Carole, Your kona solids will make a beautiful quilt. Not sure if I am going to join in on this project
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Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
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Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
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I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
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I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
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Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
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I did not use a stabilizer, nor a hoop. Just be cognizant of the tension of your stitches.
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Karen, I don't know how much quilting you are planning to do, but a diagonal basket weave design with stippling behind the applique would be beautiful!
Sorry I don't remember who the quilter was. I got this photo from MQR several years ago.
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This may help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJUvM...layer_embedded
Not the only way to create a single line path, but you can work out your own system.
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Originally posted by MargoThis may help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJUvM...layer_embedded
Not the only way to create a single line path, but you can work out your own system.
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The grid is easy to mark with these templates: http://anitashackelford.com/quilting_templates.html
(scroll to the very bottom of the page)
They are available in two sizes, either straight lines, or curved lines that look like a ribbon weave.
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Sat down this morning to do a quick mock up of the two ideas for background quilting, cross hatch and basket. I am afraid the basket was more of an attempt at a basket. I am not good at micro stippling and the over under thing on the basket was driving me nuts. When I actually got something done, I am leaning towards the grid and practicing the basket for another quilt I have in mind. See pix.
I think the grid sets off the applique better since it is simpler and I feel comfortable doing it. I have tried a lot of ways of ending and beginning a row, what do you use? My most successful has been to do 2-3 tiny stitches, especially when I will have so much to go over and around. Again, thanks for all of the help, this has been a most enjoyable experience. Now I just have to find that hour a day to sit and quilt.
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Yep! The grid looks the best. When I do grid work around applique, I will just "travel" or stitch over previous stitching to get to the next line of stitching. I always stitch around the edges of all my applique first, then echo a scant 1/4" from the edge, and that echo line is what I use to travel on.
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Karen - I like the grid better, too. I think I would do it on a diagonal, though. There's something more elegant about diagonal cross-hatching for some reason. At least, it looks that way to me.
Like others said, I travel over previous stitching to move from one line to another. With a finer thread, this really doesn't show. Where I do decide to stop, I've found that I don't like the look of the tiny stitches at the beginning and end of my quilt lines, so I've started tying off and burying the ends instead. It takes a little longer, but I like the look better.
I can't wait to see this quilt finished! Your quilt samples look wonderful and I know the final quilt will look even better!!
Nancy
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Originally posted by rehakKaren - I like the grid better, too. I think I would do it on a diagonal, though. There's something more elegant about diagonal cross-hatching for some reason. At least, it looks that way to me.
Like others said, I travel over previous stitching to move from one line to another. With a finer thread, this really doesn't show. Where I do decide to stop, I've found that I don't like the look of the tiny stitches at the beginning and end of my quilt lines, so I've started tying off and burying the ends instead. It takes a little longer, but I like the look better.
I can't wait to see this quilt finished! Your quilt samples look wonderful and I know the final quilt will look even better!!
Nancy
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Karen,
I'm no expert, so I always look to the past. If this was my quilt (I wish it was), I'd try to find similar vintage or antique quilts of a similar design to see how they were quilted. I'd probably start with a search of the quilt pattern or design on one of the online quilt collections, such as http://www.quiltstudy.org/collections/search.html
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Carole, Your kona solids will make a beautiful quilt. Not sure if I am going to join in on this project
or not. If... -
Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
with the blanket... -
I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery....
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
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Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
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I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
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I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
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Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
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