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I agree with Karen, there is plenty of quilting without meandering around
the cables. I think it would be too much, as a matter of fact. Lisa.....totally not pulling your leg :-) "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message oups.com... I have until 10/8 to finish this wedding quilt for my Hunky Mr. Collins' daughter and FDSIL and get it in the mail. My "crying in my beer"- even tho I don't drink alcohol of any type- is that after I got a bunch of the heart blocks meander quilted I realized that I'm going to have to meander quilt around the quilted cables to keep the quilting balanced without puffy areas and to make it lay flat. That just tripled the amount of quilting I need to do and the time it will take to complete it. http://community.webshots.com/album/459198502DspSJC Will anybody tell me it will be okay to *not* meander around the cables??? Are you saying that just to be nice??? LOL Leslie (worrying!) & The Furbabies in MO. |
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Crying in my beer over this wedding quilt!
I have until 10/8 to finish this wedding quilt for my Hunky Mr.
Collins' daughter and FDSIL and get it in the mail. My "crying in my beer"- even tho I don't drink alcohol of any type- is that after I got a bunch of the heart blocks meander quilted I realized that I'm going to have to meander quilt around the quilted cables to keep the quilting balanced without puffy areas and to make it lay flat. That just tripled the amount of quilting I need to do and the time it will take to complete it. http://community.webshots.com/album/459198502DspSJC Will anybody tell me it will be okay to *not* meander around the cables??? Are you saying that just to be nice??? LOL Leslie (worrying!) & The Furbabies in MO. |
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Well according to these pictures, Leslie, I can not for the life of me see
why you need to meander in the cable quilted areas. No, I'm not just saying that. If I were I would just say - nothing. LOL Karen, Queen of Squishies |
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In article .com,
"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote: I have until 10/8 to finish this wedding quilt for my Hunky Mr. Collins' daughter and FDSIL and get it in the mail. My "crying in my beer"- even tho I don't drink alcohol of any type- is that after I got a bunch of the heart blocks meander quilted I realized that I'm going to have to meander quilt around the quilted cables to keep the quilting balanced without puffy areas and to make it lay flat. That just tripled the amount of quilting I need to do and the time it will take to complete it. http://community.webshots.com/album/459198502DspSJC Will anybody tell me it will be okay to *not* meander around the cables??? Are you saying that just to be nice??? LOL Leslie (worrying!) & The Furbabies in MO. Where are the puffy areas? I don't see any puffy areas, and I'm *not* saying that just to be nice! -- 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 |
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First, I don't see puffy areas in the quilt. But that can be hard to see in
pictures, so here's what I'd do. Do all the quilting you were originally planning to do. Lay the quilt out on a flat surface, and take a long, hard look at it. Don't think about deadlines, don't think about the extra work. Just ask yourself if you are going to be happy with the quilting when you see this quilt again in a few years. If you can't answer that yes, you need to take a deep breath and do more quilting. If you *do* answer yes, you're done -- yee haw! -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message oups.com... I have until 10/8 to finish this wedding quilt for my Hunky Mr. Collins' daughter and FDSIL and get it in the mail. My "crying in my beer"- even tho I don't drink alcohol of any type- is that after I got a bunch of the heart blocks meander quilted I realized that I'm going to have to meander quilt around the quilted cables to keep the quilting balanced without puffy areas and to make it lay flat. That just tripled the amount of quilting I need to do and the time it will take to complete it. http://community.webshots.com/album/459198502DspSJC Will anybody tell me it will be okay to *not* meander around the cables??? Are you saying that just to be nice??? LOL Leslie (worrying!) & The Furbabies in MO. |
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I think it looks beautiful! No need for meandering around the cables.
Toni |
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I thank all of you for the honest answers and support. Part of the
trouble is that this top is a 12-15 y.o. UFO. I put it aside many years ago because it didn't appeal to me after I got it nearly finished. My Hunky Mr. Collins saw it and thought it would be perfect for his daughter. I think a lot of the problem is that I don't really care for the pattern and colors and fabrics. My tastes are much different now.... more into landscapes and batiks and hand-dyes and artsy type quilting projects-- possibly more sophisticated??? That is making me more indecisive and critical than I might be otherwise- plus I want it to be nice... and special for my sweet step-daughter. Thanks again! Leslie (quilting, quilting, quilting!) & The Furbabies in MO. |
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I very much agree with Kathy - sound advice.
However, if you do decide the cabled sections need more quilting, I don't think it need be more meandering. I think another 'row' of quilting on either side of the cables - like echo quilting, at the same distance from the existing cables as the distance between the existing pairs of lines in the cables - would hold down any puffiness if it happens; and would not look like an afterthought. Mind you, meandering wouldn't either, but that would take longer. Echo quilting would require no marking, as you could use the walking foot and the width of the foot. .. In message .com, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes I have until 10/8 to finish this wedding quilt for my Hunky Mr. Collins' daughter and FDSIL and get it in the mail. My "crying in my beer"- even tho I don't drink alcohol of any type- is that after I got a bunch of the heart blocks meander quilted I realized that I'm going to have to meander quilt around the quilted cables to keep the quilting balanced without puffy areas and to make it lay flat. That just tripled the amount of quilting I need to do and the time it will take to complete it. http://community.webshots.com/album/459198502DspSJC Will anybody tell me it will be okay to *not* meander around the cables??? Are you saying that just to be nice??? LOL Leslie (worrying!) & The Furbabies in MO. -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Oh Pat! Absolutely brilliant idea! I am so much more comfortable
with my walking foot, too, than free motioning. Less tension in the arms and shoulders for me to quilt that way. How I love this ng and all the clever quilters posting here who are always ready to help and share and console and advise and.......! ;-))))) Leslie (much happier and more confident now!) & The Furbabies in MO. |
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Now now Leslie ... don't spoil your beer ;-)
From what I can see in the pictures there should be no need for any extra quilting around the cables. But you have to do what you are happy with. To paraphrase Pogo, "We have met the Quilt Police and they are us." )O( Anne in CA )O( "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://community.webshots.com/user/annerudolph3 http://home.comcast.net/~annerudolph/ Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote: I have until 10/8 to finish this wedding quilt for my Hunky Mr. Collins' daughter and FDSIL and get it in the mail. My "crying in my beer"- even tho I don't drink alcohol of any type- is that after I got a bunch of the heart blocks meander quilted I realized that I'm going to have to meander quilt around the quilted cables to keep the quilting balanced without puffy areas and to make it lay flat. That just tripled the amount of quilting I need to do and the time it will take to complete it. http://community.webshots.com/album/459198502DspSJC Will anybody tell me it will be okay to *not* meander around the cables??? Are you saying that just to be nice??? LOL Leslie (worrying!) & The Furbabies in MO. |
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