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    Old 10-18-2011, 08:02 AM
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    Whatever strikes your fancy--it's your quilt!
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    Old 10-18-2011, 08:24 AM
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    Welcome and I almost always do a large stipple on most quilts. I can't stay in the ditch ( sloppy looking to me)so I will quilt straight lines about a 1/4" from the seam line.
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    Old 10-18-2011, 08:25 AM
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    It looks really good if you just stitch a straight line in the center of each log. It makes it look like two logs and more detailed. Very pretty.
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    Old 10-18-2011, 08:32 AM
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    Originally Posted by MarthaT
    Are you machine or hand quilting? Going across seams can be challenging when hand quilting. I hand quilted this one. (Is there any other way to quilt? Ha!) In the colored part of the log cabin I quilted in the ditch. In the white part where the "logs" didn't really show I quilted to echo the star shape. In the trees I also did angled lines. I like variety that brings out the pattern of the piecing.
    Your hand quilting is beautiful, and I just love the way you quilted it.
    now I'am not much on desiding how to quilt a log cabin quilt, I have one top that is ready to quilt and I don't know how I want it quilted. I have got some good ideas here.
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    Old 10-18-2011, 08:54 AM
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    I would be machine quilting and that would be in the ditch. I'm thinking about sending it out once I'm done and I wanted to get some ideas.

    I love the photos that you ladies have shared. They've given me lots of ideas.

    Decisions, decisions!
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    Old 10-18-2011, 10:32 AM
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    I saw a king sized LC quilt of 12" blocks where the straightaways of light were quilted with a continuous feather in a dark thread, and the straighaways of dark were quilted in a continuous feather of light thread.
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    Old 10-18-2011, 07:47 PM
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    I have seen Charismas quilting , lots of feathers and small circles onthe light Log Cabins, I just bought the Snake River Log Cabin, I will be taking feather classes in January at Quilting AT the Lake here in Lake Havasu, I understand that Chrismas quilting is free motion, her quilting is beautiful, feathers and little round circles, :? :lol:
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    Old 10-18-2011, 07:53 PM
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    I have pics of a small log cabin I quilted using swirlies- hopefully it'll post
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    Old 10-19-2011, 02:24 AM
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    Besides loving the photos and wisdom that everyone is sharing, I'm enjoying seeing all the beautiful fabric combinations that have been chosen.

    I had never planned, nor thought of getting into free arm quilting, now with all of these it is a bug that has been placed on my brain!!
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    Because I am a very experienced freemotion quilter I do feathers in the light in one direction and feathers in the dark in the other direction.

    But an overall curved design, meandering, loops etc. is wonderful on something that has very sharp angles and straight lines. It softens the design.
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