Big stitch quilting?

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05-13-2019, 12:45 PM

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marjean36

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A lady in my sewing group does big stitch with perle cotton thread in a color to compliment the quilts. She does many charity donation quilts and they are absolutely beautiful. She does so many that I ask her if she quilts and drives at the same time.(as opposed to texting). She always has one in her hands to work on. However, I will not be trying it with these arthritic hands. I do think it is very pretty.

05-13-2019, 05:16 PM

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ccthomas

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I saw one blogger does big stitch binding.

05-13-2019, 06:52 PM

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KerryK

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I haven't done any big stitch quilts yet, but I definitely plan to! I love the look of it! I think I'll probably just go with some placemats first, to see if I enjoy the process. I hope I do, 'cause it surely is pretty!

05-13-2019, 07:32 PM

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Flyboy Jim

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My wife did a big stitch quilt and it came out great! She's going to use it on her latest quilt. I think it works great on a large piece block in a geometric design.

05-13-2019, 11:41 PM

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seazteddy

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I thought it looked more "primitive" than "traditional" quilting but it might be something I give a try cause I can't make small stitches all the same size. Thanks for your info.

05-14-2019, 03:15 AM

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NJ Quilter

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SusieQOH

I did a big stitch quilt last year and it was fun to do. It went really fast. I used variegated thread, I believe it was perle cotton.
The look is different but I like it. The only problem for me is that I'm used to hand quilting and I had to keep remembering not to make the stitches too small.
Thimblebug, yours is lovely!

I agree with SusieQOH...being a hand quilter doing 'big stitch' was quick; easy; fun but definitely had a hard time not making my stitches tiny, lol. That said, even with the tiny stitches by using the pearle cotton thread there was still more definition in the quilting. I like how it turned out on the quilt I did this style quilting.

05-14-2019, 08:46 AM

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jumpin' judy

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Personally I prefer irregular quilting since that is what I usually end up with!

05-14-2019, 04:54 PM

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tuckyquilter

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Originally Posted by seazteddy

Anyone done this big stitch quilting? It looks a bit strange to me.

It reminds me of Japanese Sashiko stitching.

05-14-2019, 08:09 PM

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Chili Lady

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I took a class on big stitching. I enjoyed it, I liked how it looked on the project I worked on, but never did it again. I think of doing it often, but always go back to the regular hand quilting.

05-15-2019, 08:22 AM

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Onebyone

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I did a queen size quilt with big stitch. I used Sew Sassy a size 12 thread, it is like two strands of embroidery floss. I used Tiger Tape to keep the stitches the same length and evenly spaced. I used a contrasting color thread from the quilt color. I won 2nd place in handquilting category at a local show to the dismay of many who had tiny handstitches. Some of the handquilters felt like it wasn't real 'handquilting' and got their noses out of joint about it. I still got the ribbon though. LOL