Ideas for quilting
 

I have just finished piecing my first QOV quilt. I need ideas for the quilting. I don’t do free motion and don’t want to send it out to be long armed. Any suggestions for straight line quilting that I can easily do on my domestic machine with a walking foot.

You could do some large stars and echo them.

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Tartan, would you do serpentine over the seamline or down the middle of the strips?

In addition to the wonderful suggestions above, I always think you can't go wrong with a 2" grid crosshatch done on point. You can mark it off with 2" Painters tape and quilt right next to the tape. When you get to the corner simply turn around the quilt and stitch back up the other side of the tape. Peel off the tape and place it going to the opposite corners. Quilt on both sides. You now have a big X quilted which will stabilize the whole sandwich nicely. Continue placing tape and quilting alternating directions as you work your way out. You should be able to peel and restick the tape several times (4ish) before you have to peel off a new piece of tape. It is quick and easy.

That is a great idea! I would never have thought of using the tape in this way!

The painter’s tape idea is awesome! I tried marking my lines a couple different ways and made myself miserable, the tape definitely has possibilities. ;);)

I think I would quilt it going across the vertical lines, perhaps going straight across every inch or so. A variable wavy line might also work nicely. I do that with my walking foot also.

Here is a picture of a quilt I did in the method I described above. You can kinda sorta see the quilting but that is pretty much the intent of an all over crosshatch like this. It is functional, utility quilting rather than decorative. It doesn't detract from the piecing even though it is an all over design.

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