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05-28-2011, 04:08 AM

#21

Blackberry

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I am like you. I do mostly SITD but I have done a little meandering. I just don't like the heavy hard feel of stippling. I like a little puffiness here and there. I don't see myself ever doing stippling.

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Originally Posted by Raggiemom

At the moment, I only do SITD on quilts. However, I have done meandering on a few placemats and purses. I don't see myself progressing beyond meandering. I like my quilts floppy too!

05-28-2011, 05:29 AM

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katier825

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It took me forever to get my stippling looking good. I like loops and swirls better...at least I like MY loops and swirls better than MY stippling! LOL

05-28-2011, 05:57 AM

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majormom

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Originally Posted by TonnieLoree

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Originally Posted by DebraK

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Originally Posted by MadQuilter

I'm not a fan of too much stippling because it seems to make the quilt hard. I prefer meandering or outlines. Nice and floppy for me. Now I think stippling is wonderful in trapunto because it makes the designs pop.

I always get meandering and stippling mixed up.

Stippling is when none of the lines cross. Meandering lets you cross the lines. I always start of stippling, but end up with meandering. :lol:

Me Too!

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05-28-2011, 06:22 AM

#24

mimee4

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I do a lot of stippling. I guess I make it like meandering/stippling. I don't cross lines but do make it bigger and floppy.

05-28-2011, 06:26 AM

#25

GrammaBabs

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stippling for me was just too difficult... it turned into "looping"... which just flows out of me with ease... i just love it!!! I think our bodies know what's natural for us... now the trick is to relax and breathe... i've added a few "loopy daisys" and can "write up a storn"... LOL

05-28-2011, 06:52 AM

#26

lillybeck

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I do this all the time because it is fairly easy to do on my regular machine

05-28-2011, 08:54 AM

#27

Shirlx

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I just finshed a first meandering on a quilt I made and it was so much fun.

05-28-2011, 09:05 AM

#28

juliea9967

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I stipple on the long arm even, with a panto cause that is the only thing I can do. I would love to be able to stipple my baby quilts, but unless I have a stipple pattern to follow I just can't do it. I start out OK, but soon I am wondering where I am going to go next. It is just one of those things that I can't do. I have a friend who free hand micro stipples a lot of her quilts on her sewing machine. I can meander, and still lose my place sometimes, but I can not free hand stipple.

05-28-2011, 09:37 AM

#29

Joanne9of12

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Stippling and larger meandering are my favorite machine quilting patterns.

05-28-2011, 09:51 AM

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vivientan

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Originally Posted by wannaquilt1

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Originally Posted by GreatStarter

Of course it's ok to do only basic stippling on your quilts. Some people never get past stitch in the ditch quilting. I suspect that after you do a few quilts with all stippling, you will get better at then doing other designs. Good luck.
Kat

oh really? I hated stitch in the ditch.. i could never keep my lines straight :(

I'm not sure what machine you are using but you could consider buying a ditch foot to keep your lines straight.

I'm very new to FMQ and am currently practicing on my practice sandwiches, before I progress into sewing on a real quilt. Doing mostly meandering designs. I'm also practicing a loop-de-loop design, which is another variation of meandering. Find this much manageable than the usual meandering design.