Quilting an Embroidered Block

[Betty J.]

Hello Guild! I'm making a commission quilt and a few of the blocks are from some simple tatoos. They look kinda like redwork stuff...line drawing type designs. I'm at the quilting stage and am wondering how to, or if I should, incorporate quilting in those blocks. This is a display quilt and will rarely be washed so stabilizing isn't an issue. The rest of the quilting on the project is very simple. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanx much!

[Nancy R.]

Hi Sherry -

I haven't done one of these myself, but from everything I've seen, you want to make sure that your quilting density is consistent, even through the embroideries. So, if the embroideries are very large, then you want to quilt them or they will sag when hanging on the wall.I don't know what yours look like, but sometimes a simple cross-hatch through the embroidery block is enough and doesn't distract from the embroidery itself.

Nancy

[Sherry B.]

Sherry, if you go to my Facebook page and look at the quilts in my album, there is close up of a quilt block that I embroidered (It is the one that says Jehovah Rapha). I thought the quilter that quilted it did a fabulous job. That might give you one idea.

[Rita C.]

You could SID around the embroideries with monopoly which will make them pop out more and then depending on whether you have space you could crosshatch like Nancy suggests.

[Rita C.]

Thanx ladies! I finished the quilting yesterday and will post a picture after delivery. I'm happy with it...hope the recepient likes it!

[Rita C.]

I'm quilting an embroidered quilt right now. The images are centered on larger blocks with open area around them. It's a really cute quilt that a customer made with Halloween houses around the outside and a pieced center area. I'm doing a panto on the pieced area and custom quilting the outside. Due to budget constraints I am just stippling around the houses, but if I had unlimited budget I would probably try to quilt clouds in the sky...grass on the lawn, etc. I am doing a single echo around the houses, and leaving the bulk of the embroidered area unquilted. These designs were hand embroidered. There is enough quilting to meet the restrictions of the batting, and the designs pop somewhat like trapunto. If you are working with machine embroidered designs which are much stiffer than hand embroidered I would try to quilt closer together. I wouldn't ever quilt over the embroidery, just look for open areas inside the pattern that could use a little quilting. Hope your project is fun to do, I love the quilting part.
Susan

[Rita C.]

Just noticed you already finished the quilt. Can't wait to see it.
Susan

[Rita C.]

The quilt will be delivered tomorrow. If the the customer allows it I'll post pics. Its a very personal and meaningful quilt, so I'm not going to assume she wants it "published".
Thanx for all the input!

[Rita C.]

The quilt has been delivered and I have permission to post pictures. I wrote a short blog about it.