Bonnie H Posted October 30, 2012 Report Posted October 30, 2012 What are some of your favorite pantos (or long boards) for sports-themed t-shirt quilts? I have a gal bringing me a basketball t-shirt quilt today and am wondering what to put on it. Thank you!
JustSewSimple Posted October 30, 2012 Report Posted October 30, 2012 It depends on the quilt. I have one with curved arrows that I use on Pi Beta Phi quilts and anything for Mississippi College. I have a baseball panto for baseball quilts and I have one that looks like flames for Harley or Firemen and such. I do a star meander for all star stuff. So I just adapt. Now that I think about it I have never done a basketball quilt. I'd have to think about that one!
meg Posted October 30, 2012 Report Posted October 30, 2012 dwirling looks great on them and is dense enough to hold them together for hard use. it's not a panto, tho.
delld Posted October 30, 2012 Report Posted October 30, 2012 Seaweed looks great too! http://columbiariverquilting.com/lorien_seaweed.html
kathyb Posted October 30, 2012 Report Posted October 30, 2012 I love to use SWIRLZ CL boards for t-shirt quilts. Or simple meander when I know there's going to be some difficulty going thru some seams. Then I can just meander around them.
Bonnie H Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Posted October 30, 2012 Sylvia, I love your curved arrow ideas, I bet those quilts turn out so neat! Meg, I think I know what dwirling is but I haven't played with it yet. I'm not brave enough to quilt from the front free-style on a customer quilt! But with that Idea, I was thinking of the CL Swirls board, and I see Kathy B mentions it. Hmm, maybe I will see what the gal thinks about that one. Thanks for the suggestion of it, Kathy! Dell, I've been thinking about getting Seaweed sometime! It would be so easy to stitch out, and quick, I think! I did a little Google Images search ... gotta love that feature! And I see that pretty much anything goes on t-shirt quilts. I guess I just need to find something to fit the theme of this one. Thanks, ladies!
Carol Hartman Posted October 30, 2012 Report Posted October 30, 2012 I always seem to use Waterworld. Seems to just be enough quilting to make it nice. Carol
JustSewSimple Posted October 31, 2012 Report Posted October 31, 2012 I had forgotten how good dwirling looks! I got really good reviews on the ones I dwirled! Meg is right on!
Anette D. Posted October 31, 2012 Report Posted October 31, 2012 I prefer a meander so I can miss those really big seamed areas. I don't want to hear the clunk my machine makes if I hit one.
CWBowser Posted October 31, 2012 Report Posted October 31, 2012 I like Judy Allen's "Which Way Do They Go" by Golden Threads. I have also used "popcorn" and Water works by Willow leaf.
Sandra Darlington Posted November 1, 2012 Report Posted November 1, 2012 The design I use depends on the "look" of the quilt and what my customers want. I like using the CL Meander board on many of the basic tee shirt quilts. It is easy, it covers the quilt nicely, it is in my low price range (which my customers like), it doesn't over-power the designs on the shirts, and it is fast. But, after saying all of that, I often do custom tee shirt quilts. I quilted one a few months ago that was entered in our Guild's quilt show and it was tie for first place, viewers choice. And, the really nice part was the gal had my name on her label and sang my praises for quilting it for her. I have also used the CL boards Swirls, Water, and Square Dance, plus a few pantos here and there.
Bonnie H Posted November 1, 2012 Author Report Posted November 1, 2012 The design I use depends on the "look" of the quilt and what my customers want. I like using the CL Meander board on many of the basic tee shirt quilts. It is easy, it covers the quilt nicely, it is in my low price range (which my customers like), it doesn't over-power the designs on the shirts, and it is fast. But, after saying all of that, I often do custom tee shirt quilts. I quilted one a few months ago that was entered in our Guild's quilt show and it was tie for first place, viewers choice. And, the really nice part was the gal had my name on her label and sang my praises for quilting it for her. I have also used the CL boards Swirls, Water, and Square Dance, plus a few pantos here and there. Sandra, congrats on your T-shirt quilt winning viewer's choice! The quilting must have been spectacular! My customer had decided before she arrived what she wanted on the quilt ... which sometimes is such a blessing ... and as it turned out she wanted a meander, so I will be using my CL meander. I do so love the CL boards for their cool designs and symmetry! Thanks for the recommendations!
meg Posted November 1, 2012 Report Posted November 1, 2012 what's a dwirling? hi nana - above is a link to some dwirling i did on a tshirt quilt for a friend of mine's son. it's very easy to do. i learned it using dawn ramirez cd the pajama quilter. all it is echoing.
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