grannyju Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I'm working on a king size quilt for myself and need to know if something will work. This quilt has mostly 12 inch squares and has sashing between and a border. I am stitching in the ditch around the border and the squares. All the squares are different (some even with embroidery). Here's the question. Will it work if I do all the stich in the ditch part and then roll back to the beginning and use monopoly thread inside the squares? I am very inexperienced at anything custom. I hate the thought of changing thread on every row. JULIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisae Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Hi, Julie, Yes, it will work but you need to be sure to stabilize the blocks, too. I use the flat flower head pins and pin parallel to the rollers about every 3-4 inches. Kim Brunner's DVD "Machine Quilting For Beginners" goes into stabilizing a quilt in detail. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Not an expert here but that is what I do. That is the only way I can keep everything square. I square up as I go. Post when you are done. We wanna seeeeee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannyju Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Lisa, that sounds like a good idea. I've got lots of flower pins. That should prevent all the possible puckering I had pictured in my head. I'm just on the first row so by the end I'm hoping my SID improves. Lots of PPP! Thanks. I'll try to post a picture when I'm done. JULIE APQS Millenium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnHenry Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 One problem you might encounter is uneven "stretch" between the first part quilted and the second. I did this on a quilt and when I went back to do the sashings, the amount of lateral stretch was not the same both times. I ended up with some minor tucks that were not fixable without undoing enormous areas. It wasn't enough to cause serious concern, but it happened because I quilted that area at two different times and two different degrees of "stretch." So be aware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I do this all the time when doing custom work but make sure you pin the snot out of the unquilted areas so that you don't get puckers. Pin at least every 4". Flat head pins are the way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfriend Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 Do any of you use safety pins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 No mam. Only when quilting on my domestic machine do I use safety pins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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