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How to Quilt TB "A Quilter's Garden"?
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Hello rjwhite6:
How about using an all over pattern? You could try the lovely traditional one usually known as Baptist Fans. Some others are clamshells, lattice, diamonds, waves. But I like the Fans best. Do you have a shorter name than rjwhite6? Could you sign your posts, please? Thanks. PAT in VA/USa rjwhite6 wrote: Oops, I hit the send key too soon. I have finished a Thimberries "A Quilter's Garden" top and am ready to quilt it. It is quilt #10. #9 just finished had lots of freehand on DSM, so am comfortable with freehand. I don't want this quilt to be 'just another QG kit'. The problem is that the fabrics are so busy and the blocks so varied that the quilting will probably get lost, yet I don't want to just meander unless that is the most appropriate thing to do. Ideas? |
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First I'd stabilize by SITD around all the blocks. Then find a pretty wreath
or star design to fit the 12" blocks and do the same in all of them. (The back will look nice even if it doesn't show on the front.) I'd find a cable or feather swag, one narrow and one wide, and use these for the inside and outside borders, separated by stitching each edge of the narrow red strip (assuming you did borders the same as the picture). I'd treat the 2 inner border strips as one. Roberta in D "rjwhite6" wrote in message ... Oops, I hit the send key too soon. I have finished a Thimberries "A Quilter's Garden" top and am ready to quilt it. It is quilt #10. #9 just finished had lots of freehand on DSM, so am comfortable with freehand. I don't want this quilt to be 'just another QG kit'. The problem is that the fabrics are so busy and the blocks so varied that the quilting will probably get lost, yet I don't want to just meander unless that is the most appropriate thing to do. Ideas? |
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How about we just call him RJ ? We could even guess his *real* name... hmmm.. .Robert James? Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Pat in Virginia" (snipped quilty stuff) Do you have a shorter name than rjwhite6? Could you sign your posts, please? Thanks. PAT in VA/USa |
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RJ's name is Ron!
I have a selective memory? just seem to remember things like this! .. In article , Diana Curtis writes How about we just call him RJ ? We could even guess his *real* name... hmmm.. .Robert James? Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Pat in Virginia" (snipped quilty stuff) Do you have a shorter name than rjwhite6? Could you sign your posts, please? Thanks. PAT in VA/USa -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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AARRRGG! You told!
Just kidding. Very good memory, I'm impressed. The lack of signing is from spam-o-phobia. But I should know by now that I'm among friends. On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 18:23:28 +0100, Patti wrote: RJ's name is Ron! I have a selective memory? just seem to remember things like this! . |
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Ron White, From Indianapolis, IN.
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:09:05 -0700, "Diana Curtis" wrote: How about we just call him RJ ? We could even guess his *real* name... hmmm.. .Robert James? Diana |
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On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 08:04:59 -0400, Pat in Virginia
wrote: Thanks Pat. That would be easier and look lovely. It would also unify the quilt. I want my QG quilt to be different from the masses, and have had a satisfying taste of freehand quilting. I am leaning a lot closer to Roberta's ideas even though they are a lot more work. This would also give the back of the quilt much more interest. Hello rjwhite6: How about using an all over pattern? You could try the lovely traditional one usually known as Baptist Fans. Some others are clamshells, lattice, diamonds, waves. But I like the Fans best. But, but, but, I'm spam-o-phobic! The desire for a more personal moniker is appreciated. That's what's good about this group: helpfulness, caring and sense of community. (see other posts for the mystery to be revealed.) Do you have a shorter name than rjwhite6? Could you sign your posts, please? Thanks. PAT in VA/USa |
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We don't mind aliases. Just like to have a 'name' to reply to when talking
with you. Afterall, my parents didn't name me LN, but I tend to sign that way IRL as well. -- LN in NH a crazy quilter * hand quilter * & hand appliquér all in all --- a very slow quilter.... So send quilts! http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed "rjwhite6" wrote in message ... The desire for a more personal moniker is appreciated. That's what's good about this group: helpfulness, caring and sense of community. (see other posts for the mystery to be revealed.) |
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