A blog about quilting and using the LEFT-EZE Rule - my HST/QST Ruler designed for LEFT-HANDED Quilters -
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Slowly -
But surely -
It all comes together - ;))
I was going to mark some quilting baselines using a blue marking pen -
But then realized that they would be hard to see on a quilt this large -
So I switched and used blue painter's tape to mark my baselines -
Knowing that I probably couldn't sew many AWESOME lined-up seams - LOL -
I opted instead to lay the tape out in sweeping gently curved lines -
Making sure to stay clear of the re-pinned UNSEWN part of the AWESOME seam -
Since I don't want to get ahead of myself -
And start quilting before I stitch it closed - LOL - ;))
I'll stitch to one side or the other of the tape -
And once the baselines are stitched -
I'll remove the tape and quilt one section at a time -
Echoing the baseline with lines about two inches apart -
Then I'll go back and stitch another line down the center of the echo lines -
That somehow sounds easier than trying to stitch a line every inch or so -
And I should be able to accommodate variations in the width of the sections -
The echo lines should stabilize it quite a bit -
So that I can remove the pins as I go along -
At least that's the plan - LOL - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
What a great idea! I'm just getting ready to quilt a very large quilt (I have just a simple home machine) and thinking about how to manage the volume and still do something interesting. This technique would work! Thanks for the idea.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly looks like you have a good plan in place. I am sure it will take some time to get it all quilted but it will be FINISHED!
ReplyDeleteYou are being quite adventurous! Hope it all lines up!
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