Question machine quilting w/ walking foot

I finally have my weaver fever quilt top done!!!! Last pic in my "more
Quilts" folder. Planning to sandwich and pin baste Saturday and start on
the machine quilting Sunday and Monday.

I plan on using my walking foot and doing grid lines, following the weaves.
Matching thread depending on what colour I'm sewing on.

Here's what I'm not sure of. If I follow through with the same colour of
thread..... no matter what colour I use.......it will show when I cross the
non-matching quilt colour.

I was thinking.......supposing I'm doing the dark blue (thread and on the
weave)....can I stop when I come to the end of that weave.......backstitch a
couple stitches, lift foot and move along, pulling thread without breaking
off.......to the start of the next dark blue weave, backstitch to hold, sew
to the end of that weave, backstitch.....etc to the border of the quilt??
Am I clear as mud?

Will I be trying to do something that will end up causing more troubles?
Any other suggestions most welcome

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

Personally, I would use a variegated thread that includes some or most of
the colors in your quilt, then you wouldn't have to keep changing threads.
Of course, I love variegated thread! Or, I would use one of the colors and
just use it for the entire quilt.
--
Donna in Idaho
Reply to daawra3553 at yahoo dot com

"Ann" wrote in message
news:4LUAg.138554$A8.56427@clgrps12...
I finally have my weaver fever quilt top done!!!! Last pic in my "more
Quilts" folder. Planning to sandwich and pin baste Saturday and start on
the machine quilting Sunday and Monday.

I plan on using my walking foot and doing grid lines, following the
weaves. Matching thread depending on what colour I'm sewing on.

Here's what I'm not sure of. If I follow through with the same colour of
thread..... no matter what colour I use.......it will show when I cross
the non-matching quilt colour.

I was thinking.......supposing I'm doing the dark blue (thread and on the
weave)....can I stop when I come to the end of that weave.......backstitch
a couple stitches, lift foot and move along, pulling thread without
breaking off.......to the start of the next dark blue weave, backstitch to
hold, sew to the end of that weave, backstitch.....etc to the border of
the quilt?? Am I clear as mud?

Will I be trying to do something that will end up causing more troubles?
Any other suggestions most welcome

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

I don't have any varigated thread and no chance of getting out of town to
get some. This weekend is a long weekend and a sewing weekend........gotta
get this quilt done.

My concern is, say I use the dark blue. when I cross over the light red
(pink), won't it look really obvious?

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

"Donna in Idaho" wrote in message
...
Personally, I would use a variegated thread that includes some or most of
the colors in your quilt, then you wouldn't have to keep changing threads.
Of course, I love variegated thread! Or, I would use one of the colors
and just use it for the entire quilt.
--
Donna in Idaho
Reply to daawra3553 at yahoo dot com

"Ann" wrote in message
news:4LUAg.138554$A8.56427@clgrps12...
I finally have my weaver fever quilt top done!!!! Last pic in my "more
Quilts" folder. Planning to sandwich and pin baste Saturday and start on
the machine quilting Sunday and Monday.

I plan on using my walking foot and doing grid lines, following the
weaves. Matching thread depending on what colour I'm sewing on.

Here's what I'm not sure of. If I follow through with the same colour of
thread..... no matter what colour I use.......it will show when I cross
the non-matching quilt colour.

I was thinking.......supposing I'm doing the dark blue (thread and on the
weave)....can I stop when I come to the end of that
weave.......backstitch a couple stitches, lift foot and move along,
pulling thread without breaking off.......to the start of the next dark
blue weave, backstitch to hold, sew to the end of that weave,
backstitch.....etc to the border of the quilt?? Am I clear as mud?

Will I be trying to do something that will end up causing more troubles?
Any other suggestions most welcome

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

Howdy!

Some people quilt so that their stitches DO show up on the quilt. g

Go for it, Ann. Ignore the background colors and just quilt it! ;-D

Ragmop/Sandy


On 8/4/06 11:41 PM, in article OjVAg.74256$B91.41390@edtnps82, "Ann"
wrote:

I don't have any varigated thread and no chance of getting out of town to
get some. This weekend is a long weekend and a sewing weekend........gotta
get this quilt done.

My concern is, say I use the dark blue. when I cross over the light red
(pink), won't it look really obvious?

