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Re: Need advice for quilting kaleidoscope quilt! 19 Jun 2011 00:27 #66109

  • kathyst2
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Woohoo! You finished the top! Way to go
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When I made one I ended up quilting it heavily, because that's the way my quilting usually goes! I quilted different designs in the different sections. I think I might have ditch quilted between the wedges. My border was 60 degree triangles cut from the leftovers from the quilt, so I did a continuous line of rounded zigzags, changing direction in each triangle. The triangles were about 3 inches wide.
I did spirals, wavy lines, sharp zigzags, leaves, outlines of some of the motifs in the fabric. The corners had a large sunflower with trailing leaves. I didn't plan much except for the sunflower design. I was consistent at putting the same design in the same section around the quilt, though, if you get my drift. I used Bamboo batting, I think, so it's pretty drapey.

If you want, tomorrow I can post a couple of photos that show the quilting. It's too late for me to take any photos tonight but in the daylight I should be able to get some detail pics for you.

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Need advice for quilting kaleidoscope quilt! 18 Jun 2011 23:12 #66108

  • BethMI
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I just finished piecing a kaleidoscope wedding quilt and now have 3 weeks to machine quilt it at home on my home machine before the shower. You can see the quilt at /

But I have no ideas on a good quilting pattern for this particular quilt. (My imagination usually ends at the piecing.)

The backing is aqua / teal flannel.

Any suggestions? I generally don't like my quilts TOO heavily quilted because they seem too stiff, and I want this quilt to be USED.



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