Help! I'm stumped! Re: quilting Tumbling Blocks.
12-04-2009, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by amma
I think the easiest way to SID would be to follow the actual diamond shapes across and diagonally.
I would follow them from the lower bottom and stitch up in a zig zag pattern going all of the way up to the top and then come back down in the same manner, getting the opposite sides.
Do the same on the ones going horizontal, across one way and turn back getting the other sides.
There would be minimal manipulation of the quilt and you could outline each piece this way easily.
Unless you stay exactly on your stitches while backstitching, it would show up on the back.
I would follow them from the lower bottom and stitch up in a zig zag pattern going all of the way up to the top and then come back down in the same manner, getting the opposite sides.
Do the same on the ones going horizontal, across one way and turn back getting the other sides.
There would be minimal manipulation of the quilt and you could outline each piece this way easily.
Unless you stay exactly on your stitches while backstitching, it would show up on the back.
Thank you everyone SO much for your responses. When I finish I'll post the results!
BTW after seeing MadQuilter's I understand now why it was called "Not Your Grandmother's Tumbling Blocks". You can tell mine is strip pieced. I don't want to know how the "normal" way to do it is!
Thanks again!
12-04-2009, 07:27 AM
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What a fabulous looking quilt. I don't think SID would be a big deal at all if you zigzag every horizontal row, turn the quilt and then do it again the other way. It would mean sewing one block side, stopping and turning the quilt a bit and then doing the next block side, i.e., zigzag. Even if you did just a few rows each day, before you know it, you'd be finished.
I did a king sized quilt that has 222 large "melons" in it. I stitched in the ditch one row at a time, having to stop at the end of each melon and turn the quilt the quilt slightly to do the next melon. It didn't take very long and, just doing a few rows at a time, it was not an overwhelming chore. If you consider that each melon has 2 sides to SID, except for the very outside rows, that's stitching along 404 melon sides.
I did a king sized quilt that has 222 large "melons" in it. I stitched in the ditch one row at a time, having to stop at the end of each melon and turn the quilt the quilt slightly to do the next melon. It didn't take very long and, just doing a few rows at a time, it was not an overwhelming chore. If you consider that each melon has 2 sides to SID, except for the very outside rows, that's stitching along 404 melon sides.
12-04-2009, 07:38 AM
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Thanks for the compliments and encouragement.
The kicker is that I just took my sewing table down to set up a small home office in my bedroom - now I kinda wish I hadn't done that. So I'll be getting my stuff out and putting it back all the time. Along with that setting my machine up on the kitchen table and taking it down.
I know complain, complain. :P
The kicker is that I just took my sewing table down to set up a small home office in my bedroom - now I kinda wish I hadn't done that. So I'll be getting my stuff out and putting it back all the time. Along with that setting my machine up on the kitchen table and taking it down.
I know complain, complain. :P
12-05-2009, 07:43 AM
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You have a beautiful quilt. Most of these ladies are machine quilters. If it were me I would SID hand quilting. I'm a hand quilter. Not too many do this anymore but I just wanted to tell you how beautiful it is.
12-05-2009, 08:13 AM
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Your quilt is beautiful, what a wonderful job. My Grandmother made this pattern often. She hand quilted and always around
each block, 1/4 inch in from the seams. The blocks stood out
quite well. Whatever you do it will be a treasure.
each block, 1/4 inch in from the seams. The blocks stood out
quite well. Whatever you do it will be a treasure.
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