Baltimore Halloween
09-22-2010, 05:36 AM
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Beautiful quilt. Did you use just straight stitch for the applique? I've done some appique and I used a wood dowel with a point to hold down the fabric and did slow careful satin stitch in curve areas so the material would not pucker. Love your quilt.
09-22-2010, 05:48 AM
#86
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Thank you all for the kudos and useful input- i really am learning so much from you all on the board and the suggestion of "soft fuse"
To group answer some of your questions: I worked on this quilt off and on for about six months. My goal for myself was 3-4 blocks a month- depending on how intricate each block was and how much I changed the original pattern. Then I set a goal of one month to do all the borders and one month to quilt. I did some ripping as I was learning to FMQ. The raw edge is zig zagged with invisible thread using two sizes of stitch.
Again thanks for looking...Laura
To group answer some of your questions: I worked on this quilt off and on for about six months. My goal for myself was 3-4 blocks a month- depending on how intricate each block was and how much I changed the original pattern. Then I set a goal of one month to do all the borders and one month to quilt. I did some ripping as I was learning to FMQ. The raw edge is zig zagged with invisible thread using two sizes of stitch.
Again thanks for looking...Laura
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