Colorful Quilt - any ideas for quilting?
07-13-2010, 09:14 AM
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Great ideas, all. Keep them coming!
I'm glad you like the quilt. I had fun making it, little by little.
Here's how I did it (was a magazine pattern):
6 inch fabric square (fun to collect them, and raid my stash for pieces to cut into), cut the square in half diagonally, making 2 triangles.
The strips were 1 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches each. I used mostly solids, but a few prints were "snuck" in for fun.
I sewed each half of the triangle to the strip.
After pressing, the blocks were trimmed to 5 1/2 inch squares.
When I laid the blocks out, I tried to be completely random, but I did switch blocks to avoid having center strips of the same color, to avoid having too many solids blocks together, or to avoid too much light or dark in a particular area. But really, I kept it very random.
I'm glad you like the quilt. I had fun making it, little by little.
Here's how I did it (was a magazine pattern):
6 inch fabric square (fun to collect them, and raid my stash for pieces to cut into), cut the square in half diagonally, making 2 triangles.
The strips were 1 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches each. I used mostly solids, but a few prints were "snuck" in for fun.
I sewed each half of the triangle to the strip.
After pressing, the blocks were trimmed to 5 1/2 inch squares.
When I laid the blocks out, I tried to be completely random, but I did switch blocks to avoid having center strips of the same color, to avoid having too many solids blocks together, or to avoid too much light or dark in a particular area. But really, I kept it very random.
07-13-2010, 09:17 AM
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Beautiful and colorful quilt. I would use a cream color quilting thread, this color will not take away from all the wonderful colors you have in your quilt.
The meandering idea sounds great. maybe do a little practice on some other pieces first, to see how you like the paper designed patterns.
The meandering idea sounds great. maybe do a little practice on some other pieces first, to see how you like the paper designed patterns.
07-13-2010, 09:17 AM
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One thing you could do if you were up for a bit of a challenge is to "echo quilt" the triangles. That would make the strips in the centers pop. Just use your 1/4 foot and let the outside of the foot follow the ditch. I did that with a quilt that had a similar pattern. (granted it was a smaller quilt) I loved how it looked. :) It's alot of turning the quilt, but worth it in the end.
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