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This is the quilt top that I'm making for my DIL. It's from F&P Easy Quilts, spring 2008. It has been a real pain to make. sewing the circles even with the Curve Master foot was not fun. I have done a lot of unsewing on this quilt top. I really like it though. A couple of things I need input on-the name and what type of quilting should I do on it? In my mind, I'm thinking "Galloping Circles" b/c not all my seams matched up and i would prefer if people were galloping by on a horse to view it! ha ha! :D as for the quilting, I was thinking of doing some type of grid, but would appreciate any suggestions-just keep it fairly simple as i need to get this finished real soon. Thanks in advance.
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How about Blue Moon for a name.
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Originally Posted by sewmom
, I was thinking of doing some type of grid, .
It's obvious that the quilt is made up of square blocks - you don't need to reinforce that with the quilting. Any pattern - whether it's circular or all over FMQ - anything would be better than a grid. You didn't mention your FMQ comfort level. You could SiTD around the circles - but not in the seam (if you're concerned about the accuracy), but echo in the circles. It doesn't even have to be straight stitch - maybe you have a wavy stitch on your machine. That could add some movement and texture. It could be quilted with various fillers patterns in all the non-circle spaces, which would pop the circles out. Or quilt the circle areas with motifs - I'm a sucker for spikey flowers. There are a ton of possibilities. Sorry, not a definitive answer to your question. But skip the SiTD grid quilting. ;-) I'm really loving the turq/brown color combo. ooc, do you have the circular attachment for your sewing machine? It's pretty cool. |
Originally Posted by BeckyL
How about Blue Moon for a name.
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This is a gorgeous quilt. Circles radiating out from the center of the "moons" would give it wave and motion (IMHO). Once in a Blue Moon is a great name as she is the "one" for your son. Thank you for sharing.
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Originally Posted by BeckyL
How about Blue Moon for a name.
The quilt is so beautiful! Are you quilting it by machine or hand? |
Wow beautiful quilt
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Originally Posted by BeckyL
How about Blue Moon for a name.
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Wait, I like this name even better. Murphy has GREAT ideas :)
Originally Posted by Murphy
This is a gorgeous quilt. Circles radiating out from the center of the "moons" would give it wave and motion (IMHO). Once in a Blue Moon is a great name as she is the "one" for your son. Thank you for sharing.
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I love the circle/square combination....a little different than the run of the mill blocks....it has great personality and I like the name of "Once in a blue moon"
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It really is pretty. I spent a lot of time today looking at videos on Leah Day's site. In particular, her all-over videos. If you haven't visited her site, you might find some good ideas there. Here's the link:
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...tart-here.html Scroll down and look at the videos for all over quilting and section quilting. |
Beautiful quilt top! I would really like to see that quilted in the circle pattern done with the "groovy" board that some of the LA quilters use. If you are doing it yourself, you could STD on the lines between the blocks and then use the circle parts as a guide to do concentric circles inside the fabric circles.
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It's really pretty! I love those colours together.
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Really pretty! And I really like the name "Blue Moon". Some people are just so creative...I would never have come up with a name like that... anyway - it's gorgeous! :thumbup:
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That is so pretty! I love the circles and really love the colors! Blue Moon is a great name...I vote for that too! LOL I like the ideas MTS had for quilting it. Be sure to keep us posted on what you decide!
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Great quilt! Like you, I tried the Curve Master also and didn't like it. I've done a couple of these quilts since and it's really not hard too hard to sew the curves once you get the hang of it.
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Delightful & refreshing!
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That's beautiful!!
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Originally Posted by Mickey1
Great quilt! Like you, I tried the Curve Master also and didn't like it. I've done a couple of these quilts since and it's really not hard too hard to sew the curves once you get the hang of it.
I ended up pinning and using the curve master. what got me was some of them turned out perfect and some didn't no matter how many times I sewed it. |
Originally Posted by Buckeye Rose
I love the circle/square combination....a little different than the run of the mill blocks....it has great personality and I like the name of "Once in a blue moon"
and your quilt does look like moons. Great job on it! |
Originally Posted by MTS
Originally Posted by sewmom
, I was thinking of doing some type of grid, .
It's obvious that the quilt is made up of square blocks - you don't need to reinforce that with the quilting. Any pattern - whether it's circular or all over FMQ - anything would be better than a grid. You didn't mention your FMQ comfort level. You could SiTD around the circles - but not in the seam (if you're concerned about the accuracy), but echo in the circles. It doesn't even have to be straight stitch - maybe you have a wavy stitch on your machine. That could add some movement and texture. It could be quilted with various fillers patterns in all the non-circle spaces, which would pop the circles out. Or quilt the circle areas with motifs - I'm a sucker for spikey flowers. There are a ton of possibilities. Sorry, not a definitive answer to your question. But skip the SiTD grid quilting. ;-) I'm really loving the turq/brown color combo. ooc, do you have the circular attachment for your sewing machine? It's pretty cool. I have a horrible time trying to decide how to quilt quilts. that's why I'm always asking for help. Thank you for your ideas. i will definitely consider everyone's. as far as my FMQ level-I do a lot of all over patterns, but I'm not super consistant with the design. |
Originally Posted by sew cornie
Originally Posted by BeckyL
How about Blue Moon for a name.
The quilt is so beautiful! Are you quilting it by machine or hand? |
Beautiful
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Beautiful quilt, awesome job.
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The colors are just beautiful.
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This looks difficult to keep organized while sewing together. You've done a wonderful job & I love your color combination. Sorry, no help in quilting this "Blue Planet".
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Worth all your efforts - it's just beautiful. Blue moon would be great.
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Awesome quilt. I really like the circles but don't think i'd ever have the guts to try one.
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WOW! Your quilt looks fantastic!
I love the color combinations! |
Love it. It's awesome. The colors are beatiful.
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Since I do all my quilting on my home machine, if it were mine, I would begin with with a SITD square grid. I might stitch 1/4" from the curved seam. From there, depending on where the quilt is going, I might put a FM flower, heart of=r something in the 1/4 circle. All of that is based on MY preferences. You surely have your own, however.
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Gorgeous quilt!
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My husband was walking through the room and saw this picture. He says "WOW! That's a nice one!" I like it a lot too. Also afraid of the circles :(
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I think this is beautiful... suggested name "water bubbles"
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I think an all over meandering stitch would work great.
This quilting would not take away from the pattern of the quilt. |
the colors are fabulous
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So pretty! I just love that color combination.
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I think a grid would be just fine. I was taught to quilt curves if all your blocks are straight lines so I would think if your blocks are curves than the opposite would apply. Love your colors. Sorry, I couldn't think of a name.
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I was thinking Circles of Love, because I would really have to love someone to make circles like that.
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Wow, this is really good. I can see why this would be difficult to make. I like "once in a blue moon".
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