Marsha's Log: Quilt Guild Challenge
@marsha32 (6631)
United States
April 2, 2017 1:23pm CST
This challenge is due at our quilt guild meeting on the 24th.
I have it all put together and pinned, but now I am at a total loss on how I want to quilt it.
I don't do well with machine quilting. I can't even decided just how I would quilt it by machine anyway.
I am thinking of hand quilting, but just around each of the flower stars and then a circle in the middle of each one and a circle in the center.
I just don't know!! I wish I could just tie it, but I'm afraid that will make it look tacky.
For those of you that quilt, what would you do?
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Apr 17
I think you are right, tying it would somehow cheapen the look. With all the straight lines it's one I would consider machine quilting with a walking foot....or because it is small an all over meander, with a darning foot.
Machine quilting is something I'm self teaching. The free motion is something I've not been happy with when I try something large, but I've had success with wall hangings and placemats.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
4 Apr 17
I think I commented on one of your other posts that I have yet to try free motion. I did buy a darning foot for the machine that I also have the walking foot for.
I am still so undecided on what to do.
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
5 Apr 17
@Morleyhunt I found out that my neighbor is now taking the classes at the senior center. I had mentioned to her once that I had been at a quilt retreat for the weekend and she told me how she really wanted to learn to quilt, but first she even needed to know how to sew. I talked to her yesterday and she said she is having a lot of fun learning.
I have another 5 years before I can take part in anything at the senior center.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Apr 17
@marsha32 I actually spent the afternoon teaching a newbie some quilting basics. She has been paying for lessons for two years and has really not had much in the way of instruction. Maybe I should start giving lessons.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
4 Apr 17
I see that a couple of our mylot quilters hadn't seen this yet, so I'm going to call them for you. That would be @MorleyHunt and her sister, Joanne, @Platespinner.
I've made two quilts but neither one was done with a quilting stitch. Both of them were done at least thirty years ago and I've not looked in a quilting book since, so I've no idea either. I hope they give you some ideas. Good Luck.
I do like the colors you chose for your flowers, though. I didn't realize they were flowers until you or someone said. I'd have called them pinwheels.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
9 Apr 17
@marsha32 Are you going to show us your finished project with whatever you decided to use for the quilting stitch? Even if you were to add an image here on a reply if you don't want to use it in a future post. Or maybe you already did that and I missed it?
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Apr 17
I probably would have found this, but your tag brought me here earlier.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
3 Apr 17
I like the idea of quilting around each of the flower motifs and the circle in the middle as you have pinned. I had not thought of quilting a small circle in the center, though.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
3 Apr 17
The only reason I want to do that is because it's so thick there with all the pieces coming together that it's bulky.
Mennonite Relief sale starts Friday at 4 pm. I am very anxious to get to that quilting corner booth!!
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
4 Apr 17
@shaggin The certain way for the challenge was to use the orange and green that were in the kit. We could add any other colors we wanted but it was a MUST for black and white to also be part of it. The other instruction is that it has to be a star pattern. They encouraged paper piecing, which is what I did.
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
3 Apr 17
Maybe some stripes of contrasting colors in between.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
4 Apr 17
@celticeagle I actually won this thread at one of the shops on the quilt shop hop and it doesn't have green LOL
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
3 Apr 17
@marsha32 ..... Good choice but.No green?
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