AHuffman Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 I just finished a Bella Bella quilt for a client. This quilt was the first one I've done on my Blissed out MIlle with IQ. It has a large circular medallion and my client wanted a celtic circle pattern to follow around the center circle. This would have been incredibly tedious to do by hand. I used the Path Pattern feature on IQ. First I created a new block by tracing the boundaries of the curved border where I wanted the continuous celtic circles to be placed. That was so easy- I just used the needle to follow the seam line and IQ recorded the exact path the piecer used for her border. I then converted that block to a pattern and split out just the portion of the block that followed the circular seam between the center medallion and the circular border. That is the path I used in Path Pattern to drop the celtic circles onto. IQ skewed the pattern and curved it to follow the space perfectly. SOOOOOOO easy!!! I did the rest of the quilt freehand. You can see more photos of it on this post here: http://apqs.com/quiltboard/viewthread.php?tid=26190 here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 WOW that is beautiful !!! love your quilting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Wow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoriasews Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Now that got my attention. Great quilt and quilting. I've never found a use for path pattern yet as I've never like the distortions as it curves but this looks Wow. Perfect treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Looks great. I love path pattern after I figured out how not to sew the path, lol. I now use it for all my borders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Hi Angela - WOW, I love that quilt and your quilting just makes it perfect. This one is going into my fav's. I don't have a computer on my Milli and do 99% things freehand, but this is amazing. If I ever win the lottery, I may just have to buy an IQ so that I'll be able to do this kind of beautiful work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyAboutQuilting Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 It's beautiful, Angela, just beautiful. Your client is going to love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Angie, how did you get your website on the pic? I think that's a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryjo2003 Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 That's a WOW quilt. Love the 3-D effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Don't know what to say. WTG, beautiful job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Angela, Isn't that a sweet feature. Just used it on some wonky borders myself. Between path & line pattern features it was super easy to get everything to fit. Your Bella quilt is beautiful! Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinneaMarie Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 It is beyond gorgeous! Patty Jo, if I win the lottery I'll buy you & me an IQ and if you win you buy us each one? Deal? Deal! So, Angela and Jessica, is it true you MUST use the ER wheels with the IQ?? I really love my M&M wheels!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinneaMarie Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Sorry girls! Jessica, I just saw your answer on another post! Thank you. That will help in making my decision. well, that and a winning lottery ticket! hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Just to clarify, you can use either ER wheels or M&M wheels with an IQ. If you already have M&M wheels or are thinking about adding them, you won't need to change them when you decide to add an IQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Hey Linnea, Here's food for thought.....80 average E2E quiltings pays off an IQ. Take what you make on 1 quilt a week & in about 18 months that IQ is paid for, not to mention the decrease in chiropractor & massage therapy bills. On top of that you really can be doing something else at the same time. I use to (before I stopped customer quilting) put a panto on one machine to run for about 15 minutes per row - purposely picking something that would take that long, then start running test designs that I have to "tend" to regularly on the other IQ. In the meantime I use to have our embroidery machine stitching out customer jobs that would take a while & print & roll paper pantos for orders in between tending to the quilting & embroidery machines. I don't act like that much of a crazy person any more, but it just goes to show that you can do a lot of other stuff & these "employees" boost your income while not calling in sick or being late for work. Gotta love it. ---- Love my employees (daughters) too BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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