Ahhhhh man! Stippling.....
#1
Ahhhhh man! Stippling.....
So, I finally got up the courage to try stippling on a quilt. I was doing pretty good, getting the hang of it, when after stippling about a 10 inch square I finally decided I should check the back. Well duh, of course the edge of the quilt was caught under it. I found out...1. There's a lot of stippling in a small space. 2. Stippling is difficult to unsew. 3. I decided I didn't want to stipple after all on this particular quilt, so will be using a different method. Ayyyeyiieeeyiieeee!
Oh, and most important 4. Check your bottom soon after a few stitches!
Oh, and most important 4. Check your bottom soon after a few stitches!
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Ah, join the crowd. I like to zigzag the edges of my quilt together after I've quilted the body, but not the border. I didn't on the last one and you won't believe how many times an edge folded back and got caught. Lesson learned.
#8
When I first started doing FMQ, I found it very difficult to stipple. I did better with loops & swirls, stars, hearts, etc. so I perfected those first, then tackled the stippling. I am much better at it now. I don't really care to do it - I find it boring, but sometimes it's the right look for certain quilts.
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