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

"Donna in Idaho" wrote in message
...
Personally, I would use a variegated thread that includes some or most of
the colors in your quilt, then you wouldn't have to keep changing threads.
Of course, I love variegated thread! Or, I would use one of the colors
and just use it for the entire quilt.
--
Donna in Idaho
Reply to daawra3553 at yahoo dot com

"Ann" wrote in message
news:4LUAg.138554$A8.56427@clgrps12...
I finally have my weaver fever quilt top done!!!! Last pic in my "more
Quilts" folder. Planning to sandwich and pin baste Saturday and start on
the machine quilting Sunday and Monday.

I plan on using my walking foot and doing grid lines, following the
weaves. Matching thread depending on what colour I'm sewing on.

Here's what I'm not sure of. If I follow through with the same colour of
thread..... no matter what colour I use.......it will show when I cross
the non-matching quilt colour.

I was thinking.......supposing I'm doing the dark blue (thread and on the
weave)....can I stop when I come to the end of that
weave.......backstitch a couple stitches, lift foot and move along,
pulling thread without breaking off.......to the start of the next dark
blue weave, backstitch to hold, sew to the end of that weave,
backstitch.....etc to the border of the quilt?? Am I clear as mud?

Will I be trying to do something that will end up causing more troubles?
Any other suggestions most welcome

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

Yes, you can, Ann. You can do exactly what you propose as to stop when you
come to a cross-over, back up to secure, raise the foot (to release the
thread tension) and move across. I've watched Martha Pullen on Sew
Beautiful do that many times on her baby quilting. Try it just a little and
see if that's the effect you're wanting. You'll have a ratty mess of thread
and will need to stop and trim frequently, but yes, yes, you can. Polly

"Sandy Ellison" wrote in message
...
Howdy!

Some people quilt so that their stitches DO show up on the quilt. g

Go for it, Ann. Ignore the background colors and just quilt it! ;-D

Ragmop/Sandy


On 8/4/06 11:41 PM, in article OjVAg.74256$B91.41390@edtnps82, "Ann"
wrote:

I don't have any varigated thread and no chance of getting out of town to
get some. This weekend is a long weekend and a sewing
weekend........gotta
get this quilt done.

My concern is, say I use the dark blue. when I cross over the light red
(pink), won't it look really obvious?

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

"Donna in Idaho" wrote in message
...
Personally, I would use a variegated thread that includes some or most
of
the colors in your quilt, then you wouldn't have to keep changing
threads.
Of course, I love variegated thread! Or, I would use one of the colors
and just use it for the entire quilt.
--
Donna in Idaho
Reply to daawra3553 at yahoo dot com

"Ann" wrote in message
news:4LUAg.138554$A8.56427@clgrps12...
I finally have my weaver fever quilt top done!!!! Last pic in my "more
Quilts" folder. Planning to sandwich and pin baste Saturday and start
on
the machine quilting Sunday and Monday.

I plan on using my walking foot and doing grid lines, following the
weaves. Matching thread depending on what colour I'm sewing on.

Here's what I'm not sure of. If I follow through with the same colour
of
thread..... no matter what colour I use.......it will show when I cross
the non-matching quilt colour.

I was thinking.......supposing I'm doing the dark blue (thread and on
the
weave)....can I stop when I come to the end of that
weave.......backstitch a couple stitches, lift foot and move along,
pulling thread without breaking off.......to the start of the next dark
blue weave, backstitch to hold, sew to the end of that weave,
backstitch.....etc to the border of the quilt?? Am I clear as mud?

Will I be trying to do something that will end up causing more
troubles?
Any other suggestions most welcome

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

Ann wrote:
.... I was thinking.......supposing I'm doing the dark blue (thread and on the
weave)....can I stop when I come to the end of that weave.......backstitch a
couple stitches, lift foot and move along, pulling thread without breaking
off.......to the start of the next dark blue weave, backstitch to hold, sew
to the end of that weave, backstitch.....etc to the border of the quilt??
Am I clear as mud? .........
Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

As Polly said, you can do this, I have just one recommendation.
When you lift your presser foot and move the quilt to the next section
you want to quilt, be sure your needle is in the highesst position
possible. Also, reach in and manually pull the top thread a bit to make
it just a tad longer. When you go to put the needle back down in the
quilt, the extra slack in the top thread will be taken up. If you don't
do this, the top thread will tighten just a bit more than the bottom
thread and it's a total P.I.T.A.
All of that being said, I also agree with Sandy. I would choose a
colour thread that coordinates nicely with the whole quilt and just use
that for ALL of the quilting. You'd be surprised how lovely it will
look. And don't worry about any little mistakes or wonky sections. YOU
are likely the only person who will know about them!! CiaoMeow ^;;^

PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

Ann:

Not an answer for your question, but I wanted to let you know that after
seeing the pictures of your weaver fever quilt I bought the pattern myself,
so I'll be very interested to hear how you end up doing the quilting. Thanks
for the inspiration!

