Simple square in a square - quilting suggestions?
#21
Yes, I used my walking foot to quilt the "tilted" square and FMQ the swirl in the center. I LOVE Jennifer23's picture and idea for quilting the reverse on each alternate square. My problem was I quilted the swirl in the center first on the whole quilt. Once I did that I realized it flattened out the center and so if I quilted around the square too it would be to much quilting. I was NOT going to rip out all those swirls :-) Had I seen something like Jennifer proposed I would have probably gone that route. I decided on the tilted square because it met the requirement of quilting in the square, but not so much quilting that it flattened the whole block down.
#22
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Go to this link to watch a video with tips to quilt squares and rectangles:
http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/how-to...and-rectangles
http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/how-to...and-rectangles
#23
Go to this link to watch a video with tips to quilt squares and rectangles:
http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/how-to...and-rectangles
http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/how-to...and-rectangles
#26
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I would do something 'swirly' in the centers to contrast with the linear blocks. If you feel it needs more than that, perhaps a curvy line in the middle of the outer square. I might do it a bit off center - closer to the inner square. I would use either a variegated blue thread or use 2 thread colors, a dark on the light blue sections and a dark blue on the lighter sections. Please post when done so we can see what you decided to do.
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