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This quilt is a strip quilt. I took a 44 inch strip cut them to 21 inches. The strips are 2 inches wide. Do you think stitching in the ditch would be the best looking way to go. It is made from Amelia and Twirl which is pretty busy colors. Not sure what color to use for backing. Thank you Ladys for all your help. This is a great help.
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Originally Posted by ajs88
I looked at Molly Flanders blog....it makes me want to learn hand quilting! I know how, done it MANY years ago, but never perfected it..now I want to try hers look so good with it! And the different colored threads for the quilting gives the quilt more depth and design and "stand-outish". I have a small practice quilt I was going to do stippling on, but I think (due to size) I will give hand quilting a try!
I think I would use some varigated thread.. punch in some of those built in machine stitches and work in a diamond grid.. about 3 inches apart. Put down some painters tape to keep the lines straight.
Then I have done some stippling...depends on how large your quilt is and how comfortable you are about tackling that with your home machine..
My machine has a "hand stitch" decortive stitch on it...looks just like hand stitched quilting...I was going to try it but the quilt I was working on was very thick and I just didn't have the ambition to deal with that, so I will try it on my next quilt when I use thinner batting and backing (I used fleece). Should be interesting
I hand quilt almost everything and almost always use perl cotton or embroidery floss. i draw out the design I wish to quilt on the front of the quilt, borders, and sometimes I just wing it, shadowing the blocks or filling in. It is the most fun I have. Most of my hand quilting is done with many color changes in the thread.
It isn't difficult, coffeebreak - there are no rules! I find it more relaxing than FMQ - but then I am not very skilled practiced yet at FMQ. Try it out on a placemat or table runner first. I use warm and natural or Hobbs 80/20 for batting. Very smooth for a thread and needle to go through.
I'm glad you enjoyed the link and yes its so inspiring, it's like the complete opposite of FMQ and I think if your going to hand quilt you may as well do it in a way that shows it off and can't be done by machine.
Blondie, I've had a look at some the quilting you've done on your quilts, the pineapple one in particular, and I just think its looks great.
The painter's tape is a good idea. I will be quilting a quilt for my husband using the diamond grid. I'm glad you shared this. I will use the tape when I quilt his quilt. Thanks Judy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Granny Judy
a lot of the time I stitch over the seam lines with a zigzag stitch in a matching variegated thread....helps with the strips not unraveling in wash and it adds another dimension to the quilt...just a suggestion! Good luck and I am sure that whatever you come up with will work just fine!
I just looked at Molly Flanders tutorial on "pick stitching" and I am willing to try this...I am pretty sure I can do that...scared to try to do regular hand quilting...but this method I think I can do...will let you all know when I have a small lap quilt to try this on...thank you
I just found a lovely quilt that is a really good example of non-FMQ machine quilting, also a very good example of using half-square trianles as
http://serendipitypatch.blogspot.com...lt-ta-dah.html