Quiltingboard Forums

Quiltingboard Forums (https://www.quiltingboard.com/)
-   Pictures (https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictures-f5/)
-   -   Heavy quilting without stiffness (https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictures-f5/heavy-quilting-without-stiffness-t164353.html)

nativetexan 10-30-2011 07:16 AM

if it was that wonky, you did a great job!!!!

Cyn 10-30-2011 07:17 AM

Great job! I wish all my wonky quilts came out so nice!

leiladylei54 10-30-2011 07:18 AM

Oh it's beautiful!!! Wonky.....can't even see it now that it's been quilted. Love it!!!

happymrs 10-30-2011 07:24 AM

Beautiful, great job, & I can see where more quilting did the trick! I will have to remember this trick too! Love the quilting, I have a mid arm setup now, but I cannot imagine doing that much, or that kind of quilting, on a quilt. Love it though, maybe down the road, with alot more practice, lol....

TrenbeathRanch 10-30-2011 07:38 AM


Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Lovely quilt, and great quilting!!

I have a few questions :)

1) The quilting stabilized the quilt and took away some of the wonkiness. Would this have worked if it had been quilted on a domestic machine - or was the frame the key to getting it straight in the first place, then the quilting just kept it straight?

2) You said that it would have been a "game changer" if there had been sashing or internal borders. Why?

thanks. I'm still learning and have not yet (thankfully) run into this problem.

Good questions. The answer to #1 is yes, it was the long-arm frame that was the key to fixing the problems. Generally, quilts aren't tortured when they are loaded...wonky quilts are the exception. Thankfully, fabric has some stretch and give, but the frame holds all 3 layers firmly in place so that they may be permanently stitched. I have never used a domestic machine to quilt, so I can't say if the process can be duplicated on one, but I'm thinking no. Unless you can find a way to keep all three layers very taut, and start in the middle working outwards.

The answer to #2 is probably self-evident, after reading the above. Sashing, or internal borders, act like a brick wall if you are trying to stretch or manipulate portions of the quilt inside of their boundaries. Essentially, the sashing has already stabilized the area of the top that it surrounds. Does that make sense?

QuiltnNan 10-30-2011 08:06 AM


Originally Posted by Veronica
Beautiful quilting, great looking quilt.

ditto

DogHouseMom 10-30-2011 08:08 AM


Originally Posted by TrenbeathRanch
Good questions. The answer to #1 is yes, it was the long-arm frame that was the key to fixing the problems. Generally, quilts aren't tortured when they are loaded...wonky quilts are the exception. Thankfully, fabric has some stretch and give, but the frame holds all 3 layers firmly in place so that they may be permanently stitched. I have never used a domestic machine to quilt, so I can't say if the process can be duplicated on one, but I'm thinking no. Unless you can find a way to keep all three layers very taut, and start in the middle working outwards.

The answer to #2 is probably self-evident, after reading the above. Sashing, or internal borders, act like a brick wall if you are trying to stretch or manipulate portions of the quilt inside of their boundaries. Essentially, the sashing has already stabilized the area of the top that it surrounds. Does that make sense?

Thanks!! I had kind of thought the answer to #2 was that, but not having "been there" myself I wasn't sure. I've only done one quilt with sashing before, and I've never loaded a quilt onto a frame.

RenaB 10-30-2011 08:17 AM

Beautiful!!

charismah 10-30-2011 08:19 AM

I love that! The feathers are beautifully done!

fixfido 10-30-2011 08:28 AM

Just fantastic! There's certainly nothing "wonky" about it now!!


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:11 PM.