kusmaulk Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Here are a couple of tops I am putting together for a customer who purchased these sets of state flower embroidered blocks at an estate sale. I am debating how to quilt them. Suggestions are quite welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusmaulk Posted May 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Here is the second set in progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusmaulk Posted May 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Because the sashing is dark blue, I want to quilt it in blue thread and the blocks in off white. I'm trying to figure out a way so I won't have to start and stop 48 times!! I think the yellow one would be okay using all off white thread, but it would probably also look better if I did the sashing in gold. What would you do with these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpsquilter Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 I don't have any ideas but I have some state bird blocks like these that I am putting together for a customer. I have been wondering what to quilt on it. I'm anxious to hear others ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpsquilter Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 I don't have any ideas but I have some state bird blocks like these that I am putting together for a customer. I have been wondering what to quilt on it. I'm anxious to hear others ideas. Shelia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anette D. Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 I've done embroidered winter scenes, some in one color and others in many colors. I always use a smaller filler in the background to match the color in which the embroidery was done (in this case an off-white). If the embroidery is too large and I'm afraid the batting will shift, I take a few swipes inside the embroidery to emphasize a part of the embroidery (snowman's belly, snow pile, etc.). I hope this helps with the blocks at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 If you use white thread you can go over or thru some of the embroidering. Some are so afraid to do this, but it really doesn't show! Do just enough to keep the unquilted gap less than 4"! P.S. Did you know that some of the blocks are upside down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusmaulk Posted May 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Sheri, If you tilt your head to the left when looking at the gold one, and to the right when looking at the blue one, you'll see that they are all right side up. Each block is at an angle, so I alternated the angles left and right. Sorry to confuse the issue! Still wondering if I have to stop and start for each block. I wonder if I can just use blue thread for the blue one and gold for the gold one. Afraid that would take away from the embroidery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriVB Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Karol--if you look at vintage quilts they were mostly quilted through the whole thing with an off white or white thread--to keep these looking like the era they came from I would quilt the whole thing in the softest and thinnest off white that you have, that is what I usually do with these types of quilts. Just my opinion though--Terri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 I would do a pretty feather in the sashing because that is prime real estate and SID around the main design, going into the design if additional stitching is need and do whatever background fill you like. Cross hatching fits that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Nope...they still look upside down. See Georgia, Kansas, and Arkansas. in the yellow one and Mississippi and Lousiana in the blue one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 I used So Fine #50 and did a 2" crosshatch across some embroidered blocks and you could hardly tell it was there. It didn't mess up the lettering or anything. Their background was white, so I used matching thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusmaulk Posted May 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Heidi - would you do it in all off-white thread? Terri - Thanks - this way would be so much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Originally posted by kusmaulk Heidi - would you do it in all off-white thread? Terri - Thanks - this way would be so much easier. Yes I would likely match the background fabric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol rubeck Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 If you look at the photos from the side , the blocks aren't upside down. They are tilted as Karol said. But looking straight on as shown here, some do look as if they are upside down. Took a while for me to figure that one out! I also like the cross-hatching idea with off white thread. Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Yup...looking at them sideways they do look right. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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