Meandering - It exhausts me!
10-19-2012, 11:50 AM
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Diane Guydinski [?spelling] calls it mittens and Mickey Mouse ears. Some other quilters just practice what comes to mind: flame-like, flowery, or angular. If you are still learning then don't worry about crossing the lines. It is too stressful.
Try drawing it several times before you actually do the quilting. If you want use an air erasable pencil to draw on your quilt top.
I think you are just tensing up too much. Have fun with it.
ali
Try drawing it several times before you actually do the quilting. If you want use an air erasable pencil to draw on your quilt top.
I think you are just tensing up too much. Have fun with it.
ali
10-19-2012, 12:17 PM
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If you think it is too dense, don't do it so densely. You can do any design on any scale. If you don't like the lines 1/2" apart, make them 3" apart instead. It doesn't need to be heavy quilting.
10-19-2012, 01:22 PM
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The one thing I like about meandering is that it doesn't take much planning and it goes fast. It's more fun if you throw in stars, hearts, leaves - anything you can do freeform. To keep the size and spacing of my meandering uniform, I think in terms of coins - a little loop around a dime, a medium size loop around a quarter, and a big loop around a 50 cent piece. Music and wine is a good idea too.
10-20-2012, 04:36 AM
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oh my I would give my right arm for an HQ16 but I can't justify the cost. How do you like it? I either do meandering or I use my janome 350e to embroider a design in each sandwiched square. Depends on my mood
10-20-2012, 04:42 AM
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Wish I had a nickel (or even a penny) for every mile I've 'meandered.' I, too, am a meandering fan---first on a domestic machine and now on a Gammill. Have you tried meandering to music? That helped me in the beginning, and now I continue to do it that way---you can get a rhythm going.
10-20-2012, 05:38 AM
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10-20-2012, 06:41 AM
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Mine is an "old" HQ16, too. My frame is TERRIBLE. The poles droop so badly.
I think part of my problem with meandering (not stippling, shudder!) is that it is too dense. I am not one for heavy quilting. I have seen what I think are beautiful quilts but I think the quilting is too dense and distracts from the quilt.
Mary
I think part of my problem with meandering (not stippling, shudder!) is that it is too dense. I am not one for heavy quilting. I have seen what I think are beautiful quilts but I think the quilting is too dense and distracts from the quilt.
Mary
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10-20-2012, 07:04 AM
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[QUOTE=sept97;5598672]oh my I would give my right arm for an HQ16 but I can't justify the cost.
Save your pennies and anything else. I paid $2,500 for mine on Craigslist. I know there have been times in my life that even that would have been impossible. I had 4 kids then.
Save your pennies and anything else. I paid $2,500 for mine on Craigslist. I know there have been times in my life that even that would have been impossible. I had 4 kids then.
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