What a CRAZY week!!
I finished the top to my "Stars in Stripes" quilt last weekend and boy am I glad I did. I have been thinking about it all week trying to identify the best way to quilt it. And I think one of the ladies at the CMQG meeting Thursday evening came up with the best idea...
I am going to quilt it using small meandering pattern, but I am going to contain my meandering. The back of the quilt is a solid cream, so the quilting will be pretty obvious on the back of the quilt. So I am going to quilt inside the blue lines and blue stars with blue thread, inside the red stripes with red thread, and I may or may not quilt the cream colored areas. I'm thinking that I won't so those prints on the cream can easily be seen, but once I get the red and blue into the first row when I have quilt on the frame, I may change my mind.
This will render the design on the front "etched" onto the back in a meandering pattern, yet it won't detract from the front of the quilt.
Tell me what you think, I'd love to hear your opinions... As a reminder, this is the quilt...
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| "Stars in Stripes" Ready to be Quilted |
I also finished the top for my Robert Kaufman Kona Solid Challenge top... It too needs to be quilted... But I will apparently have to show a few photos of that another time, as the "Saving" function and the photo loading function seem to be having issues...
Thanks for Stopping by,
Until Next Time,
Paul
I like the idea you described,I like quilting that makes the piecing and design show up.it has turned out really nice.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of using different coloured threads and the meandering pattern. As a novice machine quilter, I can't wait to see your progress Paul.
ReplyDeleteDo you use Betsy for machine quilting or do you have a long arm? Just curious.
I loved your comments on Stitched in Color. I agree that "quilting" means actually quilting the top yourself, not sending it out to someone else. Lots of people criticize meandering (which I think will look wonderful on your quilt) but I actually love the way it looks AND I can do it myself.
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Thanks Ladies! I responded to you all via email, But to answer the questions here...
ReplyDeleteI only quilt on Betsy for crib size or smaller quilts. She is great for piecing, but her throat is very small and larger quilts just don't work.
I am VERY lucky to have an LQS that is very close to my house (less than two miles) and they rent their long arm, so for $15 per hour I get to use a state of the art long arm machine. Since I don't have the room in my home for a long arm and frame, nor do I have $12,000 laying around, it will serve me very well to rent theirs!
I'll post photos of the quilting and the finished quilt next weekend... I hope!
I love the idea of allowing the front to mimic to the backing! I also might add that I'm greatly appreciative of the fact that you named your machine. :)
ReplyDeletePaul, please let us know how that works out. I tried it once and the back of the quilt did not look like I expected, so I'm anxious to see whether it works for you before I try it again. Lane
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