i have the top finished, but it is way to big to quilt on my designer I. if i had thought far enough in advance, i would have piece quilted it. i might still do that. just rip out a couple of seams to make it managable. i was shocked at how much it would cost to have it professionally quilted, with material and labor it was quite a bit. but i'm so excited to have the top done. i've been breaking my arm patting myself on the back.

SewHip

That is beautiful. I love the colors! Congratulations and I understand the delimna (sp) of the quilting portion. I think I have slowed on making the large quilts for now for the same reason! LOL

I love the bright colors! And you did a great job on putting it together.

Gorgeous quilt! :thumbup:

Awesome!

That's very pretty! Have you seen the book Quilting in Sections by Marti Michell. You can leave your top intact and cut the batting into 2-3 pieces. Basically, you sandwich like normal, fold back the top/bottom, cut the batting and label which way it goes. Then you fold the top/bottom back and roll it up out of the way. You are working with 1/2 the thickness. I have only done it on a quilts for kids to try it out. Works great!

Wonderful Quilt. Love the vivid colors. Om making my 1st quilt and im using the Cotton Theory. Very easy!! When you rip out the seams of each block then u make the sandwich of top- batting- backing. Next Quilt on machine however you like EACH block. Then u use strips for example..... Your block is 12 1/2" sq then the strip will be 1" wide x 12 1/2" long. You will need a strip for front and back. They can be different and with this method your backing can be another quilt top with same size block. The 1' wide is based on a 1/4" seam. You will sew the front strip rightside to right side with the back side strip also right to right side. Sew the 1/4" seam. This leaves you 3/4" of the strip. Take next block in line and sew right front to the strip u have on the 1st piece with a 1/4" seam. When you open it up the inside raw edges of your blocks will meet. Just make sure when u put on the width strip u fold over the back strips 1/4". When done you will have to hand sew the backing strips in place. I hope this might be a way to quilt it at home and save some money and also a little more creative. Good luck but i think no matter how you do it it will always be absolutely stunning!!!!

Beautiful Quilt

Very nice!

Lovely!

2 words, LOVE IT! :thumbup:

That is just beautiful. I hope you figure out how to get it quilted because it is to beautiful to not be finished.

Beautiful! love the colors!

I've done this several times and it works great to get it quilted on my old machine.

That's a beauty!!! You did a great job :D

that is a wonderful,happy and bright quilt

Woooooo! So pretty! :D

Nice quilt, love the colors so cheery.

Very pretty and bright.

Never met a batik that I did not like!

This quilt is AWESOME done in Batiks!! Please show us another pic when you get it quilted!

Beautiful quilt!!!

I love the bright colors! It's a "happy quilt"

Beautiful! Love the bright colors!

Most quilt shops have a longarm class now that is reasonable and then you can rent it by the hour for your larger projects !!

fab job!! beautiful quilt!!

Beautiful quilt. Love it!

Sewhip, I have a designer 1 and I quilt all of my quilts with my machine. I use the embroidery unit and "quilt" instead of embroidery, works great! You start in the center and work your way to the outside edges. Good luck on whatever method you choose to quilt.

Beautiful work and batik colors are the bomb! Good luck with quilting!

Love the colors, nice job

Oh, I really like that one.

The colors are stunning love it !!!!! love it!!!!!

Really vivid and fun. Enjoy it.

Your quilt top is fabulous!!! Just the sort of colors I like in my quilts and I wear bright colors too. :thumbup:
Sharon W.

Kudos on a beautiful quilt top.

My thoughts, too!!! :thumbup:

That is so pretty! Since I made the QAYG string quilt, I am looking at everything I want to do to see if I can do QAYG with the pattern! :thumbup:

I use to send all my quilts out to be quilted then the quilter began a full time job and didn't have time to quilt anymore. I was more or less forced to quilt my quilts and it was really hard at first but has gotton easier. Now i don't know why I didn't do it sooner! I still struggle with what design to put on them but I'm hoping that will get easier too. So don't worry and just jump in and get your feet wet!

There's no doubt that having a large quilt quilted by a long-armer is a MAJOR investment! But if you REALLY love the quilt, I think it's worth it--I just keep a revolving fund and throw in $10 or $20 whenever I have it for the next quilt. Of course, if I'm going to be able to afford to do all the quilts I have lined up, I'm either going to have to win the lottery or live to be 150!

Gorgeous!