Hawaii Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Any tips???? I have 3 needle-turned Hawaiian mini-quilts that I need to complete on my machine. Do I echo quilt with extended base and ruler for stability? Do I eye-ball using the foot as a guide? How far apart should my quilting lines be? Any examples? Anyone taking a vacation to Hawaii that would be willing to take a day for LongArm teaching??? (thought I'd throw that in, maybe I'll get lucky) Is it a Hawaiian Quilt "law" that I have to use echo-quilting. Has anyone used a freehand fill to make these designs stand out? I am clueless and living in Hawaii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Dear Clueless in Hawaii, I have no advice for you, except perhaps try doing some PPP freehand on some muslin and draw a practice piece of Applique to see if you can freehand the echo lines. I will tell you though, it takes a lot of practice and control to get those lines looking consistent and evenly spaced. If I were you, I would use a ruler to guide around to get more evenly spaced design echo. I think in the long run it might take more time quilting, but it would take less time ripping. Know what I mean jelly bean??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtreusch Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Hi Barbara. I've done plenty of Hawaiian applique for a designer in NYC. It is very time consuming. The easiest way to do this is using the hopping foot as a guide to keep the ehcoes 1/4" apart. Otherwise, it is difficult to get the echoes spaced evenly. I also found it easier and thought it looked cleaner to do spiral echoes rather than starting and stopping each echo. If you haven't done much echoing, you might put on a practice piece with some Hawaiian applique drawn in and just get the flow going before doing it on customer quilts. If you do a search for Hawaiian applique you can see some pictures I posted of these panels. I can also send you some close up pictures via email if you want. Let me know. I'd love to take a vaca to Hawaii. However, I just got back from MQS last week and married off my son several weeks ago. No time and no mulah!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyrw Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Are these customer quilts? If so, what does the customer want? I don't know if it's a "rule" or not but heck, rules are meant to be broken. I have one of my own to do someday (if I ever finish the applique) and I'm planning to do McTavishing in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I've done a lot of Hawaiian applique, still working on the blocks in fact. I ordered about 6 books on the subject. Most are from Poakalani and John Serrao. They are major hawaiian quilt people there. They are in Honolulum. Phone 808-521-1568. Website is www.poakalani.com There is a tremendous amount of tradition and spirituall significance to Hawaiian applique., it's a real Hawaiian legacy. Another author is Elizabeth Root. Her designs use less trditional fabric combinations. Google her and decide which matches the one you have to do. I'd be careful since you are. in Hawaii where this is a pretty big deal. Example it's traditional to echo about a finger width apart, and the applique is all one color, ans certain colors are bad luck or negative. Of course they are talking about hand quilting and needle turn applique. I bet aphone call would get answers for you on machine quilting which might. be different. I'd really be interested in hearing what you learn! HTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinequilts Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Shana. May I ask what ruler you would recommend for the echo quilting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Oh boy! Caroline, I don't know what advice to give on this as I have never echoed around a Hawaiian quilt. Perhaps someone here with more knowledge would pipe up and give good advice. My hunch would be (if you chose to use a ruler) to use a small ruler that is not too big but not too small so you grasp it comfortably in your hand and can slide and move it along to fit the echo lines you want to fill. But if you felt you were in good control you might do OK freehanding it without a ruler. Somebody please help me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Deloa's Appliguide is a great tool to help you control the hopping foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtreusch Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I would not use a ruler to do the echo around Hawaiian applique. The blocks I've done have lots of curves and I think it would be difficult to get smooth curves using a ruler. I just use the hopping foot as a guide along the previous echo. Don't try to watch the hopping foot itself or you lines will not be smooth. I watch the stitching line from the previous echo just ahead of where I am stitching and I get nice smooth, evenly spaced echo lines. I also try to go to slow or to fast. To slow and you don't smooth lines. Too fast and you get out of control. Just find a nice steady pace and you get into the groove pretty quickly. I've done echoes with and without the stitch regulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaii Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Thank you ALL. Will load up a practice piece first. These are NOT customer quilts, but they might as well be. A dear friend keeps sending my these needle-turned blocks, they are beautiful and I do NOT want to wreck them with my half-okole'd attempts at out of control echo-quilting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinequilts Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I just ordered Deloa's appli-guide last week so I'm looking forward to trying it out when it get here. Seems like I made a good choice (my first ruler aside from the ones that came with the base extender). My quilt is not Hawaiian, but just regular (simple) applique hearts. I think I'm going to practise both methods - the guide and the use of the hopping foot as a guide and see which one works for me. Thanks again to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I use Deloa's appliguide, it is very good, and yes I have Donita Reeves base expander all the time. Deloa has a new circle ruler she showed us in a class in MQS last week. Corey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryll Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Post some pictures Bar bara so we can see what it is. Cheryll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaii Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Practicing "2 birds with one stone"... my first attempt with the CL Feather wreath along with echo quilting. Thank you all for helping me overcome the "fear factor"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaii Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Bigger picture - sorry forgot how to do this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.A Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Terrific job, Barbara. Perhaps you should explain half-okole for our mainland friends. Nancy in Tucson but formerly of the Big Island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaii Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Half-okole = half-"a...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaii Posted May 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 First Try at Echo-quilting and using some of my new "toys". Circle Lord Feathered Wreath; Mary Beth's Swag Rulers. King Tut, So Fine (for echo-quilting), Quilters Dream Puff. Struggled with keeping my echoing consistent and tried to do it without the SR, but did had more control with the SR on. Thanks for all your encouragement and help! Night Shot Day Shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg_marsh Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Nicely done - love the first picture the best - keep it up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Now Barbara my dear, what's wrong with those??? NOT A DAMN THING! LOOKS GREAT!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtreusch Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Those are wonderful Barb and the echoes look very nice. With practice, it becomes easier to keep the echoes nice and consistent. I still have trouble with them are you echo further out and the curved lines are longer. Very nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Love it Barb! I think it looks great, I'd love to see more of these. How many are you doing for your friend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Very well done...I to like the echoing...and I would have to also say, a good job well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 I love the CL feathered wreath in the center of these! What a great application which added another dimension to the Hawaiian applique. Your echoing is great as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoAnnHoffman Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Instead of trying to get smooth lines do a wiggle. Spiral around the motif but wiggle a little wave instead of a smooth line. It adds more interest, looks harder to do, looks fancier and it's actually easier. I'll see if I can find a picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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