Rose of Sharon in the Cabin
#37
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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As everyone else said, BEAUTIFUL!!
I have a couple of questions though. You are hand quilting blocks, so when you put them together with sashing is it like a "quilt as you go" method of putting it all together? Also, is the white fabric a batik fabric also? I would think that batik's would be hard to hand quilt through or needle turn applique with, since the thread count is so much higher. Can you share the experience of doing this on batiks and if you needed to use a different needle, etc?
Such a stunner!
Suzanne
I have a couple of questions though. You are hand quilting blocks, so when you put them together with sashing is it like a "quilt as you go" method of putting it all together? Also, is the white fabric a batik fabric also? I would think that batik's would be hard to hand quilt through or needle turn applique with, since the thread count is so much higher. Can you share the experience of doing this on batiks and if you needed to use a different needle, etc?
Such a stunner!
Suzanne
#40
As everyone else said, BEAUTIFUL!!
I have a couple of questions though. You are hand quilting blocks, so when you put them together with sashing is it like a "quilt as you go" method of putting it all together? Also, is the white fabric a batik fabric also? I would think that batik's would be hard to hand quilt through or needle turn applique with, since the thread count is so much higher. Can you share the experience of doing this on batiks and if you needed to use a different needle, etc?
Such a stunner!
Suzanne
I have a couple of questions though. You are hand quilting blocks, so when you put them together with sashing is it like a "quilt as you go" method of putting it all together? Also, is the white fabric a batik fabric also? I would think that batik's would be hard to hand quilt through or needle turn applique with, since the thread count is so much higher. Can you share the experience of doing this on batiks and if you needed to use a different needle, etc?
Such a stunner!
Suzanne
The mottle needles very nicely, I've been doing a bit of quilting around the centers of flowers and it is difficult, but there isn't a lot to do on each block. I'm quilting SID on the batiks and my stitches are a bit larger than they are on the mottled fabric probably 7 vs 10. The quilt police are welcome to tackle it if they don't like the variance
I have fallen in love with this project, I have a few others going and ones I want to start but just can't leave this one alone. I had surgery a month ago and this has truly kept me from going stir crazy, I'm not a person that can sit and do nothing. I'm still very weak, I had a Nissen Fundoplication for severe GERD, I am living on very few calories as the swelling goes down and I relearn to swallow soft foods. We will be home this winter as I won't be able to get health insurance so I should have this done by spring at one or two blocks a week
I have to give credit to the Penny Haren Applique group on this board, without them I never would have tackled applique, even though I was intrigued and kept looking at patterns. The challenge really taught me a lot and gave me a love for it. I prefer needle turn to the PH technique but they both have their place.
Thank you all for your kind words.
Ruth
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