I need your help ( Irish Chain)
#23
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I have made several Irish Chain quilts in varying sizes and I always machine quilt using a walking foot and going diagonally across the quilt, sometimes in just one direction and other times using cross hatching. I think it's a great quilt to machine quilt, particularly using straight line quilting. Hope you share the results with us on QB.
#24
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One of my first quilts was a nine patch with setting squares. I crossed the nine patches on a diagonal, stitched in the ditch and then hand quilted a very simple oak leaf outline in the setting squares. The hand quilting was way better than I was on the machine and it made an nice contrast (quilted in white/cream that matched the square)
#25
Just a small word of advice, Instead of trying to roll the edges of your quilt to fit under the arm, puddle it up so you have a smooth surface. I think you will find that helps a lot. Also, look at some of the tutorials here on the board, they are very helpful. Good luck with your first try.
#26
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I would use a cookie cutter to 'draw' a flower, then echo it. I did that with the negative spaces in my Carpenter Star. Your chains can be stitched diagonally as others suggested. Actually, I drew my flower on waxed paper and stitched through it because I didn't want to mark the quilt. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...y-t158183.html
#27
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Thanks everyone, I am having a hard time sandwiching this quilt since it is so big. I do not have a wall or open space on the floor large enough. I layed out on hard wood floor but it keeps moving I tried to tape it down but tape will not stick. Thought I had had the back nice and straight the put the batting on and the backing moved and bunched up. I think I need to get a piece of plywood or an old ping pong table. Will have to see what I can come oup with . Any sugestions what to use. Thanks again
#28
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Sharon Schamber's method of rolling the top and back on boards. Works very well for me. Just watch the video a couple of times and go buy 2 1X4s in white 8 foot length. I don't hand baste mine, but use pins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
#29
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Sharon Schamber's method of rolling the top and back on boards. Works very well for me. Just watch the video a couple of times and go buy 2 1X4s in white 8 foot length. I don't hand baste mine, but use pins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
#30
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I would use a cookie cutter to 'draw' a flower, then echo it. I did that with the negative spaces in my Carpenter Star. Your chains can be stitched diagonally as others suggested. Actually, I drew my flower on waxed paper and stitched through it because I didn't want to mark the quilt. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...y-t158183.html
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