Quilting help
09-10-2011, 06:24 PM
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Thank you all for your help!
I have the quilt on the handi-quilter, only took me an hour. Not bad I think. Had a little help from DS.
This is my third quilt on this, but it's been 3 or 4 years since I did the last one.
I have green thread that matches the back perfectly, and I have a verigated green thread to put on top. I can use this verigated green even on the blue? Thought about monofiliment thread but I only have half a spool, and closest fabric store is over an hour away.
I'm so nervous because this is a Christmas present for my DD, who has no clue that I'm doing this, however she helped pick out the fabric. (I'm tricky that way)
I have the quilt on the handi-quilter, only took me an hour. Not bad I think. Had a little help from DS.
This is my third quilt on this, but it's been 3 or 4 years since I did the last one.
I have green thread that matches the back perfectly, and I have a verigated green thread to put on top. I can use this verigated green even on the blue? Thought about monofiliment thread but I only have half a spool, and closest fabric store is over an hour away.
I'm so nervous because this is a Christmas present for my DD, who has no clue that I'm doing this, however she helped pick out the fabric. (I'm tricky that way)
09-11-2011, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by scjoan
Thank you all for your help!
I have the quilt on the handi-quilter, only took me an hour. Not bad I think. Had a little help from DS.
This is my third quilt on this, but it's been 3 or 4 years since I did the last one.
I have green thread that matches the back perfectly, and I have a verigated green thread to put on top. I can use this verigated green even on the blue? Thought about monofiliment thread but I only have half a spool, and closest fabric store is over an hour away.
I'm so nervous because this is a Christmas present for my DD, who has no clue that I'm doing this, however she helped pick out the fabric. (I'm tricky that way)
I have the quilt on the handi-quilter, only took me an hour. Not bad I think. Had a little help from DS.
This is my third quilt on this, but it's been 3 or 4 years since I did the last one.
I have green thread that matches the back perfectly, and I have a verigated green thread to put on top. I can use this verigated green even on the blue? Thought about monofiliment thread but I only have half a spool, and closest fabric store is over an hour away.
I'm so nervous because this is a Christmas present for my DD, who has no clue that I'm doing this, however she helped pick out the fabric. (I'm tricky that way)
09-11-2011, 09:12 AM
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I just have a question: Why do you pin baste before putting a quilt on your frame? I have a longarm and would never put a quilt with pins in it on my frame and quilt it without removing the pins - hit one and you can wreck havoc on your machine. Perhaps it is because your frame is different than mine, but I would really like to understand the extra (and painful!) step of pin basting before putting on a frame for machine quilting!!!
09-11-2011, 10:51 AM
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Personally, I love using variegated thread for quilting, seems to sparkle on the quilt, but I would use green on the back to match the backing fabric. They have some wonderful variegated threads out there in all colorways, and they are fun to quilt with.
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