MarieBrewer Posted February 23, 2006 Report Posted February 23, 2006 When I do a panto, how close to the beginning edge of the quilt do you guys get? Also, how do you gauge where you are going to end the last row? When you sew the bottom of the quilt top to the zipper, do you only sew about 1/4 inch of the quilt top to the zipper? Thanks for any and all advice-Marie
bstucker Posted February 23, 2006 Report Posted February 23, 2006 Hi Marie, When I start a panto, I place it about a 1/4 inch down from where the binding will end; that way there is a little breathing room for the pattern. For me, the last row ends up where it ends up, and I do a partial pattern that probably goes off the edge of the top (so I baste the bottom edge very close to the raw edge so it doesn't end up turned back as I go off and on the edge with the pattern). In the beginning I spent some time figuring out the spacing so I would get a full pattern on the last row; but I didn't like how far apart the rows would end up by doing that. Some people will put a partial row in the first row, so the top and bottom look about the same, but none of my customer's have complained about my method. As far as attaching the bottom of the quilt top to a zipper, yes I sew or pin it 1/4 inch from the edge.
Grace Posted February 23, 2006 Report Posted February 23, 2006 While taking a class from Jodi Beamish, she suggested the first row of panto be only a portion of the height, the bottom of the design being off the quilt. This way the partial design on the top of the quilt will look similar to the partial design on the bottom of the quilt. It took a little concentration to do the first row, but the results were great. It looks like the design was planned to be incomplete on both the top and bottom. No measuring if the design will 'come out evenly'. Works for me. Grace Good Gracious Quilting Mille Oregon
Cherie Walters Posted February 23, 2006 Report Posted February 23, 2006 I use compuquilter now, which calculates the space, BUT prior to that I always put part patterns on both top and bottom of the panto. I used a lot of Jodi Beamish pantos that had the partial row already drawn for the top - and I just ended the design where the quilt ended. A trick that I used when I got to the end was to run the machine acorss the bottom of the quilt (not sewing) and mark on the panto (using the laser light) where the bottom of the quilt was. I did this with coloured overhead transparency sheets, cut into approximately 2 inch strips placed end to end across the quilt. I just sat the strips where the laser light shone - then went back and stitched the design. When I got to the spot where the quilt ended (on the inside of the 1/4 inch seam for the binding), I stitched straight across to the next panto design line, this meant I did not have to stitch any of the panto off the edge of the quilt. This was also a handy technique for marking the edge of the quilt on the sides (espicially those quilts that arn't cut square). Cheers Cherie in Australia
judithanderson Posted February 24, 2006 Report Posted February 24, 2006 This is a newbie question. Does the panto go into the border fabric so that when you put the binding on it runs to the binding? Or, do you just stop at the border and do a different design on that? Judy in NH Millie
Katydids Posted February 24, 2006 Report Posted February 24, 2006 Hi Judy. In most cases you do the panto edge to edge so that it goes into the border fabric, but there are always exceptions. You can also do the panto in just the body of the quilt and treat the border separately with a border design. I just finished a quilt that is very dark and the stitching wouldn't really show, but there was applique in the border and I knew I didn't want to do a panto over the applique. So I did a panto in the blocks, treated the 3 innner borders as one and did a stencil design and then attempted some mctavishing around the applique in the outer border. There are no rules that you have to follow, just be creative. This was one of my own quilts, so I got to experiment without worry. Hope this helps. Patty
MarieBrewer Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Posted February 24, 2006 Thanks for all the advice. My second all over panto turned out great. Patty, you did such a nice job on the quilt. What was the panto name and the stencil? The green sheet stencils were so foreign to me. I was used to painting stencils. I had to call the manufacturer and ask how to use them.-Marie
CLRtoQuilt Posted February 24, 2006 Report Posted February 24, 2006 Patty the quilt is just beautiful!!! Char
Katydids Posted February 25, 2006 Report Posted February 25, 2006 Thank you Marie and Char This was alot of fun to work on, just playing and trying out different things. Marie - the panto is "Blustery Day" by Nichole Webb and the stencil is #951 Leaf Border - 3 1/2". I don't remember where I got it, sorry. Patty
bstucker Posted February 25, 2006 Report Posted February 25, 2006 Hi Patty, Really nice job! And the McTavishing sure looks like McTavishing to me!!
MaryLou5740 Posted February 26, 2006 Report Posted February 26, 2006 ok...so I don't know EVERYTHING! At the risk of sounding dumber than a rock....would someone explain "MacTavishing" to me? I see the phrase alot and can't quite figure out what it is, except it's a certain type of sewing. ML
ramona-quilter Posted February 26, 2006 Report Posted February 26, 2006 Karen McTavish is a quilter. She developed a method of quilting that gives lots of dimension and movement to quilts. Simply put, it is a series of 5 short curved lines which change direction half way thru the 5th line. She has a couple of books out. I just bought her book "Mastering the Art of McTavishing ". Good stuff. Here is a link to an info page. http://www.apqs.com/quilterkarenmctavish.htm
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