Wow what a big quilt !!! That would scare me to death to try and hand quilt such a large one. Can't wait to see it when it is finished . Great Quilting !!! :-D :thumbup:

Wow, it's beautiful.

Do you buy the fabric with the blue outline on it?

Going to be fantastic.

Thank you so much for sharing this picture. This is going to be such a beautiful quilt.

It would be fantastic if you share photos of your progress, and of course the finished product.

I'm a hand quilter. Doing a whole cloth is on my "to-do" list.

Brilliant!!!

Stunning! Have you done one before? I have been wanting to try a whole cloth quilt, but just never got around to it. I know you can order them on-line. Yours just gives me the push to finally look into getting one. I love to hand-quilt too. Do you supose they come already "sandwiched"? LOL. Just another "must do" project on my list--lets see, must be about project #350! Time to re-prioritize my list so I might have a fighting chance of finishing -say- 10% of the list in this life-time!

Quite a project you have taken on! It will be gorgeous!!

Fabulous.

Beautiful feathers. I love quilted feathers.

Just beautiful, so elegant looking. It took aver 3 years for me to finish mine but it was well worth it.

How beautiful! Can't wait to see it finished.

I envy you, I have often thought of doing a whole cloth quilt...aprox how long will it take for you to finish one? Just incase I think I have that much life left. memepeggy

I am curious about the hand quilting on the whole cloth...I am concerned when I start I would not do it correctly and not realize it until I am 1/2 way finished...do you just start at the top and work right to left? I am thinking about doing one, have been for couple of years? Memepeggy

Very nice work. You have beautiful stitches. Be sure to post the finished quilt.

I so admire people who hand quilt. That is beautiful

Can't imagine beginning a whole cloth quilt. So beautiful.

I am a hand quilter also and I just love this design. Can you tell me where you purchased it. I would love to do a whole cloth quilt. I find that hand quilting relaxes my brain and gives me much pleasure. I have handquilted all my quilts except for s few newer ones. Your work is fantastic, keep up the good work and please post new pictures of this beauty.
Pat
homecaregiver

Do you think a whole cloth of that size would turn out nice if well basted and done with a hoop? I'd love to try one, but don't have the space for a nice frame like yours.

Yes, the fabric is preprinted. Included in the package was also the cut binding. You can buy the complete kits that include the backing fabric, too. However, the backing they put in there is plain white. I wanted something different, so I used a white with black floral design.

This is my first whole cloth quilt. It's been on my "to do" list for a while now.

The ones I had seen were expensive...usually $80-100. I found this one in a LQS on a trip we took...it was only $56...so I grabbed it up!

Since I use a 3-roll quilting frame...it doesn't need "sandwiching"...you just load the layers onto the quilting frame...which is a "plus"...since I hate to sandwich, too! :)

I'm figuring this will take me 9-12 months...but we'll see. Whenever I start a new quilt, I mark the date down so I know exactly how long it takes me. :)

If you are using a hoop, you start in the middle and work your way out.

If you are using a frame, you start at one end and work your way towards the other end...rolling the quilted part up as you go.

With my 3-roll frame, when I roll it to the next area to be quilted, I still start in the middle of that new area and work out to the side...go back to the middle and work out towards the other side. Some people just work right to left or left to right all the way across the quilt...it's just a personal preference when using a frame.

I do not remember the store where I purchased this quilt top...I just remember that it was a town a few miles south of Valdosta, GA, when we were visiting DS & DDIL last May.

If you google "Penn Prints Queen Anne Star preprinted whole cloth quilt top" you should be able to find it for sale online.

Hope this helps.

Absolutely! I have done many queen -sized quilts on the hoop I had before I got the frame! Lots of basting is the key! I always pin-basted.

GO FOR IT!!! :)

WOW :-D

beautiful.

Bravo brave girl!! You are doing great!!

Wow! That is really neat!

Just amazing! Would love to see more pictures.... especially when it is completed.

Hugs

Wow! I'd love to do that one day. I love hand quilting. This one is absolutely gorgeous. Did you mark it yourself, or buy it already marked?

so - it looks as if your cloth was printed with a 2" grid and you're quilting it 1" apart? correct me if i'm wrong - it looks like you're quilting between blue lines too. in my wildest dreams i could never do that. i'm soooo impressed. and you're talking about finishing it in MONTHS???? i'm like another poster - if i did one like this it would be in 10 year increments.

this is DIVINE, did you mark the fabric yourself or buy as it is?

WOW, that is beautiful.

Stunning pattern.

That is so beautiful! It already is such a timeless and elegant patttern. It will be a labor of love and I so admire you!

Beautiful. :thumbup:

Very Gorgeous!!! Wish I could hand quilt. Love the whole cloth quilts myself. Hope to see more pics of this awesome quilt in the future :)

Did it come already marked? If you did the marking, you did a great job!! I'd never attempt to do hand quilting...like my "electric needle" method.

Hi, Can I ask a stupid question? Do you buy the quilt with the blue pattern already on it and then hand stich or do you organise the pattern yourself? I am from Australlia (Adelaide) and I have never seen this sort of thing here!