IdahoSandy

Forget the black stain glass outline as it would take away from the picture, so put the horse and butterflys in and call it a job well done. Beautiful colors you have picked.

Cybrarian

I have never used EQ7 but I assume the design can print out. Will it print out as a grid or can you print it on graph paper? Its a simple and clean lined picture so once you get the actual measurements for the size quilt you want you can draw the design (with a ruler, additional shapes and a little free hand) on freezer paper or stabilizer, cut out the different parts, iron on and machine appliqué using black thread where you want the outline or bias tape as you mentioned. You DGD can help iron it on the backing and maybe help stitch the longer straight lines with you. Just seems to lend itself to appliqué more than patchwork in Mho. It's going to be adorable please post pics when you're done!!!!

riutzelj

i would probably applique it as well. What fun. I'm thinking about making my dgs a quilt and he is artistic. perhaps i should have him draw what he'd like.

QandE2010

Mary did the work for you in the design. As she mentioned, click on her link & you'll see where she changed the quilt you designed into a quilt with blocks. Good luck.

Grace MooreLinker

Good luck I'm sure it will please her how ever you quilt it.

margecam52

Don't change the darker border, frames the quilt! You could use raw edge applique, or any other applique. Me, I'd be drawing out on grid paper (or freezer paper with lines drawn on it) and, after printing the saved picture as a poster, full size...I'd trace that to the freezer paper...mark placement lines across the outline on the freezer paper...and then cut on the outline. Iron the freezer paper to the FRONT of the fabric, cut out with a 1/4" seam allowance added...copy those hatch marks to the front of the fabric (will be in the seam allowance), then once you have the pieces cut out...snip at the hatch marks 1/8" in...Pin the pieces and sew, making sure not to sew into any seam allowances at the edge of a piece...hard to explain...but you end your stitching 1/4" from the end of each section you sew....take one or two backstitches. when you join each new section to an older section, you stop right at the spot the other sections ended their stitches. You want all seam allowances free of stitches. If you do happen to stitch to an end, or stitch over previous stitched area...you can pick out when you press the section. Leaving the seam allowances open let's you twist the bulky seams (where four sections, or a corner meets) to get them to lie flat.

Applique would be easier...but I like the process of sewing together bigger sections like this.

Actually, won't EQ let you print full size paper piece templates?

Sewfine

That is going to be a beautiful quilt. I am no expert by any means, but I would so paper piece.

tiptrinket

I think that it is WONDERFUL!

GailG

What a wonderful story! it looks like it will be a darling quilt. Congratulations on trying to "meet her demands." I love it.

M.I.Late

I would absolutely choose fusible applique. I think piecing this would be too much work. Although it can be done.