Autum Leaves quilt top
11-08-2011, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Debbie B
I'm just going to stipple in the border & the white areas. I would love to do SID around the leaves & all the seams, but I'm not good at that on the frame. I think I might need a thick ruler to keep me going in a straight line, and I don't have one thick enough. I really need the practice & I need to quit being afraid of it 
11-08-2011, 04:42 PM
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It does take courage to start stitching! It helped me to take my finger and trace the path I was planning on for each pass -especially the first one! - gets you in the rhythm and gets the stitching path firmed up in my head.
The other thing that helped was to have some vinyl (tablecloth-type) - just a little narrower than your quilting area - wrap the edge in painter's tape so you know where the edges are, and then practice / audition your pattern on the vinyl. I had hoped that washable markers would mark on the vinyl, but that didn't work very well - dry-erase markers worked better. That painter's tape is to keep you on the vinyl and not on your quilt
Have fun!
The other thing that helped was to have some vinyl (tablecloth-type) - just a little narrower than your quilting area - wrap the edge in painter's tape so you know where the edges are, and then practice / audition your pattern on the vinyl. I had hoped that washable markers would mark on the vinyl, but that didn't work very well - dry-erase markers worked better. That painter's tape is to keep you on the vinyl and not on your quilt
Have fun!
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