qltnbe Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Met up with some friends the other day and ended up taking a couple of my friend's quilts to quilt for her. She wanted me to take this one, but I am leary because i love this one and just don't know what to do with it. I told her to hang on to it for a little while until I came up with some ideas. These at 5" blocks that are paper-pieced. The quilt is probably a lap or throw size, but doing SID would require a ton of close stitching and I don't want to make this quilt "stiff". How would you quilt this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neher-in-law5 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Continuous curves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 You could try coming up with designs by making those blocks into 9 blocks or 4 blocks, so many possibilities! Beautiful quilt BTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamu Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I would do an all over design, maybe a panto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Perhaps use a circle template, circle board, or circle-making machine to drop a 5" circle with the center in the tiny free-standing contrasting squares. Your second photo has the perfect one--- the square with the tiny "X" would be the center of the circle and the edge of the circle would kiss the seams between each square. Circles/curves will be a nice contrast to the graphics of the tiny logs and not be dense at all. It would have a modern feel as well--gorgeous quilt with wonderful colors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anniam Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Me? I'd get overwhelmed, fold it nicely, put it away, and find it in a few years. Of course, I'm just being silly. I'm anxious to see what you do--it's a beautiful piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Another possibility is you could quilt this as you would a barn raising log cabin or even a trip around the world. What ever you decide, please post finished pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Hang it where you can look at it for a day or two. It is amazing how the quilt will "talk" to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizQ Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 I've done a Baptist Fan on one like this, it came out very nice. If it is in Black and White maybe do the quilting in a different color like yellow, pink or red. Post a pic when you get it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 I love this quilt, log cabin courthouse steps. The most effective way I quilted a similar quilt (IMHO) was circles like Linda's suggestion. Time consuming, lots of starts & stops but worth it. The quilting will complement the quilt top/piecing. Circle Lord sells gizmo to make circles, Linda Rech's website has topper tools, either way you will have to invest because circles are best done with tools like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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