Straight-line Quilting for Carpenter's Star?
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Me too! I use my walking foot on all quilting, but fortunately I prefer a more modern quilt look and like straight line or wavy line quilting. I just can't seem to get the hang of FMQ.
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#24
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Straight Quilting for Big Star
Here is the quilting that I did for a big star which would be in the center of the Carpenter Star. I wanted the quilt/comfort to be soft and fluffy so just quilted about every four inches....yes, I did stitch in the ditch around the star (petals).
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Thanks....It was fun personalizing it for the couple that was receiving it from the sewing circle. It was the first time I tried satin stitching the names and dates. As you can see I just have the computer printout on the pic. I didn't get a pic after it was finished.
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How's that quote go...always give a difficult task to a lazy person, because they will figure out the easiest way to get it done... Something like that!
#30
I am so glad you are making one like this. The straight line quilting on this one is very easy and I did not even mark the lines because the pattern finishes in 2" strips, so I just followed the design seams straight down. I did all these lines at 2" spacing, then it was really easy to go back and add a line in the middle of those to get the final 1" spacing. I hate to mark quilts so usually just "eyeball" it using the pattern seams as spacing references.
Thanks for your input. Lovely quilt!
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