nopinklaundry Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 I am new to this forum and have been lurking and learning lots. Now I would like to ask. I have a quilt that is screaming to have a scalloped edge. It has been sitting here for awhile looking at me forlornly wanting to be quilted but I don't know what to do. How do I start this? Quilt first? Draw first? Cut first? I have done nothing to it yet, for fear of screwing it up. Please help me!!!! Any and all advice is most welcome!!!! Thank you, Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 For me, i'd draw the scalloping first. It's easier to have it on the longarm without the scallops being a pain in the ****. Cut if After you quilt it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I agree with Sheri 100%. I always mark my scallops and I stitch right on the cutting line. Then quilt it in. Once off the machine I cut on the stitching line and bind. Works out perfectly. Now in the event you ever get a quilt that is already cut then you just have to baste it down and quilt. It works just not as easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Heavens, I would hate for a customer to cut the scallops before quilting.....that would be so hard....and as Heidi explained you would need to go around each one and then quilt...yikes. I would hope you never get one like that. I however did get one years ago that was the pointy type of scallops...where there just wasn't any set in triangles and the points were left to flop. I spray basted each point down with Sullivan's Basting Spray as I would go down the quilt....after spraying I would stitich around each point and then quilt....so I guess it would work the same way for a regular scallop, but it wasn't a fun quilt to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I have just finished a quilt that the customer was going to scallop the edges of. As it was a large border I adjusted a "Maggies Roses" pantograph so that it had a space at regular intervals for her to cut her scallops around. Took a bit of planning to work out the corners for it and I also had to turn the quilt to do the side borders. I am yet to see how she has finished the scallops. Ran out of time to cut the swag on the border of my own New York Beauty so just stitched a swag in the border using Constantine Quilts swag ruler. I did seem a shame to cut the border print fabric I used so the swag looked just as effective. Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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