Stripple for hand quilting
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Borntohandquilt - I got the idea about it now. You guys just amaze me with y'all's talent. I will probably never be as good as you or feline fanatic, but I just love hand quilting and want to go out of my comfort zone with it.
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Originally Posted by Joanieu
So, when hand quilting free motion it does not have to be aligned (well, can not think of th word) thought out the quilt? What if my quilting is different in areas and doesn't match?
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Originally Posted by Joanieu
So, when hand quilting free motion it does not have to be aligned (well, can not think of th word) thought out the quilt? What if my quilting is different in areas and doesn't match?
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Originally Posted by quilting.addict
I am trying to get beyond envy and instead viewing work like yours as encouragement and incentive to try something new!! I really am anxious to see the over all picture of the quilt, because I realize that to do designs like this you would need a lot of blank area to sketch and stitch it. What is the overall size of the quilt? How will I know when you post a photo??
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I don't want to post any more pictures of this quilt until it is done so you will just have to hang around the quiltboard for at least another year :lol: :wink: I don't know about you but I regularly haunt the pictures section, especially new posts but I understand your delimma, I can't tell you how many times I have seen older posts come back up with a new post on them of a picture and I think, How the heck did I miss that one!
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Oh my gosh! I love to hand quilt but have never seen anything like this. Where have I been! borntoquilt - your work is unbelievable. I have to try it. Thanks for sharing everyone.
Originally Posted by Borntohandquilt
Like Kathy already said you can of course do meandering freehand. I do a lot of quilting freehand, little motifs like spirals, feather etc. and it's a lot of fun.
What I've learned out of books stippling by hand looks a little different to stippling by machine not only because of the different look of the quilting stitches and how the rows of quilting are arranged. The quilting lines are very close to each other.
I love to do hand stippling because the contrast to the main quilting patterns is bigger and the patterns stand out very well.
I added 2 pictures of hand stippling here. Maybe this is not what you want to do but it gives you an idea how hand stippling can look like.
What I've learned out of books stippling by hand looks a little different to stippling by machine not only because of the different look of the quilting stitches and how the rows of quilting are arranged. The quilting lines are very close to each other.
I love to do hand stippling because the contrast to the main quilting patterns is bigger and the patterns stand out very well.
I added 2 pictures of hand stippling here. Maybe this is not what you want to do but it gives you an idea how hand stippling can look like.
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Thanks for raising questions about stippling for hand quilters.
I have only dreamed of being able to do this. The closest I got was quilting lines 1/4" apart. I found it really hard. It was like the fabric became really stiff, and I couldn't do the rocking stitch as easily.
Borntohandquilt - do you find the fabric get stiff when you stipple? In your example (which is fantastic by the way) how did you approach the quilting? Did you do them say - 3 or 4 lines apart, then fill in the gaps? or did you do each row one after the other? Were there any difficulties, and how did you overcome them. Any tips or tricks?
I'd love to be able to do something similar so that I can get other areas of the quilt to standout. (Kind of like trapunto).
I have only dreamed of being able to do this. The closest I got was quilting lines 1/4" apart. I found it really hard. It was like the fabric became really stiff, and I couldn't do the rocking stitch as easily.
Borntohandquilt - do you find the fabric get stiff when you stipple? In your example (which is fantastic by the way) how did you approach the quilting? Did you do them say - 3 or 4 lines apart, then fill in the gaps? or did you do each row one after the other? Were there any difficulties, and how did you overcome them. Any tips or tricks?
I'd love to be able to do something similar so that I can get other areas of the quilt to standout. (Kind of like trapunto).
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