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?
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.
Rebecca in Baarn, Netherlands by way of Orange County, CA.
No replies just meant everyone was out to lunch.
Loop-de-loops, there's all sorts of thingies - hearts, leaves - those are easy.
Be warned. I am BORED.
This could be dangerous.
When you get cold just go stand in the corner.
They are usually 90 degrees.
A giraffe's coffee would be cold by the time it reached the bottom of his throat.
Ever think about that? No? You only think about yourself??
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.
When life throws you scraps, make a 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.
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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.
Bec
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