Ongoing Quilt Projects, Continued from the "No Appreciation...." Thread

[DuckLady]

My Brother CS6600i has only 5.5". The PQ1500s has 9". I'd love to even have 11", but can't afford a machine like that. That is unless I can find one on Ebay like the 1500 for a bargain.

I stitch in the ditch quilted a queen size courthouse steps quilt on a Kenmore with a 6" throat. Not long after that I upgraded to a Brother with a 9 1/2" throat and am thinking of upgrading again to one with an 11.25" throat. Geeky techno stuff on the newest machines appeals to me, too

 

[21hens-incharge]

I am totally following along and learning a lot from you all.

Any thoughts about the quilt as you go quilts? I can see where adding the sashing could pose similar issues with small throat machines.

 

[jeria]

I am totally following along and learning a lot from you all.

Any thoughts about the quilt as you go quilts? I can see where adding the sashing could pose similar issues with small throat machines.

No experience with them. Discovered that concept after purchasing my long arm.

 

[jeria]

I know I haven't been on this thread long and you all don't know me but the quilting on a quilt is a passion of mine. A thought here. this inspired by my current bulging 3 more discs in my neck. If you have any neck, hand, arm , shoulder, back or arthritis issues it is really hard to maneuver a quilt through a domestic machine. Hoisting that fabric and batting around is simply dang hard work.

I bought my long arm in 2001 after a fairly severe cervical injury at work. actually paid for it with a work comp settlement. I have 3 fused cervical vertebrae's and nerve damage down both arms. I could not move fabric around to quilt it. Ended up quilting for others full time for 5 years, now only for friends..will go back to quilting for others or as I'd rather teaching quilting one of these days.

FyI you can even find used long arms out there for good prices. You do need room for them. When I was looking to buy my house in 2009 many that I looked at didn't have a good space to quilt-- it was a major criteria.

 

[User395221]

So, what sort of pattern would lend itself to the watercolor-ish fabrics?

http://www.almost-amish.com/categories/quilts/quilt-designs/giant-dahlia-design
What do you think about this one?

 

[speckledhen]

http://www.almost-amish.com/categories/quilts/quilt-designs/giant-dahlia-design
What do you think about this one?

I've always loved the look of it, but I think it has curved piecing, if I'm not mistaken. I don't usually do curved piecing, which is why I've never done a wedding ring quilt. What I like about the Giant Dahlia is that it is not a lot of repetitive block-making. It's one giant block, basically.

 

[User395221]

I've always loved the look of it, but I think it has curved piecing, if I'm not mistaken.

I don't know how it's pieced, I just looked at some designs and could see your new fabrics in that one. You get to see the fabric design, unlike some of the patchwork with small/er pieces. I think your fabric could look really nice set out like that. Ah well, lucky I don't have to figure it out

 

[speckledhen]

If you have any neck, hand, arm , shoulder, back or arthritis issues it is really hard to maneuver a quilt through a domestic machine. Hoisting that fabric and batting around is simply dang hard work.

Yes, you are exactly right about that. This is one reason I have not attempted to do a super large quilt on my machine. I know folks do it, but it is so hard on the body to drag that through and still have control with the needle. I have no room for a long arm machine in my house. I have two bedrooms. I took the 12x15 master bedroom for my craft room, but it still has the dresser and chest of drawers in it because the bedroom we put our bed is so tiny. So, other than the dreary, dark unheated basement, there is nowhere to put a machine of that size, even if I could afford one.

 

[speckledhen]

This is what I've been playing around with using the cut off corners from making the stars on my spring quilt. Pretty scrappy, eh? Had to make the half-squares with the green and purple together because the stars had only those colors paired with yellow, and had to cut the plain purple squares for the corners plus the few solid yellow squares, but I could not waste those cut off corners, being as large as they were. When you cut off the corners, you already had a green or purple triangle paired with yellow, so all I had to do was run a line of stitching and then square up all the new squares to the same exact size (2 3/4", so finished will be 2 1/4" each), which means it will be an 18" block. Not sure what the heck I'd do with it, but it's now something instead of just trash.

 

[21hens-incharge]

This is what I've been playing around with using the cut off corners from making the stars on my spring quilt. Pretty scrappy, eh? Had to make the half-squares with the green and purple together because the stars had only those colors paired with yellow, and had to cut the plain purple squares for the corners plus the few solid yellow squares, but I could not waste those cut off corners, being as large as they were. When you cut off the corners, you already had a green or purple triangle paired with yellow, so all I had to do was run a line of stitching and then square up all the new squares to the same exact size (2 3/4", so finished will be 2 1/4" each), which means it will be an 18" block. Not sure what the heck I'd do with it, but it's now something instead of just trash.
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Have you decided yet? I think its pretty.



This is the grouping I put together. Not sure on all the colors but its a start.
I also have several yards of plain black for the backing and maybe sashing. I am undecided if it should be black or white.
Just a starter quilt in a signature pattern.

I am way to cheap to buy all the charm packs and jelly rolls.