Can there be too much quilting on a top?
#51
I don't care for stiff quilts, and I've made a few! Don't take them out and use them 'cause they're not comfy. Pretty though!! I like the free flowing curves and loops of FMQ done simply and just close enough to assure that batting doesn't shift.
#53
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Originally Posted by mom-6
My personal preference is for minimum quilting so it is nice and fluffy, more like a comforter. It also seems to be warmer as well as softer that way.
#55
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Originally Posted by kwhite
yes too much. I think there should be diffrent categories in quilt shows for "show quilts" and "quilts to be used by real people" There really is no reson for us normal people to even think about entering anything in a quilt show anymore.
#56
I think I am the odd woman out here. I love generous quilting when done in good taste with reference to the piecework. These quilts will wear forever. I feel a lot of quilts today are all about the fabric and colors. I think that is just 50% of the formula. I live in a cold climate and most quilts are not that warm any ways. A wool batting would not be stiff and is still warm and cuddly with closer quilting.
#57
Talking about thread useage - besides learning quilting, I am also getting into machine embroidery - Over the weekend I saw a site selling digitized patterns of quilting blocks. These were not just a simple open pattern look (many of those are pretty for "a block" - but the whole of each block was stitched as we would use fabric - - the first thing that came to mind was - (A) can you imagine how expensive in thread that would be to make? (scraps being much cheaper) - and (B) the stiffness it would cause? I am sure somebody out there will love them and I think probably would have to be a wall hanging. But to me, it didn't seem too practical.
Marysewfun
Marysewfun
#58
I too am in favor of soft, snuggly quilts. I hand quilt.
BUT -- I just had a baby quilt done by Charismah and she did what I liked -- soft and snuggly with just enough machine quilting to be creative as well as tighten up the edges so if the parents want they can use it as a wall hanging until he grows enough to drag it aroung. I always put a sleeve on my quilts that I give just in case they want to hang it.
So I have changed my opion -- hard to do -- but I admit that both sides have a purpose.
Overdoing isn't good no mater what the siruation is
Mim
BUT -- I just had a baby quilt done by Charismah and she did what I liked -- soft and snuggly with just enough machine quilting to be creative as well as tighten up the edges so if the parents want they can use it as a wall hanging until he grows enough to drag it aroung. I always put a sleeve on my quilts that I give just in case they want to hang it.
So I have changed my opion -- hard to do -- but I admit that both sides have a purpose.
Overdoing isn't good no mater what the siruation is
Mim
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