need help deciding on quilting a large top.
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need help deciding on quilting a large top.
I have made a 104 x 104 top to cover my king mattress. It will be tucked in as it is on a platform bed. It is made of batiks in all colors. I used a double cut layer cake pattern. I want it to be puffy and look more like a comforter so do I tie it or quilt a design.....I thought if I quilt design it should be curvy as it is very geometric in looks. I used a polyester thick batting to get the loft and the package says to quilt 2 to 4 inches apart. I have a sweet sixteen machine I free motion quilt on. I am much better sewing small designs that large stipleing (sp). HELP! Thanks ahead of time as I know there will be someone with better ideas than mine....
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For what my opinion is worth, I'd rather quilt it. A curvy design on batik will be beautiful. To tie a quilt made with batiks would be too much work. Sometimes batiks don't let the needle go through if I'm making sense.
#4
I would think some large feathers or an openly spaced vine with leaves might work. I did some really "open" feathers on a fluffy quilt awhile back...you can take a look at it here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...ne-t97287.html
#5
Nope. This machine you just push the fabric through. I've done large quilts on the last being quilted with a large pic of cat face and corner blocks had a tiny mouse. The problems is I want it to stay fluffy more like a comforter. So no close quilting.
#6
I have been playing around with the thought of simple daisy in assort. sizes and using vines with leaves for filler between daisies. The backing is a batik look cotton done in purple. (not close woven as batiks) looks more like you spilled the dye and tried to rinse it off. I do want to flip the quilt occas. and show the back so it must look good also.
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