KathyC9511

Becca,

Your quilt is beautiful! I like the borders you added. It looks great!

Did you hand quilt your flowers?

One of the ladies in our guild has a long arm. I am considering have her baste the quilt (every 5"). I am wondering if this would make hand quilting easier. What are your thoughts?

KathyC9511

Becca,

Your quilt is beautiful! I understand you not wanting to keep the points. It is going to be a lot of sewing and clipping. I like the facing idea and have watched the You Tube video on how to apply facing to quilt tops with scallops.

I plan on hand quilting the top. I was wondering if I should have it machine basted 5" apart and whether this would benefit me in hand quilting. Any thoughts?

tatavw01

wow!!! I have tried three time to make one but quit...you guys make me try again..I have one question. how do you keep the stitches from showing on the front.. or do you just go with it....am jumping right back in... will post my progress.
thank you so much for the inspiration.

SunlitenSmiles

my facing is made of hexies and then appliquied to backing....will post a photo when finished....LOL....been working on it as the 'hand' project for more than five years.

117becca

Yes, all the flowers are hand quilted around - I eventually figured out a way to quilt more in a straighter line, so it moved a bit quicker. I always baste my quilts before starting to hand-quilt them - it keeps the quilt from shifting and keeps my corners more square. It does take a bit of time, but nothing compared to all the hours quilting.

You mentioned having a long-armer baste the quilt - how easy are those stitches to take out???? I use that Sharon Schamber method of hand basting. It also uses up the skads of embroidery floss from my days of cross-stitching!! I then remove the basting stitches as i quilt an area.

117becca

One other question - I have not looked up the facing method on the GFG - but would the back still be quilted?

maviskw

I found a tutorial on finishing off a Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt on Alicia's Attic. It preserves the beautiful edges of your flowers. I hope this helps.

FLQ

I love what you did with your aunts quilt top. The borders and quilting are very complimentary.

quilter68

Love your GFG. The edges are SWEET!

twinkie

If you are talking about the quilting, I had a friend who did have a LA machine and she did one that her Mother had done by stitching in the ditch. Good luck.