? about machine quilting
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? about machine quilting
I am doing this as a quick quilt to practice FMQ. The blocks are 12 " square and are all different colors using whatever I had in my stash. I still have 15 more blocks to go. The quilt will be backed with flannel and is just meant to be a cuddle quilt that I practice on. Question is - because I will be quilting on different color backgrounds what color thead should I use and can anyone suggest how to quilt this. The quilt will be 68" X 80" so lots of room to practice. Thanks for any suggestions.
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if you do not want your quilting to show much---want it to blend in use a medium gray or cream---if you want the stitches to show up use a variegated or a contrasting thread (like white or black) grays tend to blend in with most fabrics and almost disappear---light gray on light fabrics, darker gray on darker fabrics.
#4
Thank you, I do want the quilting to show, because I want to see all the mistakes so that I can improve as I go along but I also want it to look kinda good too. Variegated thread is a great idea. Using fine thread do you mean something like bottom line in both the top and bottom? I will not be using any sashing and one idea is to use a different quilting pattern (free hand) in each colored square or just do a meander all over but that will not give me any practice except with meander which I have done several times so am trying to stay away from doing that.
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The last quilt I did that was in warm tones but different colours, I couldn't make up my mind on what thread to use. I finally found a really pretty medium gold thread that I loved. I figured gold or silver goes with everything and it looked really nice. You could also use a varigated beige/gold/brown and it would look nice too.
#7
There is a thread color that seems to go with everything. I would suggest Signature Mother Goose or Signature Camel. Both thread colors would look very nice on this quilt.
For the quilting, you could alternate patterns and echo quilt around one star and radiating lines from the next star.
For the quilting, you could alternate patterns and echo quilt around one star and radiating lines from the next star.
#8
I like your idea of using a different quilt design in each square. Lots of freehand quilt designs here:
http://www.freemotionquilting.blogsp...nd-design.html
http://www.freemotionquilting.blogsp...nd-design.html
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Go to Leah Days website. She teaches FMQ and her quiltalong now uses a wholecloth almost like this. It's a totally free sight from lessons to designs. She does have things to sell but teaches so much for free. It makes you want to buy her CD because she does such a great job at the free stuff.
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