How would you quilt this?
#21
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Unless you are a far better user of your domestic machine for quilting than am I, you should take this to a long armer. This is too beautiful a top to put at risk. Or bite the bullet and hand quilt. froggyintexs
#22
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I also quilt on my domestic machine, and If I were going to quilt this using a straight line, I think I would quilt on each side of the center black square both vertically and horizontally, that would also make a cross hatch. Or I might use a curvy stitch vertically only along each side of the center black square or along the second light grey block vertically. That's a beautiful quilt and I know your Mom will love it. Thanks for sharing.
#24
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I am a novice domestic machine quilter but one of the things I love to see (and I have seen many quilted this way on this site) is a flower-type motif with petals projecting out in the white section, which gives the illusion of curves in the squares. I hope that makes sense. Simple loop petals like petals from a mum. Please post your finished quilt. I believe that you can do this yourself and it will be beautiful. The quilt is already gorgeous so no matter what you decide it will always be beautiful. Yolanda Wood River
#25
Another take on the straight lines, is using a little free motion wavy lines, done in the same manner. If you put a little curve in there it looks intentional, and still looks good. I think cross hatching in the white areas are beautiful. Old quilts often did it in pairs or even in 3's.
#28
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I would do SID around the inner side of the blocks and also the triangle and maybe the square. I use invisible thread when SID so mistakes are noi so noticible and coordinating thread on the bobbin to the backing. It always go back to how far apart the quilting needs to be according to batting maker. I prefer SID since it allows the block pattern and the colors to stand out instead of the quilting.
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