Trixie

"Ann" wrote in message
news:4LUAg.138554$A8.56427@clgrps12...
I finally have my weaver fever quilt top done!!!! Last pic in my "more
Quilts" folder. Planning to sandwich and pin baste Saturday and start on
the machine quilting Sunday and Monday.

I plan on using my walking foot and doing grid lines, following the
weaves. Matching thread depending on what colour I'm sewing on.

Here's what I'm not sure of. If I follow through with the same colour of
thread..... no matter what colour I use.......it will show when I cross
the non-matching quilt colour.

I was thinking.......supposing I'm doing the dark blue (thread and on the
weave)....can I stop when I come to the end of that weave.......backstitch
a couple stitches, lift foot and move along, pulling thread without
breaking off.......to the start of the next dark blue weave, backstitch to
hold, sew to the end of that weave, backstitch.....etc to the border of
the quilt?? Am I clear as mud?

Will I be trying to do something that will end up causing more troubles?
Any other suggestions most welcome

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

In article 4LUAg.138554$A8.56427@clgrps12,
"Ann" wrote:

I finally have my weaver fever quilt top done!!!! Last pic in my "more
Quilts" folder. Planning to sandwich and pin baste Saturday and start on
the machine quilting Sunday and Monday.

I plan on using my walking foot and doing grid lines, following the weaves.
Matching thread depending on what colour I'm sewing on.

Here's what I'm not sure of. If I follow through with the same colour of
thread..... no matter what colour I use.......it will show when I cross the
non-matching quilt colour.

I was thinking.......supposing I'm doing the dark blue (thread and on the
weave)....can I stop when I come to the end of that weave.......backstitch a
couple stitches, lift foot and move along, pulling thread without breaking
off.......to the start of the next dark blue weave, backstitch to hold, sew
to the end of that weave, backstitch.....etc to the border of the quilt??
Am I clear as mud?

Will I be trying to do something that will end up causing more troubles?
Any other suggestions most welcome

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky


Lovely top, Ann! Definitely a success! As for the quilting, you can
certainly do what you propose. However, like several others here, I'd
pick one color and go with that. So what if it shows? I think a nice
navy would do well....
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

I would definitely do as you say, interrupt when you come to the
intersecting weave, to maintain the illusion. You could use the same blue on
all the blue bits and the same rose on all the red/pink bits. Do all of one
color and trim the threads before you start the other color. Baste lots!
This is a case where the invisible micro-nylon thread would work well.
Roberta in D

"Sandy Foster" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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In article 4LUAg.138554$A8.56427@clgrps12,
"Ann" wrote:

I finally have my weaver fever quilt top done!!!! Last pic in my "more
Quilts" folder. Planning to sandwich and pin baste Saturday and start on
the machine quilting Sunday and Monday.

I plan on using my walking foot and doing grid lines, following the
weaves.
Matching thread depending on what colour I'm sewing on.

Here's what I'm not sure of. If I follow through with the same colour of
thread..... no matter what colour I use.......it will show when I cross
the
non-matching quilt colour.

I was thinking.......supposing I'm doing the dark blue (thread and on the
weave)....can I stop when I come to the end of that
weave.......backstitch a
couple stitches, lift foot and move along, pulling thread without
breaking
off.......to the start of the next dark blue weave, backstitch to hold,
sew
to the end of that weave, backstitch.....etc to the border of the quilt??
Am I clear as mud?

Will I be trying to do something that will end up causing more troubles?
Any other suggestions most welcome

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky


Lovely top, Ann! Definitely a success! As for the quilting, you can
certainly do what you propose. However, like several others here, I'd
pick one color and go with that. So what if it shows? I think a nice
navy would do well....
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

"Ann" wrote in message
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Here's what I'm not sure of. If I follow through with the same colour of
thread..... no matter what colour I use.......it will show when I cross
the non-matching quilt colour.

So why is this a problem?

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps

http://fabrictramp.typepad.com/fabric_tramping/
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