Snake River Ideas

[April W]

I called my client to let her know the quilting fee to SID/feather this quilt (.045 psi)...I think I heard her jaw hit the floor. We talked for awhile and she would prefer something light custom in the .02 psi range. Any ideas or suggestions welcome.

[DoryJM]

That quilt is beautiful; its too bad she won't pay the price. I'm not sure what you can do for .02 that would even do it justice.

[Butterfly]

April,

.02 would be an all-over design price. You'd be shooting yourself in the foot if you do custom for that amount.

Jess

[April W]

Considering I'm just about to finish up another custom quilted gift for friends, I don't see spending a lot of time on this for 2 cents psi. Maybe a nice feather meander allover???

[lisae]

Hi April,

Feather meander or something like that is exactly what I thought. I am sure it will be beautiful.

[Butterfly]

Yep. That quilt will most definitely be beautiful with whatever you decide. I like the feather meander too.

Jess

[ffq-lar]

Hi April--

Just quilted this one, as you know.

First tip if she has a limited budget--quilt something nice in the white areas--since that is the only place it will really show. Hooked feathers cover a lot of space and look dramatic without a lot of time spent. Mark curvy spines through the white and stitch hooked feathers--or any type you are comfortable with--filling the spaces between the curves. Stop at the seam where the border starts.

A pretty floral/leafy/tendril overall to fill the light space would also be pretty and not too expensive.

The next area is the dark log cabin halves--stitch a squiggle starting at one edge log, turn the corner and squiggle the next log. Stitch all logs in one direction, then the ones that are perpendicular--so, all vertical logs, all horizontal logs, then vertical again--working your way through the dark areas. (If squiggles don't fill enough of the width, you can do loops.) This is fast and doesn't require marking.

One thing to note--as you get to the end of the last log, sneak up the seam line to those free-standing green squares that echo the edge of the LC curves. These along with the adjacent white squares are too big to leave unquilted. Stitch a circle in each green square--as big as will fit. Continue from one green square to the next and you end up back at the beginning. Stitch circles down the green squares on the other side, and that should be enough quilting--the white squares will be unstitched but make a nice frame.

The border--same treatment for the darks--up and down each log and circles all across in the green squares. The white--depends on what you want to give away. If you are already in the hole time-wise with this treatment, switch to light thread and do the same up/down treatment in the white area. If you are ahead on time or feel generous, more feathers or florals would be beautiful.

Email me if you like--I can send some sketched ideas to you.

This quilt is stunning and takes months to piece--not to mention amassing all the different fabrics! It may be the piecer's masterpiece. But unfortunately the customer's quilting budget may not allow for what we as longarmers think is appropriate.

Of course--pictures are mandatory when you finish this beauty!

[quiltmonkey]

That quilt top is absolutely gorgeous! I love her fabric choices and I especially appreciate that I see no B or C or D cups! it lays nice and flat.

You got some great advice above from everyone. I am sure whatever you decide to quilt, it will be very pretty and will be perfect.

[lindasewsit]

That is one beautiful quilt! It is a shame she doesn't want to spend more for the quilting! But I really like Linda R's ideas! Simple yet very nice and pretty! Want to see pictures when your finished!

[Primitive1]

Linda,

I would love to see those ideas too, do you have pics of a quilt that you have recently done that way? If so, I would love to see them!

Thanks!