When to quilt piece with embellishments?
09-10-2015, 04:22 AM
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Beading after quilting will be more tedious since all you knotting will have to be on the top....you won't have threads on the back of the finished quilt....I would echo quilt around your applique/beaded pieces,then do swirls outside of the echos, leaving you appliques free of quilting,thus no quilting over your beaded work.....great job.
09-10-2015, 04:23 AM
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Beading after quilting will be more tedious since all your knotting will have to be on the top....you won't have threads on the back of the finished quilt....I would echo quilt around your applique/beaded pieces,then do swirls outside of the echos, leaving your appliques free of quilting,thus no quilting over your beaded work.....great job.
09-10-2015, 04:54 AM
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I have no advice pro-or-con about before or after quilting, but I must say that this tree skirt is going to be a winner. It is so cute and I love snowmen, so that one caught my eye right away.
09-10-2015, 03:27 PM
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I do beading and other embellishments on most of my projects and it is better/easier to do your quilting 1st and then do the beading. Your knots can be pulled carefully between the front and the batting. Check out some of the beading articles on line and they show/tell you how to do your beginning and ending knots between the layers. It is going to be a beautiful tree skirt.
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09-11-2015, 01:43 AM
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What would I do without all of you? I have no quilting friends to bounce things off of.......thanks for being here and being so generous with your time and patience!
I am working on a Christmas tree skirt for one of my sons and his family. Just making it up as I go....
Today, I started working on the sleigh section, and as I was beading the gold edge of the sleigh, I started thinking maybe I shouldn't do any embellishing until after it is quilted? And now I am wondering if quilting it will make it all wonky? I am going to put a row of holly leaves or something around the outer edges to bring it all together...but I am second guessing my plan at this point! Please help!
I am working on a Christmas tree skirt for one of my sons and his family. Just making it up as I go....
Today, I started working on the sleigh section, and as I was beading the gold edge of the sleigh, I started thinking maybe I shouldn't do any embellishing until after it is quilted? And now I am wondering if quilting it will make it all wonky? I am going to put a row of holly leaves or something around the outer edges to bring it all together...but I am second guessing my plan at this point! Please help!
Last edited by Gerbie; 09-11-2015 at 01:45 AM.
09-11-2015, 04:30 AM
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I did not notice the sleigh section being on a different fabric until you mentioned it. Just a suggestion- if you have enough of the same fabric make two more panels if you haven't already completed the other section of the skirt, then every other one would be like the sleigh panel. No one would know that it wasn't planned that way. That is going to be beautiful. Be sure to post a picture when you finish. Where did you find such a cute pattern?
I wish I had a pattern for this! Just winging it. The gingerbread house was a BOM pattern, but the rest are just being created as I go. Working on a Nativity panel, then a gingerbread family and a panel with Santa and reindeer will complete the skirt. Long way to go before December!
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