How would you quilt this?
02-24-2012, 08:37 AM
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How would you quilt this?
I made this quilt top over a year ago. It is a scrappy row quilt. I love to piece but not so much quilting. Have a big pile that need quilting. So I am tackling this one. I quilt on a regular sewing machine. What I wouldn't give for a stitch regulator. Anyway, I need suggestions on how to quilt this. Would you do an all over meander, each row different, each block in each row separate or any other thing? Hopefully you can help me decide. Sorry about the pic as I had just laid it on the floor to pin when I decided you guys could help me.
02-24-2012, 08:44 AM
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What a beautiful quilt! I would do each row different. Maybe take a picture of it, print it out and use a sheet protector with dry erase markers to play around with designs. The top row and 5th row, I can envision swirls. Beyond that, some experimenting would be in order. Be sure to show us when you are done!
02-24-2012, 08:48 AM
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Oh, how pretty, Florence! I love it.
Ok, well ... hmm... I think that I would do each row separately. and I probably would do stitch in the ditch, like outlining the houses, doing the different star rows with different stitching. I don't know if I wqould meander because it is so pretty and wouldn't want to take away from the piecing. Good luck!
Ok, well ... hmm... I think that I would do each row separately. and I probably would do stitch in the ditch, like outlining the houses, doing the different star rows with different stitching. I don't know if I wqould meander because it is so pretty and wouldn't want to take away from the piecing. Good luck!
02-24-2012, 09:03 AM
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Very pretty quilt! It screams for individual block work, not an all-over design. Each block in the row can be quilted the same, but different for each row.
At first glance some of the ideas that popped into my head ......
The large blocks at the bottom should be the easiest - lots of room to play with. Feathers, Mctavishing, swirls - the sky is the limit.
The houses I would SID around the door, window, whole house, trees and sun. I would then handle each house slightly differently with either vertical or horizontal lines to mimic clapboard, log cabin - etc, and you can do different "shingles" on the roofs of each house. Make each house slightly unique.
The center row perhaps a simple leafed vine in the colored strips and small meander in the light colors.
The boats I would used a simple curved stitch to outline each triangle then quilt a sun with rays in the corners.
The 9 patch stars (3rd from the top) you can handle in a lot of different ways similar to the bottom row. Play play play!
2nd row from the top - the blocks are small so I would handle those simply with either SID or a curved outline.
Top row - a feather in the triangles of the pin wheel, a curved vine in the strips of the pin wheel and perhaps radiated lines in the whites.
At first glance some of the ideas that popped into my head ......
The large blocks at the bottom should be the easiest - lots of room to play with. Feathers, Mctavishing, swirls - the sky is the limit.
The houses I would SID around the door, window, whole house, trees and sun. I would then handle each house slightly differently with either vertical or horizontal lines to mimic clapboard, log cabin - etc, and you can do different "shingles" on the roofs of each house. Make each house slightly unique.
The center row perhaps a simple leafed vine in the colored strips and small meander in the light colors.
The boats I would used a simple curved stitch to outline each triangle then quilt a sun with rays in the corners.
The 9 patch stars (3rd from the top) you can handle in a lot of different ways similar to the bottom row. Play play play!
2nd row from the top - the blocks are small so I would handle those simply with either SID or a curved outline.
Top row - a feather in the triangles of the pin wheel, a curved vine in the strips of the pin wheel and perhaps radiated lines in the whites.
02-24-2012, 12:02 PM
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I think I'd use my walking foot to quilt on the insides of the black sashes to secure the layers first. Once that was done, I would quilt each row however I wanted or within my expertise. It's going to be beautiful because the top is already wonderful!
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