Hockeyrabbit Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hi- I want to use a pantograph in the middle of a quilt and would like to use beadboard or something different in the border. How do I go about doing this? Do I first do the top/side borders and then quilt the panto in the center, advance quilt as normal and repeat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisquilter Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 I always work evenly down the quilt if I can. Quilt the top border, stabilize the side as far as you can. You can then quilt the piano keys as far as you can then do your center. Piano keys are easy to stop and start so they should be easy to do "as you go" Do the bottom border last. I find doing a panto in the center of a quilt a PITA! When you center your panto, just try to keep the beginning and endings as simple as you can, even if you have to draw in a quilting path to stop and start on the edges. I just use a piece of paper to make my drawing and tape it over my pattern. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Perfect advice from Chris! I'll add nosily--be sure you are charging enough for this treatment. It's not an E2E design and should be charged as semi-custom. I charge 3.5 cents per inch for this, whether I do a freehand overall or a panto in the center. Nose retracted--continue your regularly-scheduled forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Great advice from both chris and linda. And doing a center panto its a pita! Freehand center is easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineseams Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Good luck! The first quilt I did for someone other than myself had a panto in the center and a different treatment in the border ( I not longer remember exactly what that was). This was definitely a case of fools rushing in where angels fear to tread. I merrily quilted away from the back of the machine, but somehow didn't get my marks on my pattern correct, and when I eventually walked around to the front - OH NO! The panto had drifted into the border. This required some adult beverage, and several hours of frogging. I ended up finishing the quilt on my DSM. I haven't been brave enough to tackle one since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yup agree with Linda and Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yes, a PITA to do, and I'm doing one now. I do tons of pins to hold the border as I need to use a different thread on it. Once I finish the panto I will go back and beadboard those borders. Sometimes i use sticks of cork to lay on the panto to mark the edge of the border to help to prevent going in to the border. And there is alot of walking around from back to front and back again! Linda and Chris give you wise info! Good Luck!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 I asked a similar question "how to do panto & custom" on the forum. Date--Dec 12, 2012. . I followed Dawn's instructions and it went beautifully. I hope you can find the post-- it was most helpful. She also told me how to post Avitar--haven't found my picture yet, It is hidden in my pic's somewhere. Janice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Janice...found the post you were referring to. http://forum.apqs.com/index.php?/topic/31021-how-to-do-panto-custom/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamu Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 What I do to get a bit more accurate when beginning and ending in the middle of a quilt.... I take painters tape and mark where the border starts and stops on top of my panto design (I have plastic covering the panto so lifting tape off is easy) Then I start at the edge of that tape watching where the border seam is when beginning. As I move across the quilt towards the other side border and getting closer to the tape, I stop just before to make sure that I will be stopping at the border seam. Sometimes I will go to the front of the machine and finish the path to make sure I stop right on the seam. I do try and choose a design (or move the panto) to where it is a good start and stop point and doesn't chop a focal design in half...ie flower or swirl I have put the panto on the inside of the quilt first and then did the borders with piano key design. This seemed to work better for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anniquilter Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 I do it the same way as Laura describes. Blue painters tape - actually, if I can get it I use the lavender painters tape as it is less tacky and leaves less residue on the plastic panto cover, eyeball the starts and stops and definitely charge more for the PITA factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 I know we are talking about pantos, but...it is much easier to do this if you can use a Circle Lord board, or any brand of long boards. As I get near the border, I run to the front of the machine and guide the last inch or so from the front while the stylus is riding along in the groove. There is no problem following the design this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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