ffq-lar Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 This cute wallhanging took my customer 2 years to finish. She embroidered one block and put it down until she was inspired by all the colored embroidery recently trending. The thread she used is dark navy blue but looks black. She colored with crayons. The different take on traditional crosshatching came about because of the higher fee I charge for that technique. All the marking and starts and stops usually jack the price up by as much as two extra cents per inch. Please click the link to see the full top and arrow right for a detail. http://www.flickr.com/photos/larech/12534070474/ I marked this with even tick-marks along the outside edge of the block. Then I marked the diagonals, keeping the lines in quadrants as shown. I was able to stitch up to the embroidery, along the outline to the next marked line, back to the outside edge and SID to the next one. This allowed me to stitch clockwise all around and catch all the lines. A few line were stitched in the white areas in the center, but in most cases I left the center areas alone. Very quick to stitch since you have 50% fewer lines to mark and stitch. I think it's more interesting than traditional crosshatching. I'll remember this for the next applique quilt I get. Specs--So Fine white outlining the embroidery. Silver-gray BottomLine for the crosshatching (her choice--not mine). Smokey lilac for the ferny border and rectangles. Dark purple for the sashing stones that you can't see! Thanks for looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiltGuy Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 I really like this look! Beautiful (as your stuff always is!) quilting on a beautiful quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisata. Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 wonderful job ! thanks for sharing the photo Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Linda, as always your quilting is wonderful. I really like your style of cross hatching , thank you for sharing and explaining how you did this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K. Szymaszek Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 The quilt is beautiful. I really like the straight line feature. I am such a slow quilter, it is nice to have quicker options that look so nice. Thanks for sharing, K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Pretty Quite Unusual. Rita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaC Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Super nice, Linda! It looks fabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 You are just so smart, Miss Linda. I really like this idea! Thanks you so much for sharing! Beautiful as always!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyT Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Love it! Thanks for sharing your ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Another great idea Linda. Keep them coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Great idea, it looks very nice! I found myself wondering lately if there was something else "new" that could be done to fill in behind embroidered or appliquéd quilts besides McT, meandering, or the all time - time consumer crosshatching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyquilter Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 It draws your eye to the embroidered designs, like it's pointing to them. Way cool!!! Beautiful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlnewell Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Beautiful, and I agree with Tyra...it draws your eye to the embroidered designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniemueller Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 That's a great design Linda. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue E. Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 I love how you did the crosshatching. It is perfect for the embroidery designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachside Quilter Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Wonderful quilting, Linda! You are always full of god ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Love what you did. So nice that you shared instructions. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Linda, this is soooo pretty. I like it a lot. Thank you for sharing how you did this, I think it might work on that TriChem quilt I forgot to bring to the last Moxie meeting. Mu customer doesn't like cross hatching, but I think she might like this. You are so talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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