juliagraves Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Hi All - Customer wants diagonal crosshatching, approximately 3" apart, across the entire quilt. I'm really not looking forward to a lot of ruler work, lots of starts and stops, and trying to keep the lines straight as I advance. Any ideas on how to do this more easily? The quilt is 46" x 61", one large piece of fabric, so no piecing to follow to line things up. I've thought about trying to load the quilt on the diagonal, and then i could do straights lines across one way, rotate 90 degrees and reload, and then quilt the remaining lines. I also thought about loading regularly and just doing zigzags. Any ideas? Thanks! Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen M. Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I had a customer just request the same thing on a king-size quilt. I ordered a set of cross-hatch boards from RnS Design. I hope they line up good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinneaMarie Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I always wondered the same thing. Do yo just keep going on the same line and advancing? Or stop and start?? Either way is kind of a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I have crosshatched several large quilts but all had piecing and I used Linda's diagonal rulers....sorry I'm not much help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cblevins Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 My husband just finished one with the R&S boards. It was beautiful and fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinequilts Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I did this once using Linda's rulers and they work great. Since then I got the Circle Lord boards. They cross hatch and 1" intervals, but of course you can do 3" too. Also the Circle Lord has the zigzag giant boards that this particular job would be perfect fore. But, you need the Circle Lord to use them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiltsinmotion Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 if you don't have any rulers to help you how about using masking tape to mark your stitching path ? When hand quilting that is how I marked crosshatching . I have never done crosshatching on the longarm yet that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Couch Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'm just finishing a top done the same way. The top was small enough to load on the diagonal with a 108in. backing. I floated the top and pinned down the sides until I reached the center - then used channel locks to run from center out in both directions. Before I rolled to next area, I used the horizontal locks and did the same thing from center out as far as I could go. Lots of starts and stops but this top really didn't matter - it's for a friend's historical reenacting. I used Bottomline in top and bottom to show as little as possible. Anxious to hear if I could have done it an easier way! By the way, I don't have rulers etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen M. Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Originally posted by cblevins My husband just finished one with the R&S boards. It was beautiful and fast. Yeah! Great to hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankiequilter Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Originally posted by carolinequilts I did this once using Linda's rulers and they work great. Since then I got the Circle Lord boards. They cross hatch and 1" intervals, but of course you can do 3" too. Also the Circle Lord has the zigzag giant boards that this particular job would be perfect fore. But, you need the Circle Lord to use them.. Caroline, you would need the Circle Lord for the 18" crosshatch templates but would not need the Circle Lord for the zig zag giant templates or the cross hatch giant templates, you would just need the stylus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 I use my quiltazoid to do cross hatching. For long lines I just stop with needle down, advance and start sewing again. It is a pain to roll back and forth. I usually have an area to go around so I don't have to do too much rolling back and forth. I think if it is just straight lines I would load diagonally as you described and use my channel locks. Just put a tick mark every 3" and go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njquiltergirl Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Hi. A Circle Lord long board will make it fast and easy for you. You won't have to hurt your wrists holding acrylic templates for hours and hours, like I did ONCE, or mark. Contact Michael he can tell you wich would be best....there is one specifically for cross hatching, and another called ZigZag for neat waves, zig zags and CH'ing! Cool tools. Love mine. Makes all these jobs better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 If your backer is wide enough to accommodate the quilt top being placed "on point" I would do that. Otherwise, you could piece some extra "temporary" fabric onto the backer so that you are able to place (float) the quilt top on point. Then you could run horizontal and vertical stitching across the quilt top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Circle Lord boards are great and, if you have something where you need to start and stop for applique pieces and the like, you can mark the quilt with the cross hatching, then just use your ruler to follow the marks back and forth across the quilt by making really big Ms and Ws. No need to stop and start at the end of each line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alayne42 Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 I did a bunch of these for a recently published book. You load the quilt at a 90 degree diagonal and then you just do straight lines. Turn the quilt and do it again. But you have to have extra wide backing and batting to accommodate the fact that the top is 'kerwhacky"--a technical word! You can figure out how wide by drawing the quilt on a diagonal on graph paper to see what the widest points are, if that makes any sense. Once you get it figured out, the quilt top loaded and secured with a couple of rows, it's super easy. Email me if you want more information. Alayne Pettyjohn City Quilting Seattle, WA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Julia do you have a Hartley fence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamarack Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 For a small quilt like that I would just quilt it on my domestic sewing machine. Ask the client to baste it or charge for basting and then chalk some lines and it would be done in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Julia, I sent you an email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliagraves Posted February 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I do have a Hartley fence. Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Using you fence is an easy way to crosshatch a whole quilt. Why don't you use that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrat Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I agree with Myrna, the Hartley Fence works wonderful. Myrna's DVD is a wonderful tool to have to learn how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Rouse Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Why don't you quilt W's and M's? Then you advance and draw registration marks and do M's and W's again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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