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Old 05-08-2011, 07:52 AM
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I've been playing around with some curved crosshatching from Karen McTavish's new "Custom Curves" book. I marked the crosshatching with a blue water soluble marker so I could get the spacing right. I did this on my domestic machine, a Juki TL98. First I did a section of the crosshatching with the walking foot, and then the other 3 sections freemotion with the hopping foot. On a small piece like this, about 16" square, the walking foot is nice, but with a larger quilt, it would definitely be easier doing FMQ so the whole piece wouldn't have to be turned for each row.

I'm considering trying a small wholecloth...what do you all think?

Wendy

Here's a closer view of the crosshatching. The piece has been washed and dried after quilting to give it that "puckered" look.
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This piece is about 16" square and done on my domestic machine. I used muslin and Warm and Natural cotton batting.
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Old 05-08-2011, 07:56 AM
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Wow that's fantastic quilting
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I think you did a great job. I'm just beginning FMQ and hope I can do this type of quilting one day. It will take me a very long time to match yours.
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Originally Posted by Bonbonary
I think you did a great job. I'm just beginning FMQ and hope I can do this type of quilting one day. It will take me a very long time to match yours.
Just keep at it and you'll get there, Bonnie! I've only been doing this for a couple of years, in my spare time. When I first started out, I felt like a Kindergardener trying to write with a crayon, only worse! I really feel like I've gotten a lot of help in the learning process from lots of books and videos, but my particular favorites have been Sharon Schamber's and Karen McTavish's.

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I like it a lot - please do more!
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Holy cow. Thats a jaw dropper. Its beautiful. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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i love it
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That is fantastic!!
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That is beautiful and you did it without the rulers. I am waiting for my templates to come and I am going to use them on my Big Brother.
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I think that you are well on your way to creating the next show stopper!
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