Orphaned Blocks QAYG Challenge
#101
Welcome Redvette... Thanks for joining us. We look forward to you sharing your project blocks with us.
#102
Sounds to me like you did perfect for the current method I am presenting Which technique are you using to baste. If you are following what I have been doing then you are doing great.
#103
I found some orphan blocks to adopt...using 6 (they were different sizes so added borders--scrap strips--to make the blocks all 13 1/2"), then cut 6 cream on cream solid blocks (I will use your suggestion, Jen, to do different quilting designs in them). Next will work on basting them together & quilting.
#104
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Bluteddi -- Not knowing your level of fibro (I've had it about 15 years now), I've learned what I can / can't do and when I can do stuff. I always try to sew a little everyday at least for about an hour then take a break. I find that distracting myself from my pain helps tremendously. And a support group for quilters would be a good idea to help each other enjoy our craft in spite of our pain.
#105
Bluteddi -- Not knowing your level of fibro (I've had it about 15 years now), I've learned what I can / can't do and when I can do stuff. I always try to sew a little everyday at least for about an hour then take a break. I find that distracting myself from my pain helps tremendously. And a support group for quilters would be a good idea to help each other enjoy our craft in spite of our pain.
#106
I have never done this. So I will spray baste and follow what you are doing. I thought we were to have 1-1 1/2" extra on all sides.
#107
#108
OOPS!! I missed typing in a step. After the spray basting and before you start quilting your design. Pin the 4 corners of the block and run a basting stitch of less thana 1/4 inch around the edges of the block. Now you are ready to quilt your square. With stippling and meandering I try to start in the corner of the block and move out from there. My aim is to fill in the block with the design and quilt off the opposite corner if possible.
Quilting the Block
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I decided to use a Cross-Hatching design on my DP9. I used a walker foot for this project because the walker foot is great for quilting long straight lines and geometrical angles. I have also used the walker foot for Echo quilting and making wavy lines. The walker foot is a machine guided attachment with the feed dogs always up to my knowledge. If your design requires more free motion quilting then you will most likely want to use a darning foot aka FMQ foot and your feed dogs would be disengaged (down position). Diamond Grid, Echo Quilting, Stippling, Meandering are just a few other quilting designs that can be used.
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A great source of information on the Walker foot and Darning foot and also on Quilt Designs can be found in the book pictured. I highly recommend this book to everyone. Especially beginners and intermediates.
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Here are a few pictures I will share of the back side of my quilted blocks.
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I decided to use a Cross-Hatching design on my DP9. I used a walker foot for this project because the walker foot is great for quilting long straight lines and geometrical angles. I have also used the walker foot for Echo quilting and making wavy lines. The walker foot is a machine guided attachment with the feed dogs always up to my knowledge. If your design requires more free motion quilting then you will most likely want to use a darning foot aka FMQ foot and your feed dogs would be disengaged (down position). Diamond Grid, Echo Quilting, Stippling, Meandering are just a few other quilting designs that can be used.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]353139[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]353140[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]353141[/ATTACH]
A great source of information on the Walker foot and Darning foot and also on Quilt Designs can be found in the book pictured. I highly recommend this book to everyone. Especially beginners and intermediates.
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Here are a few pictures I will share of the back side of my quilted blocks.
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#109
JenniKy...here is the link to the process I'm trying to use even though i didn't quilt in a hoop like she does. What attracted me was the precisiness and not having to use a strip on the back. What I hadn't paid attention to was that she had a 1/2 inch seam that she trimmed to 1/4 so I'm punting and adding a strip on the back. Still my block is very flat and square which is nice to work with. I haven't made the jig that she uses but I can see how useful it would be. I'll try to have pictures to add early next week.
http://www.queenofstitching.com/
http://www.queenofstitching.com/
#110
Great Gardner Gal I will look forward to seeing your pictures next week. This evening I will check out the link you provided. Thank you for adding to our pool of knowledge and techniques for QAYG.
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