BethDurand Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 I love this quilt! I also love that Mary pieces so beautifully. Now if you could all please help me figure out how to do justice to this quilt. Mary's comments to me were similar to when I go see my hairdresser. "Oh, do whatever you want. You're the professional, I trust you." Please, what to do for quilting designs as well as thread color. Where and how much to SID? I'm thinking that I'll be using several different colors of So Fine so that I'm not competing with the quilt top. The backing will be a marbled dark green, so that's where I'll let the quilting show. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethDurand Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 And a couple of closeups. This is the center medallion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethDurand Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 And the outer star, next to the pieced border Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Wow....can you say stunning??? I LOVE that quilt! I'd SiD the outside points (green) and also the inside ones on top and under the flying geese and the inner star. Other than that, I'm out. I'll leave the rest to the experts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Oh Beth that is a beautiful quilt! I would do lots of SID to showcase all that wonderful piecing and those points. I would SID all the colored areas and do fills as needed in the background areas to make things really pop (such as the flying geese). I would do some pretty feathers in the green area, not including the spikes I don't think form what I can tell of size it won't need you to get in there but it it does add in a few swirls to fill the space up. I would do radiating lines in the print behind the circle areas. That print isn't going to show lots of quilting but the radiating lines would make your eye move out. I would consider either a feather or fill for the white area, depending what looks best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Wow!!! Fabulous quilt... I'd go mad with lots of micro fillers but that is not sensible:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Good luck Beth. Glad you got it to guilt! If she had brought it to me I would have suggested she take it to a real quilter!!! This quilt is something else!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 OMG! That is a beautiful top. Be sure to post finished pics. WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyc Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 SID everything. feather up the points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Rouse Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Is that a Judy Niemeyer pattern? Drop dead gorgeous quilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Oh my that is really an eye poppin jaw droppin show stoppin quilt! Please share your masterpiece quilting when finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore1223 Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 What an awesome, drop dead, gorgeous quilt top!!! Other than a lot of SID.....I don't know what else. Did you happen to take the Quilt Whisperer class on MQP. Carla Barrett comes up with a lot of fantastic ideas. She has a Yahoo site called (of course) Quilt Whisperer. Maybe you'd want to try her? Please post pictures when you're finished. What ever you do, I'm sure it will be wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethDurand Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Yes, it's a Judy Niemeyer pattern. I've dropped a line to her asking for suggestions on how her samples were quilted. Also trying to contact the LQS where the class was offered to see how they have theirs quilted. When I get this quilt quilted, if it's even half as wonderful as I hope to make it, I'll be stopping people on the street to show them photos of what Mary and I have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 LOTS of SID - to make those points pointier. Small fill in the white area behind the centre star. CC's the lone star. Maybe small fill feathers/ferns in the green/ or outer cream. It looks like another star is in my future, I have always loved this pattern. As Myrna would say "just do it". Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristiequilts Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 If you happen to have Myrna's JUST DO IT DVD, then you would get lots of great ideas. The woman that owns the local quilt shop here did hers herself on her HQ 16. Turned out great. She just went to town on it and did a great job. Wish I could post a pic for you. the bamboo stitch comrs yo mind too. Have fun with it. Don't let it intimidate you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyrw Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 I love the way Patty did this one. http://www.apqs.com/quiltboard/viewthread.php?tid=16600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristiequilts Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Holly's right Love the way Patti did it too. Imitation is the highest form of flattery.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Stunning!!!! I really love the link to Patty's quilt. The quilting on hers is perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 awesome quilt I can't wait to see it quilted. Go for it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zora Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 A few weeks ago, Marilyn Badger was on Fons and Porter doing Mariner's Compass blocks. She quilted her quilt in metallic thread, without respect to the points in many cases. She did fleur-de-lis over some points, the N S E and W compass points, then SID around the other points I think. It was really beautiful. If you have access to this episode somewhere it would give you a fresh take on this type quilt. She stitched a couple concentric circles around the compass...for example, in the center compass, she stitched two concentric circles in the light green portion, before it branched into the points, then filled that space between the circles with microstippling. She connected the points of the compass with swags, and did background fill around the outer edge of the swags to the outside of the block. Same with the inside triangles of background between the points. (Clear as mud, huh?) I think she did SID around some of the points, but maybe not. In her flying geese, she did CC's, then in the outside of the arcs, she did micro-stipple. All this was is gold metallic thread, and it didn't detract from the quilt at all. Hope you can find the episode to have a look. Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srichardson Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Beth, Judy Niemeyer is on the road at the moment. She is here in California and I am half way through a two day class with her. She brought some of her quilts with her for us to drool over too. Judy mentioned that the woman that does her quilting has a lot of the quilting designs available for download. The quilter has a Statler, I don't know if the designs are only for that system and I also don't know if you are computerized. Her name is Vicki Ibison http://www.legacyquilting.com/ That is one lovely quilt. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judi Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Beautiful!!! I'm sure you will have fun with this baby!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseCity Quilter Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 I just took my version of this quilt off my frame! It is a Judy Neimeyer, Hawiian Star. I was at Judy's retreat in thier new Retreat Center near Flathead Lake in Montana in April and finally got my quilt quilted (top was done at the reteat). I haven't taken a picture yet as I am putting binding on. I did a version of line dancing in the diamonds, and lots of a version of a feather I do with swirls in it. Oh and of couse lots and lots of SID. I used both Hobbs 80/20 and a layer of Hobbs wool. I did not quilt the star spikes and or flying geese and quilted the feather variation in the background. The spikes really pop. will try to get a picture up tomorrow. Right now it is at my store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carla Danczak Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 What a gorgeous, gorgeous, did I say gorgeous quilt! Can't wait to see this one finished. Good luck and have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little House Creations Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 That is stunning - I have no ideas for you - just stunning!!! Can't wait to see what you have done with it! - Bev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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