Laurel Burch Christmas panel quilted to death

[DeniseSm]

I have heard references to quilting something to death, and thought I would take a panel and give it a try. I used 7 whole bobbins free motion quilting this panel. This is a wall quilt and will never be washed so I did not worry about keeping a uniform quilting density, or burying my threads. It was very freeing. It will hang to hide an unattractive area of my fabric storage.
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This is the back side so you can get a better idea of the FMQ.

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[Claire Hallman]

Re: Laurel Burch Christmas panel quilted to death

love the back almost as much as the front. Great!

[SuzyQue]

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Great job! Lots of quilting! It must be stiff, but for a hanging that is fine.

[seaturtle]

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That's an incredible amount of thread on there! It looks terrific - I think I would hang it up backwards just to admire all the quilting! Fantastic job, Denise.

[MNnancy]

Re: Laurel Burch Christmas panel quilted to death

According to a class I took from Karen McTavish, if you ever intend to have a quilt judged in a show, it must be "quilted to death." She has shown a few where the judges' comments came back with "there was more space here for additional quilting."

[SewMuchToDo]

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The back can be shown too from the looks of it!

[KarenC]

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Beautiful. Great job.

[grammaterry]

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Ahh, it is beautiful. The quilting is spectacular.

[Kgrammiecaz]

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Beautiful work. I have to agree, the back is just as beautiful. It must have been a lot of fun quilting it.

[Sylvia H]

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I agree with all the others. It is beautiful, front and back.

[pcbatiks]

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Awesome job on the FMQ, Denise! Love all the little details.

[cv quilter]

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Spectacular!

[Midge]

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Love what you did with this panel. Your stitching is beautiful. I think Laurel Butch would approve.

[jjkaiser]

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Oh my! You used 7 bobbins??? That seems like a lot for a wall hanging, how many do you use for an entire quilt?! I don't fmq so this is all kind of interesting to me. I like your wall hanging I think it turned out great.

[DeniseSm]

Re: Laurel Burch Christmas panel quilted to death

Oh my! You used 7 bobbins??? That seems like a lot for a wall hanging, how many do you use for an entire quilt?! I don't fmq so this is all kind of interesting to me. I like your wall hanging I think it turned out great.

7 bobbins is a lot for a quilt panel, that is why I consider it quilted to death. I normally use between 6-8 bobbins on a queen size top.