kwilter Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Has anyone ever quilted a Latte Quilt? The pattern is by Kerri Hay. I need a design for the center medalion crosshatch section. My customer has already sewed all beads in every corner. If anyone has a design idea to secure it and avoid hitting those beads, I'd appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Not to be mean or anything, but if she wants the design to get really close and the beads are in the way, I would ask her to remove them....otherwise I would just do something that would be nice, but crosshatching would be out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbishwit Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 I have the Latte pattern book (I think most Bernina 180E owners do, lol). Any way the quilt itself is not that heavily quilted, it is mostly stitch in the ditch, some small meandering in areas to enhance and give extra texture to the blocks and other areas and the center medallion has a grid that resembles channel quilting but without using the cording. In the book all quilting is done on the DSM and the grid lines are spaced 3/4" apart using a tripple sewing machine needle and a walking foot. The beads should not be added until all of the quilting is done on the whole quilt. I would send the quilt top back to the customer and tell her she needs to remove all beads from the quilt before you quilt it for her. Then just do a basic crosshatching that is 3/4" apart. This quilt was designed to show off all of the best features of the Bernina 180E and 170E embroidery machines that were out at the time. The quilts beauty comes from the combination of rich dutches saten and muslin and the vintage lace embroideries. It has very little to do with the quilting. The quilting is very basic and traditional for an old heirloom vintage type quilt. Good luck and have fun with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwilter Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Thanks for the replies. My customer did give me the book and I've been lightly quilting it by SID and stippling. I've already broken a few beads just ditching around that medallion. I was skeptical if those areas are too large to leave unquilted or if I should call her and ask her if I can remove the beads to crosshatch it. Your thoughts, please. Otherwise, it looks gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbishwit Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 I would call her and tell her she needs to remove the beads. The bias triangles in the center medalion need to be quilted. Then she could reattatch the beads after the quilting is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherryjack Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 I made the Latte Quilt several years ago. I SID around the triangles with the beads. I did not quilt inside the area, but went back after I had finished machine quilting and and took tiny tack stitches by hand every few inches near the beads where they cannot be seen. I did this by hand. It took very little time. There are many beads on these triangles and the beading is very time consuming. Your client will not be happy if you ask her to remove them. You could explain the situation and ask her to do the tacking. The quilt looks fine on the back with the tack stitches. Bury the tails. Good luck. Sherry Jack APQS Millie CQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwilter Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Thanks for the tip to tack-stitching. This sounds good to me...something my customer will be happy with for not having to reattach all those beads, and something that will take me little time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dare2pt Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 I did the Latte Quilt and you can see it on my web site, it was beautifully quilted but I didn\'t add in the beads, but it has a great idea. Questions below to all: Lindy Can you tell me how I can add my links to my signature on this web page? and can you tell me how I can add my photo, I see vivtar or whatever but don\'t see a way to upload it? Might have more questions later. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dare2pt Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Oops, forgot to put the webshots id down as per my post above. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2406355060046555032CZZLZk Thank you all and enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwilter Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Well, my customer finally picked up her Latte quilt yesterday. She nearly fell on the floor when she saw it. She absolutely LOVED it. I\'ll be going to her shop and taking some pics of it and will attempt to post some. And Lindy, your Latte quilt is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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