Quilting Ideas - help
05-15-2011, 05:17 AM
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Nice quilt. I have done SID on sampler type quilts. The only king size quilt I have done I did meandering. Perhaps this one could be SID on the blocks and meandering on the rest? I, too, do quilting on my home machine. To get it in the throat plate it has to be rolled very tight. I used bicycle clamps to hold it. Garden gloves with the little plastic knobs help with the maneuvering or the quilting gloves.
05-15-2011, 05:20 AM
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Wow! That quilt is just plain gorgeous. The machine and hand quilting all depends on what you enjoy the most. For me, hand quilting a big quilt like that by myself would be overwhelming. Also where I live it is usually hot so having a big quilt on my lap for a year is not something I would enjoy. I use a hoop. Also I like planning and piecing more so I would probably machine quilt it because of its size.
05-15-2011, 05:24 AM
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That is so pretty,and with the work it took to put it together...I am sure you will come up with the right one...
but if it is a real problem I would be glad to take it off your hands...lolCharlotte only joking...but is is pretty!!!
but if it is a real problem I would be glad to take it off your hands...lolCharlotte only joking...but is is pretty!!!
05-15-2011, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by gal288
Beautiful quilt, love the blocks and colors.
This is a tough one, can see why you don't know where to start.
First thing that caught my eye was the border. There I would stitch in the ditch around the basket blocks and around each of the baskets. In the larger setting diamonds I would do a pattern to fill them in, I see flowers in the fabric, so maybe a pretty rose motif, or feathers.
In the center of the quilt, I again would stitch in the ditch around each block and each motif, and then maybe a larger meandering around the off white background.
Hope my suggestion helps you, I'm sure there will be more to come.
This is a tough one, can see why you don't know where to start.
First thing that caught my eye was the border. There I would stitch in the ditch around the basket blocks and around each of the baskets. In the larger setting diamonds I would do a pattern to fill them in, I see flowers in the fabric, so maybe a pretty rose motif, or feathers.
In the center of the quilt, I again would stitch in the ditch around each block and each motif, and then maybe a larger meandering around the off white background.
Hope my suggestion helps you, I'm sure there will be more to come.
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