Heirloom Quilter Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 I am finishing a quilt that started out as a wallhanging and is now a queen size bed quilt for my Mama who asked me to make her a new quilt, she's tired of her old one. I added borders and now don't know how to quilt them. Any ideas would be appreciated. Here are some pictures. Thanks, Debbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Sent you u2u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudithWashburnQuiltStudo Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Nice, no ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 I would SID the navy blue chain block and just let them pop. I would do McFeathering in the white areas. It will make the embroidery pop and give it a beautiful look. Do a pretty feather in the blue middle border and piano keys in the outside border. Cross hatching in the outside border would look nice as well. I think in the yellow/print 9 patch border I would do squares on point in the yellow swirls in the pansy fabric and cc the corners or put a feathered wreath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy Ingram Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 What a beautiful quilt top Debbie! I second Heidi's ideas and would either do piano keys or beadboard the outer border. Whatever you do, I kniow your Mama will love it! Be sure and post pictures when you're done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heirloom Quilter Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Thank you for your ideas. I have a few hiccups to fix before I put this on the frame. I made the nine patch backwards. so I need to redo those. That's what happens when I don't have a pattern to follow and I'm flying by the seat of my pants. lol Heidi, I took 2 days of classes with Karen McTavish in March, but what is McFeathering? I was thinking about McTavishing the white area around the appliqué. I hadn't thought about a small feathered wreath in the 9 patch. That might look pretty. Piano keys or bead board in the outer pansy border would work because the fabric is so busy nothing much is going to show. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Debbie, Jessica (DeLoa's daughter) actually is the one that came up with McFeathering some time ago. Here is an old post with her techniqie of combining McTavishing with feathers. It looks so pretty when quilted and just adds to the beauty of McTavishing. http://www.apqs.com/quiltboard/viewthread.php?tid=11612&page=1#pid111549 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyAboutQuilting Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Heidi, thanks for sharing that link! Wow, that's gorgeous! That thread was before I found out about this forum and got my own longarm so I never saw it. I am definitely going to do some major practicing on my white board and try this out! How do you remember all this stuff?? :cool: Thanks for sharing it with all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heirloom Quilter Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Heidi, I checked out the link you sent me and was amazed at Jessica's McFeathering. Now that I've seen it, I understand why you thought it would work with my appliqué. Jessica is one very talented young woman. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Originally posted by LTZQLTR Heidi, I checked out the link you sent me and was amazed at Jessica's McFeathering. Now that I've seen it, I understand why you thought it would work with my appliqué. Jessica is one very talented young woman. Thanks for sharing. Yes she is! She is a great teacher too. She is also as nice as her mama! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Yes thank you for sharing this link Heidi. I agree, it would look great on this quilt. This is a very pretty quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Originally posted by hmerrill Debbie, Jessica (DeLoa's daughter) actually is the one that came up with McFeathering some time ago. Here is an old post with her techniqie of combining McTavishing with feathers. It looks so pretty when quilted and just adds to the beauty of McTavishing. http://www.apqs.com/quiltboard/viewthread.php?tid=11612&page=1#pid111549 That's amazing! Thanks for sharing, Heidi. It went straight into my favs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heirloom Quilter Posted August 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 I have a another questions for you experienced with appliqué quilts. Do you outline the appliqué before you quilt the background or do you quilt the background and then outline? I read somewhere that if you do the background first it poofs up the appliqué more giving it a trapunto effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 On the borders, I think I would SID the Yellow-Pansy-Yellow borders, and then put a simple vine design running through each yellow border. Then, I'd do piano keys through the dark blue and outer pansy borders. I always outline the applique' first, so that it stays where it is supposed to be. I use a batt with thicker loft, if I want more puff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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