rineps Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Hi Friends, I have a quilt that I want to try cross-hatching (for the very first time) The area that I will be cross hatching goes beyond my throat area on the Millie. I have attached a picture of the quilt - I was thinking that I should cross-hatch the white section that surrounds the "O" ??? Questions: What is the best way to achieve this. How do I start and stop a line that goes beyond the throat? What tools can assist with helping me to keep these lines straight? Should I mark first? Thanks Friends, Looking forward to all of your brilliant responses! Warm Regards, Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchanted Quilting Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Marking first will really help a lot!! (ask me how I know). There does end up being a lot of moving the quilt back and forth to quilt the long lines continuously, but SO worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniemueller Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I would definitely mark it before loading. That way the lines will be nice and evenly divided and straight. With the lines marked, you can start at the top and stitch everything within reach that can be continuous without rolling. So that means stitching to a point in places before changing directions. Just be careful after you roll the quilt to stitch back into those points slowly so it lines up nicely. Hope that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaC Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 I too, would mark first. And I have to plug Linda Rech's cross hatch rulers for big spaces like this with starts and stops in the middle. I absolutely love mine; one of my best tool purchases. http://topperquilttools.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingpup Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 do you have a ruler base for your machine? if not you will need one to stabilize the ruler...also you will need a quilting ruler that is at least 1/4 inch thick...so you won't run your foot into (although I am just starting trying to stitch in the ditch and have managed a few times to get my ruler under the toot) Also it takes a while to get the hang of holding onto the ruler and moving your machine with the other hand....I would suggest doing a little practice first before doing that lovely quilt....I decided to "Practice" my stitch in the ditching on a queen sized quilt with sashings set on the diagonal..what was I thinking! anyway....now that I am at the end...I am getting more coordinated although far from perfect! oh...and I had practiced straight line quilting before...but not with anything that had seams...big difference...I am a beginner although that should be obvious LOL Lin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkinpatchquilter Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 The only way I would be able to achieve this is by marking ahead of time. I wouldn't even attempt just going at it on the frame because the slack in quilt will give you crooked lines. LOL I know this from experience...I made this very critical mistake on a SHOW quilt...SO embarrassing! If I were going to cross hatch a large amount of space, this quilt is ideal! My personal tip is to use Bottom Line (60 wt.) thread by Superior (or Bobbin Line from Fil-Tec, they are basically the same)...or something even thinner like Invisifil (100 wt.) from Wonderfil. There is just no way you'll be able to cross hatch that much real estate without breaking thread in places, but using a very fine thread will hide those stops and starts better. I personally like to bury and knot for something like this though a lot of folks don't do that unless they are paid to...the finished product will be SO much cleaner if you do...but yes it will take a little more time. Also...when you cross hatch...something that is helpful is to keep travel lines in your quilting path. What I mean by that...is you don't have to follow one line from top to bottom...try to keep a line you can travel parallel to your front bars...you can travel up and down the vertical lines and hop from vertical line to vertical line from that horizontal line...you get an entire section cross hatched...tie off...advance the quilt and do the next section. Does that make sense? LOL If not I'll try and draw a diagram... Good luck and I cannot wait to see how it turns out! I'm an Ohio girl so this quilt would be HOT STUFF around here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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