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It looks like a bright and happy quilt to me!
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I'm a new-ish hand quilter and I'm really enjoying it. However, I just finished a quilt top that's fairly large and I want to do a bunch of stitching in the ditch/straight line quilting. I love doing swirls and curves by hand, but quilting loads of straight lines sometimes can get a little boring.
I'm considering doing the straight lines by machine with my walking foot, and then doing the rest by hand. Has anyone else tried this sort of thing? I'm not making quilts to enter in shows or anything like that - just for my own enjoyment. I'm not sure why it wouldn't work - but I thought I'd toss it out here to see what you think!
I would love to hear any feedback or ideas from quilters who have done this! I've consulted a bunch of books from my quilting library, but no one talks about doing this!Tags: None
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Callie, I've seen it done, too, and I think it looks really nice. The only problem might be the batting used for machine quilting is a little harder to "needle" when hand quilting. Aside from that, I'm planning to try my hand at this, too. I just don't have enough time to completely hand quilt every single quilt. Judy in Torrance
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I remember an episode of Simply Quilts that had someone on who combined both machine and hand quilting. She did all her anchor stitching in the ditch by machine and then did beautiful hand quilting where it could be seen using bright threads. On my Stars Ablazin quilt I ran short on time and did all the ditch quilting for the outside border on machine so I could get done sooner. The only way you see a difference is if you look at the back - I should have used a different thread in my bobbinops: I also have discovered that if I use invisible thread in the top and a colored thread in the bobbin, turn up the top tension just a bit (or lower the bottom tension works too) and lenthen the stitch, the bobbin will pop to the top just a hair and give the illusion of a hand stitch! Not something I would recommend for a bed quilt that would see a lot of use, but it works great for a wall hanging. Just watch you don't make the tension too high or it will break the invisible thread.
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Originally posted by CallieAI'm a new-ish hand quilter and I'm really enjoying it. However, I just finished a quilt top that's fairly large and I want to do a bunch of stitching in the ditch/straight line quilting. I love doing swirls and curves by hand, but quilting loads of straight lines sometimes can get a little boring.
I'm considering doing the straight lines by machine with my walking foot, and then doing the rest by hand. Has anyone else tried this sort of thing? I'm not making quilts to enter in shows or anything like that - just for my own enjoyment. I'm not sure why it wouldn't work - but I thought I'd toss it out here to see what you think!
I would love to hear any feedback or ideas from quilters who have done this! I've consulted a bunch of books from my quilting library, but no one talks about doing this!
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I had a quilt that was taking a long time to hand quilt and I was getting tired of it and losing my inspiration as to what to do in the borders. I went ahead and used one of those paper rolls to free motion a pretty design in the borders with my machine and am really pleased with it. I don't think of it as cheating or anything.
Why not use whatever ideas or resourses we have!? Nancy in NY
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I like it, but you also have to make a quilt that you like.
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It looks like a bright and happy quilt to me!
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I’m thinking my background fabric is too busy.
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I love your creative applique. I so enjoy looking at the different ways people adapt their designs
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Here are the final 2 blocks, November and December....
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Helen W, Beautiful work! I really like the combination of embroidery panels and pieced blocks. The different size and shaped...
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Month 3 of my green quilt done. I have never used this method and really liked it....
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I like your floral fabric!
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The Autumn and Spring versions are different. HelenW used the Autumn version....
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Month 3 blocks done for both the Grandmother and Granddaughter quilt. Got started last month using Lynn's instructions on...
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I believe that the blocks you put in the corner are supposed to be next to the other like it, so one block up. I think...
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I love blue, so I really like the fabrics that you have chosen. I am going to try arranging my blocks like this for the...
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I have finished my month 3 blocks. They were fast and easy, but I am still proud of myself for getting these done so early...
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