smudges Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hi! I need some help I am working on a customers quilt, it is an appliqued top with cars, trucks etc appliqued with satin stitched and then each block is surrounded with black fabric. The background and borders are flannel, the black is a dressmaking fabric, it feels like a wool blend. The back is also flannel (and very stretchy!). I have stitched in the ditch around the outside of each block and around all the applique, and will now stipple in the background around the applique. I was going to use a template to do narrow cables (like slippery when wet signs) in the sashing, but the sashing does not sit straight and varies in width from 1 3/4" to 2 1/2" so I won't be able to get it all lined up. Any suggestions for the sashing? I will bo doing cables in the borders. Thanks! Susan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hi Susan, Boy, what a cute quilt. But I can see why it is a challenge. I first thought of train tracks, the road sign shapes, but I would do some doodling on some strips of paper to lay them in the sashing strips to try them out. Or you could do a series of circles to mimick the wheels. But I would do the doodling thing first and try out a few ideas.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Perhaps a loopy meander in the black sashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Or maybe a loop leaf...all free hand...and if they don't match that's it even better, nature isn't perfect either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtreusch Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I see a curl on that black train (upper left in the picture). I would mimic it in the sashings. Debbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriVB Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I would consider a loopy meander--but make each loop a "wheel" and double back into it--think double bubble or cinnamon roll--you could do the sashing and then sneek into the blocks to do the meandering and make it continuous. I am not real good with the mouse--but you get the idea. Bonnie--I had to borrow your pic to draw mine on--thanks!! Just my thoughts when I saw the quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 How about doing a Terry Twist or something like that. I think swirls wouldn't look good too and you can adjust the size very easily. Or another idea would be to write words like Honk, Honk, beep beep, stop anything really that has to do with trains, trucks and cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianas Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 How about making the sashing look like the lines on the highway? Diana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyJane Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I think circular to mimic the wheels is a great plan - try and find a simple (!) way to do continuous circles along the sashing, touching the outside edges as you go! But it is a cute quilt and I am sure that whatever you decide on will be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimquilts Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I like Terri's double loopy vines, they look good with cars! It's a great looking quilt, I love the trucks and cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 what a cute quilt. whatever you decide, please post a picture. I like the wheel idea myself, but that's because I don't have to quit them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Any suggestions for the sashing? BLACK thread so you just see the texture and it won't detract from the trucks and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnHenry Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 The backing fabric here looks exactly like the backing fabric of the quilt I have on my frame this very minute, and the quilt is driving me crazy. I made the enormous mistake of using a matching thread on the bottom and then several different color threads on the top to match the many different colors. I extremely regret not having chosen to quilt the whole thing with the same thread top and bottom because I have to re-adjust the tension every time I change threads, which is 4 times on each row. The back does not look good. The backing is unwashed, and I don't know how much of my problem is because of this, but the thread sits on top instead of sinking in, and it's not all a tension problem. So I recommend using one thread top and bottom and not trying to match the backing . . . It is a practice quilt for a friend who said I could do what I wanted. The easy way would have been a one color panto, but I'm supposed to be practicing, so I am doing SID and echo SID using my new rulers (!) and I do need that practice. But it would be so much easier if I hadn't matched the bottom thread. I'm getting lots of practice frogging. That's not where I need my practice! And whenever I have the desire to just "let it go", I am reminded of what Shana said, "You are only as good as your last quilt." Maybe I should frog the whole thing and start all over. I vote circles for wheels in the sashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I saw a neat panto with trucks on it and I think they are on track. It is really cute and would look neat in black thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smorris Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hi Susan I probably wouldn't do anything in those sashings. This is really a personal opinion, but I think that cute quilt has enough to look at so you could get away with as little quilting as possible. Best wishes Su Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyonden Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 How about 2 wavy lines side by side mimicking car tracks slipping along on the road. I would use the black thread like Linda suggested. Anything else would take away from the rest of that cute quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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