I started machine quilting the rings of my St. Patricks quilt and I was thinking I would quilt it the same as the
pink and green quilt but as I worked I finally had some fresh ideas, how could I have missed the obvious?!?? to quilt celtic knots in the background. I'm back to drawing the house with the X without lifting my pencil only this time its four loops and a ring. Now that I have drawn it out and marked which lines go over and which go under I have figured out that I can stitch in a continuous line but there will be some backtracking at the bridges. I taped the design to soft scribble paper and stitched through on the sewing machine so I can pin that pattern to the quilt and stitch then pick the paper. That seems to be the best plan so far. I'm going to continue working on the rings and think on it some more. Funny how solutions come when I'm doing something else. --Ann--
Great idea and what a perfect design for your quilt! Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteLove your St. Paddy's Day fabric! What a fun quilt.
ReplyDeletePerfect quilting design for this quilt! I've heard that it works well to draw the quilting design on Press-N-Seal plastic wrap because it will stick to the fabric and you can stitch right through it, then remove after. Just a thought...... I have plans to make this quilt in scrappy colors - hope mine turns out as good as yours!
ReplyDeleteI so admire your attention to details in your workwomanship. This is going to be another stunning quilt!
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