juliagraves Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Do you always quilt something in every border or sashing? Sometimes if I'm doing a light custom treatment - something fairly open and not dense, I'll just quilt the blocks and not do a separate treatment for the sashing or every border if there are multiple borders - just leave it alone, especially if it's fairly narrow. This is usually for a quilt that I'm not charging much for. I realize that I need to have a fairly uniform density of quilting, but is there something that I'm missing and I ought to be doing. Thanks, Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspingler Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 I tend to quilt anything that is over 1". Even if it's just a wavy line or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieBrewer Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 I'm w/Sharon. I quilt most sashing/borders if they are over 1" and I almost always SID the borders and sashings. I don't do show quilts but I did read (McTavish I think) that you should never neglect SID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 I just finished a sampler quilt--56 blocks with each block surrounded by a pink fabric to make the blocks all a uniform size. The quilt is a Shop Hop Northwest sampler and carefree piecing made the extra fabric necessary. Then purple was used as sashing with yellow cornerstones. Since the pink fabric width was different in every block, I decided to leave the pink alone and only quilt the purple sashing instead of treating it all as one sashing. This drew the eye to the purple and you hardly notice that the pink is wonky. The pink pops and makes a nice "frame" around each block and this treatment makes the different widths of pink look "on purpose". Many times I will leave a narrow border unquilted. It leaves a place for the eye to rest and also separates the main body and the bigger border. I am getting used to more negative (unquilted) areas on quilts when they are used to frame or separate various more ornate areas. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Say you have three or more borders...and each one gets bigger as it goes out...if the first border is only a 1 or 2 I may leave it for the same reason Linda mentioned and the other borders whether there is 2 or 3 I most often cross hatch across them all and carry it into the corners as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 On the narrow borders where you don't want to do any quilting would you still SID? Just so it's defined? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 I do...and then if its a bit larger like say 2 - 4 inches I then echo just one 1/4inch on each side seam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Originally posted by MarieBrewer I don't do show quilts but I did read (McTavish I think) that you should never neglect SID. So Linda Rech...do you abide by this rule?? I was thinking you do not SID unless you just have to, or was that something else?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Hi Mary Beth--do you remember everything!?? I am so in trouble!!! There are so many things I don't do unless I have to----and some of them pertain to quilting!:P:P I will SID when necessary and when the customer is paying for custom. I use Sew Fine, BL or Monopoly with good results. I hate it!! Oopps, did I say that out loud? Like I said, I can do it --it's just soooo boring when I could be quilting feathers, ferns, flowers, etc. I did several City Girl quilts with that flange separating the border from the body, and there is no way you can get it to lay right unless you SID the flange seam. I didn't charge extra and I didn't point it out to the customer. Also, any other 3-D in the top (prairie points, etc.) will need SID for sure. Never been offered a show top to quilt, nor is there one of my own in the future, so I guess my secret is safe will all three thousand of you, my BQFFs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 I knew it!! And I knew I could drag it out of you!! Since you quilted Jen's/Haylee's quilt and didn't SID and I loved it, I have been trying it. I have found there are some places I just can't get away with not SID, and it feels funny when I am quilting, like not stable. I had a customer ask if I would quilt a quilt for her. I told her I didn't really have time now that I am working (didn't have the heart to tell her I am not taking new customers). She said, "oh, it's really nothing difficult, I just want some SID." I said "Whoa, Nelly"....not really....I did stop her and make a slight correction. Another customer standing next to me corrected her also and she is not a machine quilter...so someone has trained her well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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