Bonnie in Ok Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Watching all these stencil throwndown projects are great but I have been trying to work with stencils and guess I don't know the technique of keeping the lines together and not having too many backovers. So what is the secret method to the madness besides PPP. It is either start and stop alot or frogging myself to death:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crafty Unicorn Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 I don't know about the others, but I either trace the stencil a zillion times on paper before I stitch it to find the best "path" or I draw it several different ways while marking the quilt until I find a way with the best flow and fewest starts, stops and backtracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Bonnie look for stencils that are for continuos line quilting or modify your stencil if you can to make it less backtracking. Don't give up on them they are a great tool!k Oh and try practicing with pencil and paper first until you memorize the quilting sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie in Ok Posted July 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 think i am using continious line ones guess i will have to pratice drawing more before sewing. when sewing should you have to go very slow so that you stay on the back over lines? thanks for the advice will continue trying to make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 The stencil that I used was not continuous line and I did have a lot of starts and stops. But it was a smaller (wall hanging) so it wasn't too bad. If I was doing it on a customer quilt, I would have chosen a different stencil so that there wouldn't have taken so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Bonnie, The nice part about stencils is that when the marks are washed off nobody will be able to tell if you were a little off the line! I use my SR and go slower and do my best to stay consistant. You have to relax your shoulders and look ahead of the needle that will help you hit your target better. Another thing you might want to try is using microdrive handles or quilting with one hand on the quilt sandwich and one to steer the machine. Use the method that works best for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Heidi is correct. Don't over think it, and in some cases if you go really really slow you get shaky and it looks really wobbly. As you get better you may even find that by turning off the SR you will be smoother. But more than anything as Heidi said. once the marks are gone only you will know where it wobbled. Unless you have a customer that nit-picks it apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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