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How should I quilt this?

rubywishes

How should I quilt this?
« on: March 24, 2018, 08:24:43 AM »
My UFO's are down to the last one...the one that scares the dickens out of me tbh because it is the most complicated pattern/piecing I've ever done and I just don't know what sort of quilting will look good with it. Any ideas please? The Juki is off for it's first service and tickle next week so I have a leisurely couple of weeks to baste it and work out my strategy. Excuse the brown quilt lying under it in pic 1.
« Last Edit: March 24, 2018, 08:27:28 AM by rubywishes »
Juki TL2010Q, Juki DX7,  Singers: 1917 27K treadle (aka Gertie), 1957 99k (aka Vincent), 1951 99k knee lever (aka Shirley), 1950 99k handcrank (aka Alice), 1927 28K (aka Dora), 1947 201K treadle with motor conversion (aka Livvy)
....and the dusting and vacuming can wait!

Ploshkin

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2018, 08:47:37 AM »
What an absolutely gorgeous quilt Ruby.  I can't really help you on the quilting because I've only ever done 3 and not progressed beyond straight lines.  I don't think you need anything too close or complex on that quilt.  I am quite partial to diagonals and chevrons and find them easy to do with no marking just eyeballing the line from point to point of the piecing.
Life's too short for ironing.

Iminei

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2018, 09:09:34 AM »
That is stunning Rubes and you have so many points of reference you can go wild!!!





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Ellabella

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2018, 09:34:32 AM »
I agree with the straight lines school of thought, think Art Deco.

Fabulous quilt BTW.

Lowena

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2018, 10:18:46 AM »
That is absolutely gorgeous Rubes.... I'd stick to straight lines too  <3
Triumph of hope over experience :D

rubywishes

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2018, 11:06:48 AM »
So tell me then....with all the stop and start lines I'd be doing following your suggestions......do I have to knot and bury EVERY blooming thread? How do you secure all those stops and starts?
Juki TL2010Q, Juki DX7,  Singers: 1917 27K treadle (aka Gertie), 1957 99k (aka Vincent), 1951 99k knee lever (aka Shirley), 1950 99k handcrank (aka Alice), 1927 28K (aka Dora), 1947 201K treadle with motor conversion (aka Livvy)
....and the dusting and vacuming can wait!

Lowena

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2018, 11:13:39 AM »
Can't help you there Ruby I'm afraid.... I always hand quilt  - big stitch with perle cotton. Easy to stop and start  ;)
There is a way with a needle and loop, but it makes no sense at all to me although I believe @Iminei  uses the technique ( when she doesn't use a long armer )
Triumph of hope over experience :D

Efemera

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2018, 11:47:46 AM »
I just do a few reverse stitches, or use the auto tie and cut on the machine....there again I’m a sewing slut..( strange because I’m also a knit picking perfectionist). can’t be bothered with all the hand threading through stuff.

Ellabella

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2018, 11:51:46 AM »
If you do stitch in the ditch between blocks you should be able to minimise stop/start a bit.

Morgan

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2018, 18:33:37 PM »
Auditioning for a quilting plan


Straight Lines - Dot to Dot and Straight lines can be quite straight forward to work out a plan for travelling across the quilt applying the design instead of stop, start.


Kenora

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2018, 00:12:13 AM »
I agree with the straight lines, but I think you should quilt it in a way which pleases you otherwise you'll get fed up with it before you're even part-way through. I always knot and bury my threads using a cheater's needle (or easy-thread eye) but I find it therapeutic to do after the quilting, so I don't suppose that helps you much. Sorry. :S

Absolutely gorgeous quilt, by the way.  <3
Minding my P's & Q's in Portreath

Iminei

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2018, 11:52:34 AM »
Lasoo Tutorial

There you go Rubes... Easy peasy... and you know it is 'cos I can do it!
The Imperfect Perfectionist sews again

rubywishes

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2018, 12:16:02 PM »
OMG EVERY thread :o   :S This is why I like edge to edge stuff! I'm gonna have to think about this......could require more stamina than spiral quilting!!
Juki TL2010Q, Juki DX7,  Singers: 1917 27K treadle (aka Gertie), 1957 99k (aka Vincent), 1951 99k knee lever (aka Shirley), 1950 99k handcrank (aka Alice), 1927 28K (aka Dora), 1947 201K treadle with motor conversion (aka Livvy)
....and the dusting and vacuming can wait!

Kenora

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2018, 14:01:43 PM »
OMG EVERY thread :o   :S

You don't have to do it - it's your quilt - do what pleases YOU. :)
Minding my P's & Q's in Portreath

Deafoldbat

Re: How should I quilt this?
« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2018, 19:47:57 PM »
Sometimes, I bury the ends. I do it every time I get to the end of a section as it only takes a moment and I hate having millions of tangled ends waiting for me as a reward for finishing the quilting. Other times I just back tack some tiny stitches  at start and finish and clip the ends off close - seems to work just as well. Your quilt, do what you like. Edge to edge is so much simpler :D but not always the answer :(.