Enchanted View quilt

Have any of you ever made one of those Enchanted View or Through the Garden
Gate kind of quilts? Can you tell me why she says to quilt it AFTER you put
the black wrought iron gate on it? Seems like it would be better to quilt
it first, then put the gate on top.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 21:14:39 GMT, "Queen of Squishies"
wrote:

Have any of you ever made one of those Enchanted View or Through the Garden
Gate kind of quilts? Can you tell me why she says to quilt it AFTER you put
the black wrought iron gate on it? Seems like it would be better to quilt
it first, then put the gate on top.

Karen, Queen of Squishies


I haven't made one, but I would assume that appliqueing a large
piece of applique on top of something quilted might either smash the
quilting or somehow be distorted because the background is already
quilted (and slightly puffy).
Anyone else have ideas?


-- Jo in Scotland

Johanna Gibson wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 21:14:39 GMT, "Queen of Squishies"
wrote:


Have any of you ever made one of those Enchanted View or Through the Garden
Gate kind of quilts? Can you tell me why she says to quilt it AFTER you put
the black wrought iron gate on it? Seems like it would be better to quilt
it first, then put the gate on top.

Karen, Queen of Squishies



I haven't made one, but I would assume that appliqueing a large
piece of applique on top of something quilted might either smash the
quilting or somehow be distorted because the background is already
quilted (and slightly puffy).
Anyone else have ideas?


-- Jo in Scotland

It strikes me that appliqueing on an uneven surface would be a pain in
the butt to get to lie flat and evenly.

-georg

I would think it's because you'll want to outline quilt the iron, so it
looks more like .. umm.. iron. If you quilt it first, you'll have quilting
lines crossing underneath the black, which can make it look lumpy in certain
lights. In other words, you won't have a nice smooth line of black.
Make sense?

Elena in Tx

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Have any of you ever made one of those Enchanted View or Through the
Garden
Gate kind of quilts? Can you tell me why she says to quilt it AFTER you
put
the black wrought iron gate on it? Seems like it would be better to quilt
it first, then put the gate on top.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

The gate is supposed to be a part of the quilt, not look like something
stuck on the quilt. If you do the gate stuff first and then quilt over it
you'll accomplish this. If you quilt then do the gate stuff, it's gonna look
like this gate stuff stuck on a quilt.

Melissa in NJ

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"Queen of Squishies" wrote in message
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Have any of you ever made one of those Enchanted View or Through the Garden
Gate kind of quilts? Can you tell me why she says to quilt it AFTER you put
the black wrought iron gate on it? Seems like it would be better to quilt
it first, then put the gate on top.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

I made one of these; just finished it last week. The book is: Views; Quilts
Inspired by Wrought Iron Designs by Dily A. Fronks

My version in the 1st quilt in my website; listed in my siggy.

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susan kraterfield
see my quilts: http://members.cox.net/kratersge

"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
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Karen:
Is this some book or pattern? Who is 'she' ... the cat's mother?
(Whoops, I am turning into my FATHER with that goofy remark! LOL)
Really, who is the designer? Is she called Sue _____ ?
PAT in VA/USA

Queen of Squishies wrote:

Have any of you ever made one of those Enchanted View or Through the
Garden
Gate kind of quilts? Can you tell me why she says to quilt it AFTER you
put
the black wrought iron gate on it? Seems like it would be better to
quilt
it first, then put the gate on top.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Dilys Fronks is a super quilter!
I watched her doing one of these wrought iron quilts (at Harrogate show
last year). She does it by reverse appliqué. She draws the pattern on
a large piece of black (in white) and fixes it carefully to the
background which is already made. She then cuts as she goes and does
the whole thing by hand, needle turning each section as it is cut.
As to putting the gate on before or after, it would be difficult to do
it by this method I think. Also, I don't think it would ever lie
straight. Try a small practice piece and do it both ways - you'll
probably find the snags as you go.
..
In article , susan kraterfield
writes
I made one of these; just finished it last week. The book is: Views; Quilts
Inspired by Wrought Iron Designs by Dily A. Fronks

My version in the 1st quilt in my website; listed in my siggy.

Queen of Squishies wrote:

Have any of you ever made one of those Enchanted View or Through the
Garden
Gate kind of quilts? Can you tell me why she says to quilt it AFTER you
put
the black wrought iron gate on it? Seems like it would be better to
quilt
it first, then put the gate on top.

Karen, Queen of Squishies



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Best Regards
pat on the hill

having only done one thing in reverse applique, when i looked at that
wrought iron gate its the only way i could think to do it. its just easier
than regular applique imho.
it sure is beautiful...one more thing on my do-to list, eh.
jeanne*
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i'll be there!!! will you???

"Patti" wrote ...
| Dilys Fronks is a super quilter!
| I watched her doing one of these wrought iron quilts (at Harrogate show
last year). She does it by reverse appliqué. She draws the pattern on a
large piece of black (in white) and fixes it carefully to the background
which is already made. She then cuts as she goes and does the whole thing
by hand, needle turning each section as it is cut. As to putting the gate on
before or after, it would be difficult to do it by this method I think.
Also, I don't think it would ever lie straight. Try a small practice piece
and do it both ways - you'll probably find the snags as you go.
| Best Regards
| pat on the hill


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