cajunrose

I am making this lap quilt for my dad. It's ugly ugly but it has a purpose. He will know EXACTLY why I chose the colors (even the blue..lol). It's all really a joke, but anyway. I'm new to the whole quilting thing. I'm struggling over the quilting part of it. I think I have chosen the color of thread, but not sure about how I'm going to quilt it. I have only free motion (swirls) quilted before. I have never stitched in the ditch. I don't have a walking foot either.

Oh, and the back of the quilt will be black.

I need to get this done today or tomorrow and I just can't decide which style to quilt in.

If I free motion, will swirls (the only thing I really know how to do), do I do it on the blue too, or will it look funny with that color thread?

Thanks so much for the advice!!

Stephenie

kathy

I think the verigated thread is going to look awesome, do the swirls over the whole quilt
and the quilt is NOT ugly

Lilrain

Take thr thread out of the wrapper and lay a length of it across the areas where you will quilt. It will give you a better idea of what it will look like

cajunrose

Good idea about taking it out of the wrapper and stretching it out. I'm not so sure about it on the blue and black. Hmmmmm.

Stephenie

azwendyg

I think swirls all over would look great. I really like the look of varigated thread stitching on a darker background.

LeeAnn

Welcome and waving from Arkansas! Your quilt is not ugly at all and I think the thread on the black will be fine. You might want to use it to sew on a piece of black scrap to see what it will really look like. Merry Christmas and we're happy to have you join us.

zyxquilts

I think it's fun, not ugly at all!
Free motion over the whole top will be fine - the orange varigated thread will look terrific on the black & will really pop on the blue!

Jim's Gem

Swirls all over in that thread will look great!!!
Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!

CajunQuilter2

I think the varigated will work well. Welcome from Louisiana, another Cajun here.

quiltsRfun

What she said. :)