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I have finally finished sandwiching my queen size quilt and read to quilt it but I don't know how to FMQ so I was wondering if you all had any suggestions on how to quilt the top of this. If I STD do I go around the triangles or the squares or both? Or does anyone have another pattern I could use to finish the top? Mahalo
I don't do queen size quilts on my domestic. I send them out for LAQ. I don't do anything larger than a lap size myself. JCY
You have several options for SITD. First, you should stitch horizontally and vertically at the seams of each block. This will secure the layers for further quilting. According to Cindy Needham, you start at the middle of the quilt and move to the right until you are at the end of the quilt. You do all these seams in the same direction. Then you turn the quilt around, go back to the middle, and SITD again working out to the end of the quilt. Then, do the same for the seams going in the other direction.
Check your batting to see what the recommendation is for quilting. Should it be 2 inches apart, or 4, or 5 or even more inches apart? That will give you an idea if the SITD of just the blocks is enough. If it is enough, then you have to decide if you want more quilting, or not. Other than SITD, or a grid type pattern, it is very difficult to quilt such a large quilt with a walking foot. You could use the walking foot to quilt diagonally through the blocks, and also to quilt horizontally and vertically through the blocks, if you wanted to.
Some other thing to consider, depending upon the stitches available on you machine, you may be able to do a serpentine stitch with your walking foot. If so, I would test this out, as you will probably need to adjust the stitch width. You could also use the serpentine stitch to replace the straight stitch and stitch over each seam instead of SITD. This looks very pretty on quilts.
I have quilted a king size quilt on my Baby Lock, so I know it can be done. But you will have to be patient, as you have to deal with the drag of all the other material in the quilt. While quilting, it helps me to "puddle" the quilt around the section that I am quilting. I also have my ironing board set up to the left of my machine and I use it to support some of the quilt.
I did one where I quilted double lines horizontally and vertically, then single lines diagonally connecting all the intersections. It took some time to mark some of the lines, but turned out neat. It may be a nice idea for your pattern. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture after the quilting. This was just the top of the quilt. With all the empty space the quilting really stood out, but I think the idea would look nice with all your seams too.
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I don't really like SITD ( I like the look, but I don't like to actually do it, I always miss the ditch! :D). So how about some type of echoing? I could see making squares inside of the different colours/solid, instead of in the ditch.
Also, check out this page here, you'll find many different suggestions.
I'm working on the summer in the park variation (revised?) right now. My intersections with the triangles are so thick all ready, I did not want to try to stitch through them again. So I cut a fabric template, 2.75" wide, and I'm quilting 2.75" wide from the left and right sides of the block, twice. Skipping the middle. Working ok so far. My batting is half bamboo, half cotton, and allows for up to 10" quilting. Just an idea if you don't want to sitd. oldsewer PS I'm using 2.75" because what I want is 3", and this allows for the edge of the walking foot.
I have the squares done for this one, but haven't gotten it put together and I have not yet thought about the quilting. Any straight line quilting would look good on this - how about echoing within the larger triangles as part of what you do? You can echo it a couple of times. Or go down the middle of the strips and continue those through the triangles?
Thanks so much for this link. I, too, am looking for designs for the walking foot. Lots of ideas now to think about.Quote:
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Have you heard of stitching AROUND the ditch.
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Thank you for your input much appreciated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvia H
I always do queen size on my machine I never send them out never had any problem but needed suggestions for a pattern. MahaloQUOTE=JCY;556925]I don't do queen size quilts on my domestic. I send them out for LAQ. I don't do anything larger than a lap size myself. JCY[/QUOTE]
Thanks will check it out for sure. MahaloQuote:
Originally Posted by Cat77
