Melzee Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Good morning everyone. I received my first QOV to quilt. I know how I want to quilt everything except the border. The border is a 9 patch design all around the quilt. Would prefer to do free motion rather than ruler work. The body of the quilt is what I would consider light to medium denisty, so of course not looking to do any heavy quilting on the border. Throw some ideas at me please! (BTW I love feathers, but mine really need some work! LOL So those would probably NOT be an option) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabelongarm Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 I would suggest to CC (continuous curves) throught the 9P or just wiggly lines through the middle of each square to nail the border down. They go vertically and horizontally and give a different dimension to the border. Have fun! Joanne Flamand Artistic Quilt Design APQS Sales and Education www.artisticquiltdesign.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K. Szymaszek Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 My first thought was cc's also. K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.waits Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 If you don't want to do cc's, try tt's (Terry Twists). For me, tt's are easier to do because I'm not trying to make perfectly smooth arcs. A little variation from one block to another just adds to the charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamache Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 FYI. This may not work for this quilt, but for future QOV - Meadowlyn Designs has a pantograph they make available for free for people who are quilting QOV's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotch Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 If you don't want to do cc's, try tt's (Terry Twists). For me, tt's are easier to do because I'm not trying to make perfectly smooth arcs. A little variation from one block to another just adds to the charm. So I Googled Terry Twist and found Sally Terry, unfortunately I wasn't able to find a source for her products. Appears all links related to Sally Terry anything are no longer active. Any thoughts on how or where I can find her products? Apparently, Sally Terry's site was down when I initially looked for Terry Twists, but it appears to be up and running again. She's offering 15% off through June 8th. I'm just having a hard time justifying $78 worth of templates. How often do others use theirs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 You can always just quilt diagonal lines through the 9 patch border, in both directions. You will end up with a diagonal crosshatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 I like the panto allegiance for QOV quilts. It's really pretty and then I don't have to worry about a pattern. Go to you tube and search terry twist, someone should have it on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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