Hand Quilting With Large Stitches
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I have done a queen sized D9P and quilted it with big-stitch quilting. I am machine quilting a Craftsy BOM from 2012 and am going to do big stitch in the sashing and the border. Been doing it some time at a volunteer quilters group and it really can be used anywhere all over or just where you want it. Have a friend who does beautiful work with it.
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Oooohhh...that would look nice. What kind of thread? Do you use big ole upholstery needles?
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I was thinking I would use 12wt perle cotton, mainly because I have a whole bunch of it I bought on sale at a quilt show I went to. But maybe that will be too thick - I will have to experiment and see how it looks. I use a size 8 embroidery needle when I use the perle cotton for redwork but that size would probably be too big to quilt with. I guess it will be trial and error. ha ha
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Here's a link to some sashiko thread.
http://www.shiboridragon.com/Sashiko-Thread.htm
The site's description compares it to #8 pearl cotton.
I'll be watching with interest. It's a similar subject to my wanting to know about quilting with larger thread sizes.
Rodney
http://www.shiboridragon.com/Sashiko-Thread.htm
The site's description compares it to #8 pearl cotton.
I'll be watching with interest. It's a similar subject to my wanting to know about quilting with larger thread sizes.
Rodney
#19
I love this technique. I think it looks so cool. And if I hand quilted I would have to do this because my hands don't work well enough to make tiny stitches. It's like a pass for us bad hand quilters. LOL.
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