Grandma's quilt-top advise.
08-29-2011, 01:38 PM
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So, many of you know that I recently found a set of twin quilt-tops with my name on them from my grand mother. They need to be quilted and being new to quilting, I wanted to try a few things on my machine before I finish the one's she left me.
-The first pic is my grandmothers quilt top.
-The second pic is of a small zig zag stitching in the seam. I have read that "on" the seam is just as acceptable is stitching in the ditch?
-The third pic is my first experiment with FMQ...Not happening right now!
SO...opinions of the zigzag? I can handle this. I think it will do the job without taking away from the thousand triangles!
-The first pic is my grandmothers quilt top.
-The second pic is of a small zig zag stitching in the seam. I have read that "on" the seam is just as acceptable is stitching in the ditch?
-The third pic is my first experiment with FMQ...Not happening right now!
SO...opinions of the zigzag? I can handle this. I think it will do the job without taking away from the thousand triangles!
Grandma's work...
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My first try with a zigzag...
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First FMQ...I know its bad!
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08-29-2011, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Ghetohound
So, many of you know that I recently found a set of twin quilt-tops with my name on them from my grand mother. They need to be quilted and being new to quilting, I wanted to try a few things on my machine before I finish the one's she left me.
-The first pic is my grandmothers quilt top.
-The second pic is of a small zig zag stitching in the seam. I have read that "on" the seam is just as acceptable is stitching in the ditch?
-The third pic is my first experiment with FMQ...Not happening right now!
SO...opinions of the zigzag? I can handle this. I think it will do the job without taking away from the thousand triangles!
-The first pic is my grandmothers quilt top.
-The second pic is of a small zig zag stitching in the seam. I have read that "on" the seam is just as acceptable is stitching in the ditch?
-The third pic is my first experiment with FMQ...Not happening right now!
SO...opinions of the zigzag? I can handle this. I think it will do the job without taking away from the thousand triangles!
08-29-2011, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
Originally Posted by Ghetohound
So, many of you know that I recently found a set of twin quilt-tops with my name on them from my grand mother. They need to be quilted and being new to quilting, I wanted to try a few things on my machine before I finish the one's she left me.
-The first pic is my grandmothers quilt top.
-The second pic is of a small zig zag stitching in the seam. I have read that "on" the seam is just as acceptable is stitching in the ditch?
-The third pic is my first experiment with FMQ...Not happening right now!
SO...opinions of the zigzag? I can handle this. I think it will do the job without taking away from the thousand triangles!
-The first pic is my grandmothers quilt top.
-The second pic is of a small zig zag stitching in the seam. I have read that "on" the seam is just as acceptable is stitching in the ditch?
-The third pic is my first experiment with FMQ...Not happening right now!
SO...opinions of the zigzag? I can handle this. I think it will do the job without taking away from the thousand triangles!
08-29-2011, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
Originally Posted by Ghetohound
So, many of you know that I recently found a set of twin quilt-tops with my name on them from my grand mother. They need to be quilted and being new to quilting, I wanted to try a few things on my machine before I finish the one's she left me.
-The first pic is my grandmothers quilt top.
-The second pic is of a small zig zag stitching in the seam. I have read that "on" the seam is just as acceptable is stitching in the ditch?
-The third pic is my first experiment with FMQ...Not happening right now!
SO...opinions of the zigzag? I can handle this. I think it will do the job without taking away from the thousand triangles!
-The first pic is my grandmothers quilt top.
-The second pic is of a small zig zag stitching in the seam. I have read that "on" the seam is just as acceptable is stitching in the ditch?
-The third pic is my first experiment with FMQ...Not happening right now!
SO...opinions of the zigzag? I can handle this. I think it will do the job without taking away from the thousand triangles!
08-29-2011, 01:46 PM
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Such a gem of a quilt. Your FMQ is perfectly acceptable. It will improve as you go and will wear very well. The zigzag is not bad but a quilt with this much work in it should have something a bit more. JMHO
08-29-2011, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by hobo2000
Such a gem of a quilt. Your FMQ is perfectly acceptable. It will improve as you go and will wear very well. The zigzag is not bad but a quilt with this much work in it should have something a bit more. JMHO
08-29-2011, 01:53 PM
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If I had a quilt top from my grandmother, I think I would hand quilt it. And I'm not a hand quilter. I have a longarm. I have never hand quilted a quilt. I took a hand quilting class and decided it was not for me. But - if I had a quilt top from my grandmother... that is still how I think I would do it.
08-29-2011, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster
If I had a quilt top from my grandmother, I think I would hand quilt it. And I'm not a hand quilter. I have a longarm. I have never hand quilted a quilt. I took a hand quilting class and decided it was not for me. But - if I had a quilt top from my grandmother... that is still how I think I would do it.
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