How would you quilt this?
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I love your quilt - if it were mine I would do the diagonal lines. The fabric is so busy I think any fancy quilting would be lost. But if you intend for it to be reversible then maybe a more fanciful quilting would be better.
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ps this was a stash buster
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I'd either do diagonals OR do straight through the middle of the squares ....
But you could also do small curves corner to corner -- but that's a lot of curves! But you can do them in a linear fashion so you aren't having to start and stop any more than straight lines!
Or you could do a larger curvier pattern overall in a thread that blends (say grey) so it doesn't take away from the piecing. But I would do much custom otherwise, because it will get lost!
Beautiful quilt by the way!
But you could also do small curves corner to corner -- but that's a lot of curves! But you can do them in a linear fashion so you aren't having to start and stop any more than straight lines!
Or you could do a larger curvier pattern overall in a thread that blends (say grey) so it doesn't take away from the piecing. But I would do much custom otherwise, because it will get lost!
Beautiful quilt by the way!
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When I do straight line stitching, I do it this way: first I stitch the center line down the length of the quilt whether it is vertical or diagonal corner to corner. Then I do the second lines about 6 or 8 inches on either side of the center. I continue this way to the outside edges of the quilt. These widely spaced lines stabilize all the layers together. Then I go back and add more lines between the original wide spaced lines until I get the final spacing/density I want. I usually don't crosshatch, but if I did I would do the first set of wide spaced lines in both directions before going back and filling in the rest. I usually do straight lines 1" apart.
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