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    Old 04-02-2015, 09:23 AM
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    On some, yes. I think from the start. Others...well, I wonder how to quilt it when the top is done. I think that is how I have several tops not quilted yet. I am waiting for a signal from the quilt top.
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    Old 04-02-2015, 10:20 AM
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    For me it depends on the quilt and maybe who it's for. My grown up son likes them puffy with less dense quilting, but if it's for, say, a child it will probably need more quilting. So I guess I let the quilt kind of tell me what it needs in the way of quilting. So I guess I think about it as I go. It's part of the process, and I love it all!
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    Old 04-02-2015, 10:52 AM
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    I am not a big fan of all of the fancy quilting designs or puffy quilts. Most of the time my quilting is SID or 1/4 inch echos. If not that I usually do grid patterns.
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    Old 04-02-2015, 11:21 AM
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    I never know how to quilt my quilts and just kind of come up with something at the very end. I really tend to like my straight lines for some reason and have never had feathers that I like so still trying to come up with a solution for that dilemma. thank you for posting this thread and maybe I will get some ideas here.
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    Old 04-02-2015, 02:40 PM
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    I generally have a good idea for making a quilt, although sometimes the quilt talks to me and I go in another direction.
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    Old 04-02-2015, 03:00 PM
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    It depends on the quilt, and my processes may differ.

    Sometimes I work through it when I'm in the LQS looking at fabrics and I can mesh most of it out there, then come home and finalize what I want to do.

    If it's a fairly simple quilt, or a "free form" quilt (like a landscape) I'll just jump in and see what happens.
    If it's a more complicated quilt that requires math, I use EQ.

    the last quilt I designed on EQ took me close to a year to finalize the design (including colors - which changed throughout the project). I finally started the piecing in January and I have a LONG way to go yet. It's DJ with a modified setting.
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    Old 04-07-2015, 03:08 AM
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    I have to look at the finished top before I can decide on the quilting. I'm kind of the same way with borders and binding.
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    Old 04-07-2015, 06:16 PM
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    When I get to the long arm quilter and get her opinion. She is the quilting artist and I absolutely trust her judgment. So far I have never been disappointed. froggyintexas
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    Old 04-08-2015, 05:26 AM
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    This is why i buy the W&N that only requires quilting every 10"....since i make my own patterns from blocks i've seen, I chose fabrics accordingly. I always leave the actual quilting part thought til last - and then often have to puzzle and puzzle over the best way to quilt it, since I only quilt on my DSM - but the batting choice really gives me so much more flexibility.
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