How Should I Quilt This?
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How Should I Quilt This?
I just basted my latest quilt and the pattern suggests straight line quilting going horizontal. I'm fine with that but wanted to get any suggestions you may have. I will be machine quilting on my Brother domestic machine. I am not a quilter so I will not do well with any fancy stitches. Do you think just the straight horizontal lines are a good fit for this quilt? And how far apart should I make the lines? I'm using Warm n Natural 100% cotton batting.
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When I see straight lines in the quilt, I always want to do lots of swirls. Now, if you have your heart set on straight stitching, you might put them in the ditch. It would make the pieces pop. Have fun.
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My heart is not really set on straight stitching, but I wasn't sure what else to do.
I did think of echo stitching around the larger geese. But then I would need something to do in the empty grey blocks.
I did think of echo stitching around the larger geese. But then I would need something to do in the empty grey blocks.
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I'm one of those people who always sends quilts out to the longarmer. Unfortunately, my longarmer is having surgery and is not available for quilting. I need this one completed before the end of June because I wanted to enter it into our local county fair. So I'm stuck having to quilt it myself. This is just way out of my comfort zone.
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It has a modern look to it and I would SITD the design elements and then do horizontal lines in the grey background. It would look good if you change the direction of the 1/2 spaced lines in each grey section but that would be harder to do. Great top!
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Your quilt is awesome and has great graphic impact. Because of this, I really think straight line quilting will work well with it.
If you are not comfortable with FMQ and you want to enter it in the fair then you should stick with what you are comfortable with and good at. The pieced design is very strong so I think it would be fine to do simple walking foot quilting. Google images of walking foot quilting. One great one I saw was a spiral radiating from the center using the width of the foot to space the lines apart. I think that would look fabulous with the graphic impact of the piecing on this.
Here are some links to help you with inspiration
http://quilts.dexear.com/machine-qui...-walking-foot/
https://www.google.com/search?q=walk...ih=907#imgrc=_
https://www.google.com/search?q=walk...lting+patterns
Use a very fine thread (invisifil, microquilter or maybe bottom line) so the quilting sinks down into the fabric and all you notice is the texture left behind.
If you are not comfortable with FMQ and you want to enter it in the fair then you should stick with what you are comfortable with and good at. The pieced design is very strong so I think it would be fine to do simple walking foot quilting. Google images of walking foot quilting. One great one I saw was a spiral radiating from the center using the width of the foot to space the lines apart. I think that would look fabulous with the graphic impact of the piecing on this.
Here are some links to help you with inspiration
http://quilts.dexear.com/machine-qui...-walking-foot/
https://www.google.com/search?q=walk...ih=907#imgrc=_
https://www.google.com/search?q=walk...lting+patterns
Use a very fine thread (invisifil, microquilter or maybe bottom line) so the quilting sinks down into the fabric and all you notice is the texture left behind.
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