I did baby quilt by doing corner to corner, and I have done stitch in the ditch, I don't want to do free hand yet on my first full size quilt what other options do I have?
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I did baby quilt by doing corner to corner, and I have done stitch in the ditch, I don't want to do free hand yet on my first full size quilt what other options do I have?
No replies, must mean your on your own.
Sewing a grid of squares on solid blocks - stitching 1/4" away on both sides of the seam line in one or both directions - doing vertical rows - sewing a diamond grid.
No replies just meant everyone was out to lunch.
Loop-de-loops, there's all sorts of thingies - hearts, leaves - those are easy.
I like to do the vertical lines (called cross hatching) on top of a quilt. it's simple to do and it gives a little more personality to the quilt.
I've been practicing free motion quilting on some small quilts for my grandchildren. I've been enjoying it and will try it on a bigger quilt once all the DGCs quilts are quilted. I'm ready to move on from stippling to a pattern soon, I hope! Before this I mostly did straight line quilting along the seams.
Good luck quilting your quilt. I'd love to see a picture of it!
Cyndi
Sorry, it was way too early for me to reply I was still sleeping at 4:44am!! Could you post a pic of the quilt so that we can see what might work best? I like echo quilting when the quilt has a particular shape block like a hexagon or a tumbler, it brings out the shape in the quilting and on the back. There really are endless possibilities as you can see from the other replies. Have fun with it and just go with what you think will work.
I just did one with stitching about 1/4" away from each side of the seam....it is okay and it was a full size quilt...on the bulky side, But I don't think It'd look very good on a smaller lighter colored quilt. I am learning FMQ and stippling and that has TONS of options. I have to finished the binding on this one first and then start the layering of the next one (top is done) and then I will do stippling in some areas. I also tried on a "practice" quilt that is going to be for dolls, using a wide wave decorative stitch my machine has...and do that OVER the seams, instead of SITD. It looks pretty good on solids, might be a little busy for prints. Let us know what you decide!
I'm working on my first quilted piece that's not being hand-quilted. I did stitch in the ditch on the blocks.
Now I'm using a template pattern on the sashes and am free motion quilting them. It has been good practice having to follow lines of the design. I think it helps with my control (or lack of control). LOL. It's not perfect by any means, but I'm trying my best not to rip out too many stitches. :) I've practiced stippling, but am not comfortable with that yet, but I think loop de loops seem much easier. You might try those.
This is quite a fun and retro style I've found on Molly Flanders blog, she mixes machine quilting 1/4" from each seam and the uses pearl cotton or other thick thread to do chunky hand quilting, often in a contrasting colour, to give more interest to the quilt.
http://mollyflanders.blogspot.com/20...spart-one.html
But if you want to do machine only I just love it when you quilt across the block, like a diagonal grid across a square quilt so you get diamonds
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:
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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
i have a same question as well as Grandmas Hope.
Loop-de-loops, there's all sorts of thingies - hearts, leaves - those are easy.[/QUOTE]
I agree---free open patterns like this are always good. They look great on all kinds of quilts.
I have recently finished a friendship braid quilt, well just about done-handstitching the binding a bit every evening in bed--and I did echo quilting. I LOVE the look of it. Lots of starting and stopping and threads to bury, but so very worth it, in my opinion. I will be using this method again for sure. I also like the diagonal stitching, spaced out so they are X's and want to try out smaller spacing so they are more like diamonds. For Ace's quilt I did 1/4 inch on both sides of all major seams (for the most part). I tried it on all seams, but it made the quilt stiff so I took out some of the quilting.