Help! I'm stumped! Re: quilting Tumbling Blocks.
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Originally Posted by mosher92
I love the quilt but I must offer my two cents. I just talked with my quilter, yes I send some of my quilts out to be quilted, and she mentioned that she won't quilt with the clear thread. I guess after a fair amount of use it can split the material at the point of stitching. After doing a beautiful job on the quilt I would hate to think of it getting split by quilting thread. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
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Have you gotten your quilt quilted yet? I was going through pictures last night and found this one of a tumbling block. I sorta stitched "In the ditch", more like "over" the ditch. I used one of the connecting stitches (zigs and zags on each side of the center line). This quilt had wonderful 3-d look to it. One of my grandson's fell in love with it so I gave it to him.
Tumbling block quilt
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quilted around each block
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You can follow them down easily if you stitch in the ditch. you only have to zig zag a bit. then go to the next "line" and down again. then across them all.
otherwise you could stitch 1/4 inside each section. that looks good too.
otherwise you could stitch 1/4 inside each section. that looks good too.
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I would go with the SID too. Yes, it is a lot of work, but think how you will feel when it is completed. AND you don't have to do it all at once. Tell yourself you will set aside a certain amount of time each day. It will soon start to add up. It is gorgeous.
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