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    Quilting design HELP!!

    I have completed my daughters wedding quilt top. I have the backing. It is all black and white. The top is made of 5-1/2" squares that are set to make a large diamond in the middle. Here is my problem, normally I would just do a meandering quilt stitch, but this time I would like to do something a little nicer. I will be quilting on my home machine, either the B750qe or my 830LE. Does anyone have any ideas what quilt pattern may look nice and is fairly easy to mark & quilt? I don't have any hindsight much less forsight! LOL I am a great copy artist.

    Thank you so much for any help!!

    #2
    Could you get a picture of it and post it here for us to see. Alternatively get a photo of it and start scribbling on it either using a computer art program or plain old pencil & paper.

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      #3
      Thanks Rosemary, I have a pic of it before the border in my iphone, but um....I have no idea how to get it to here!! LOL

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        #4
        Try looking here for Margo's instructions http://forum/forum-questions-and-sug...-the-tqs-forum

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          #5
          Ok, so I feel stupid now!!! haha. So here is the quilt before I got the center line sews and the borders on. The borders are tone on tone black 6". Hope I did this right.

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            #6
            First thoughts,
            1: simple cross hatching through the middles of the squares. (can be done with a walking foot)
            2: concentric circles. (can be done with a walking foot)
            3: something like a 'wine glass' pattern using the intersections of the squares to keep you on track. (fmq or possibly walking foot)
            4: a large feather wreath or twisted rope circle between the centre black square 7 the next line of solid black triangles (probably fmq for feathers. Either would probably need to be custom drawn to fit the space.)

            Other suggestions - try googling images of whole cloth quilts, - personally I would check out North Country or Welsh medallion style, but then I am in UK and I like them. but this does make me think of a medallion style layout.

            Hopefully others will come along with alternative suggestions.

            PS I am not too comfortable with my fmq yet, hence my walking foot suggestions.

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              #7
              Nice Sharon!

              I'd lean towards stitch in the ditch or cross hatching. Feathers or cables in the border.

              Like Rosemary I'm not comfortable with FMQ either.

              Barb

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                #8
                Good ideas. FMQ'g does not bother me in the least. And now with the Pinmoor's pinning out and pinning tightly has never been so darn easy!!! I will never go back to safety pins......ever I dreaded (or should say my fingers did the dreading) the safety pins. I would be sore for days after pinning and unpinning. I think the one thing that is bothering me is that the back which is a solid piece of tone on tone black will show all the nice quilting and the front is so busy it won't. It almost feels from a quilting standpoint that I sewed this quilt backwards!! LOL

                I do like the idea of playing with a copied picture and trying different things on it. Maybe a triple line diagonal crosshatching through the squares emphasizing the diamond shape pattern?

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                  #9
                  Agree re the triple line crosshatching.

                  Thanks for mentioning Pinmoor's I'd forgotten about them.

                  Barb

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                    #10
                    So you will have a reversible quilt, one side pieced the other a wholecloth. Sounds like a win-win situation - and just the sort of thing I do :wink:

                    Sounds as if your design ideas are starting to germinate

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