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king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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nana_2009 (
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Sun, Sep 16, 12 at 15:12
| Son's quilt top is done...now the big question is how to quilt it...any suggestions... |
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RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| Wow, that's really nice! Love the colors and the pattern. Are you looking for ideas on quilting patterns, or the mechanics of quilting such a big top? Donna |
RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| Lovely! Maybe a cross-hatch in the rounds of checkerboard areas?
Then maybe a running cable in the plain rounds. Check this link... |
Here is a link that might be useful: Cable quilting pattern
RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| Lovely! Maybe a cross-hatch in the rounds of checkerboard areas?
Then maybe a running cable in the plain rounds. Check this link... |
Here is a link that might be useful: Cable quilting pattern
RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| It's really beautiful. I'm with the above on the cable in the plain rounds. No great ideas to give for the rest. |
RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| Actually the cross hatching and the cables were thought of and I think maybe feathered circles in the floral centers and feathered swags on the floral border. This was supposed to be a double irish chain... but someone goofed up and didn't feel like taking it all apart. So I got creative and came up with this. Thanks for all the suggestions. I am also considering sending it out to be machine quilted. I haven't got space to set it up here at the house. |
RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| Very pretty quilt. Your son will love it. I'm making a king quilt for our bed, and you can be sure it will be sent to a long-arm quilter. I can't imagine doing a king quilt on a domestic machine. Just thinking of sandwiching a king gives me a headache (and a backache). |
RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| Since picking the quilting pattern is one of my weak areas, I was hesitant to post what I thought, but now I can agree, the cross-hatching in the squares with cabling in the borders was what I thought of, too. Wow, it's huge! Great job. |
RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| Sounds like a good plan! Cross hatching in the big floral parts and something softer in the solid color borders; cables, feathers, or vines. Kate |
RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| I agree with Kate. I would be concerned that if you quilt feathered circles and swags in the floral area all of your hard work wouldn't show up very well. |
RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| lola99...I have to agree with you now that you mention it...what do you think of straight strips the width of the blue squares on the outer floral border??? |
RE: king sized quilt...how to quilt???
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| I think a straight outer border would look good. You could do stripes or a frame around the red and blue frame. I doodled on your quilt with my new app (it was so much fun!) But i cant post my picture until i return home. I should be able to post it from my home computer. Lola |
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