.
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Jeanne S, I like your quilt so much that I have gotten the pattern, am cutting my scrap batiks and I have ordered some Kona for the enters and squares. Now that you have shown the quilting, I am doubly impressed.....Thank you, so much, for sharing this..... I do not have a LA so either have to send this out or do it myself. I may do it myself now!!!!
#15
I too hate stitching in the ditch. No good at it. I use a domestic machine that i both sew and quilt on. Jan good advise as always. I do a lot of cross hatching; it works very well for me, usually 3-7 inches apart,
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More and more I find myself using echo quilting because I am happy with it right now. I may branch out or not because I am happiest doing the piecing. If I could quilt them all by check, I would. If your quilting makes you happy, use what ever feels right.
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Jan in VA
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I stitch the easiest way, lifting the needle at the end of a row, moving over. heading in another path.
And, with straight stitching (SS) I can often start my line of quilting just off the edge of the quilt, in the extra batting, and forget that "6-close-together-stitches-to-start-or-end" dictum (sugessted by Harriet Hargrave years ago)....saves a little bit of time over the whole quilt.
I'm telling you, most of my secrets come because I'm the laziest quilter ever!
Jan in VA
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