amyamy1978

Hello I have a quilt top that is made of about 2.5 inch strips of fabrics. How would you quilt the top? I am having a hard time figuring out what to do.
Amy

PaperPrincess

I did an all over design with curls. I like to contrast the quilting with the piecing and since you have all straight lines, an edge to edge with curves/curls/swirls would be good.

Prism99

Are you planning to quilt on a domestic machine or a longarm frame? I agree with PaperPrincess if you are planning to use a frame. If you are quilting on a domestic machine, what I would do is wavy lines from one end to the other. You can use a walking foot to do this and simply move the quilt from side to side to create the waves. I will see if I can post an image of what I am thinking of:
http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/2...al-finish.html
http://jeliquilts.blogspot.com/2013/...-festival.html

Bree123

I quilted stitch in the ditch & then an echo straight line to the right 1/4".

Quiltngolfer

I like to use a wave stitch over the seam line on those with my walking foot. It's very quick and easy.

ArlaJo

I do a lot of cross hash. Its my favorite, as I can use my walking foot and it looks nice too.

MadQuilter

You could use a fancy stitch in the seam lines.

ManiacQuilter2

I am partial to crosshatching. Any of the ideas listed above are very good. Figure out what your comfort lever in quilting is and go with it.

quiltingbuddy

I did a couple of jelly roll race quilts and did exactly what Prism99 posted the link to. I used irregular wavy lines with my walking foot on my DSM and it turned out great! I used about 3 per strip with a varigated King Tut thread. It was easy and these were the most fun quilts to quilt too. I think the more irregular the better. And the wavy lines being curvy soften all the straight lines of the pattern. Good luck and enjoy!

amyamy1978

Thank you for the great advice. I already had the quilt on the frame with the stripes going from back to front. I decided to leave it that way and am doing wavy lines across the stripes. It looks good. This is my first time using variegated thread.