tyquilter Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Here is my most recent quilt top finished. I recently purchased the swirls Circle Lord boards and was going to quilt this top using that design, but am second guessing that. There are a lot of open spaces to quilt. I would need to use a stencil as I'm not good at freehand feathers, etc. Any suggestions would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlnewell Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 That's a very pretty top! If it were mine, I would do CC's in all of the small squares, cursive letter l's pointing towards the squares. and feathers in the yellow. Can you do curls? Hooked feathers are a lot like curls. If you used matching thread, the bobbles wouldn't show near as much. I found the best way for me to improve a quilting skill is to just dive in and do it. There's also no shame in marking before stitching. Good luck! I look forward to seeing what you decide to quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luz2Quilt Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 The top is too pretty for an E2E, it deserves custom quilting. I'm a newbie so I wouldn't take my advice seriously, but it looks like Spring to me. I see FMQ blooms in the yellow negative space, and the chain in the white imitates lattice so I would do the CCs in the small squares, then do a FMQ flower in the center yellow squares elongated out to the white small squares (one large flower using the center of the yellow square out to the white squares). Then I get stuck with the rest. Can't wait to see what you do. Please share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyquilter Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 You talked me into doing custom on this quilt. . This quilt is for me so it is the perfect opportunity for me to practice and hopefully improve my skills. Thank you for the encouragement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 CC's and feathered triangles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Great top, Tyra! Have fun experimenting and you'll be so proud when you finish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepsi Girl Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Yellow is not normally a favorite color for me but it snowed again yesterday and your quilt looks sunny and spring like. Thanks I needed that. It very pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me..2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I am sorry I am new to longarm and do not know much. What is cc's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlnewell Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 https://www.flickr.com/photos/foreverdesigning/14683757402/ Here's a link....I hope it works to a quilt on which I quilted some cc's, otherwise known as continuous curves. Some folks free hand the arcs , but I like to use an appropriate sized circle template or curved ruler to get uniform curves. There are some online tutorials on how to do them so you can travel a lot without having to start and stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I like the idea of swirls on the quilt, because it's a bright cheery quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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