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Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?
You could try using a zipper foot, Polly.
.. In message , Polly Esther writes That Hungry Caterpillar has far flung influence. I was putting one together when a neighbor who 'wasn't a bit interested in making *blankets* ' dropped in for a visit. She was so enchanted that now she's leading a group at a nearby church to make hug quilts. Meanwhile, back to my wondering . . . what are the tricks to get really close to an appliqué for in the ditch quilting. My attempts want to stall. Polly -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?
Polly Esther wrote:
Meanwhile, back to my wondering . . . what are the tricks to get really close to an appliqué for in the ditch quilting. My attempts want to stall. Polly Practice, practice, practice.... Julia in MN -- ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- |
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Hungry Caterpillar quilt (Was Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?)
Sherry wrote:
On Sep 10, 9:07�pm, Julia in MN jaccola-AT-chartermi- wrote: Polly Esther wrote: A machine quilting question. �Tell us how you echo. � I did some echo quilting on the Hungry Caterpillar quilts I made for my granddaughters. http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/HungryCaterpillar.JPG Unfortunately, the photo is just of the top, so it doesn't show any stitching. I love that quilt. That was my daugher's favorite book when she was 6. I've always wanted to make one for a grandchild (If I ever get one). I've seen the panel, but it was only 24" or so and didn't know what to do with it. I've never seen the other fabric that you used. Where did you find it? It's all part of the Hungry Caterpillar collection. I found it all at a nearby LQS. I did a quick check at Virginia Quilter, an online shop that I have used. It looks like they have most -- maybe all -- of them. http://www.virginiaquilter.com/ Julia in MN -- ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- |
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Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?
I've decided I don't really like it much, although I have seen some
pretty quilts done in echo lines. IMO though, it usually starts to look odd when you finally run out of space to keep going all the way around, or when one set of echoes starts to intersect with another. So I'd rather just outline a stand-out area and then fill in with feathers or stipples or paisleys or spirals or.... Roberta in D On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:04:41 -0500, "Polly Esther" wrote: A machine quilting question. Tell us how you echo. I 've tried (or seen) echoing just as close as you can manage to get with the SM foot. I've tried moving out 1/8" or 1/4" in a sort of shadow effect. I've tried barely following the edge of the vine or appliqué with just a loopy stipple. What technique do you use? Why? Easier, looks better, what? Just wondering. I don't think the preemie babies I stitch for will give a happy hoot but I always, always would like to do better. Polly |
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Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?
More practice?
Roberta in D On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:38:19 -0500, "Polly Esther" wrote: Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! yuck, gross and phooey. I want an easy answer. Polly "Leslie The Coward & The Furbabies in MO." wrote Dump the free-motion idea and use a walking foot! VBEG Twist, turn, stuff the quilt under the arm, twist, turn, stuff, twist, turn, stuff..... "Polly Esther" That Hungry Caterpillar has far flung influence. I was putting one together when a neighbor who 'wasn't a bit interested in making *blankets* ' dropped in for a visit. She was so enchanted that now she's leading a group at a nearby church to make hug quilts. Meanwhile, back to my wondering . . . what are the tricks to get really close to an appliqué for in the ditch quilting. My attempts want to stall. Polly "Julia in MN" wrote in message ... Polly Esther wrote: A machine quilting question. Tell us how you echo. I 've tried (or seen) echoing just as close as you can manage to get with the SM foot. I've tried moving out 1/8" or 1/4" in a sort of shadow effect. I've tried barely following the edge of the vine or appliqué with just a loopy stipple. What technique do you use? Why? Easier, looks better, what? Just wondering. I don't think the preemie babies I stitch for will give a happy hoot but I always, always would like to do better. Polly I did some echo quilting on the Hungry Caterpillar quilts I made for my granddaughters. http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/HungryCaterpillar.JPG Unfortunately, the photo is just of the top, so it doesn't show any stitching. I stitched "in the ditch" around the leaf, caterpillar, & butterfly -- also along the vein in the leaf and several lines in the butterfly wings. Then I echoed with lines about 1/2" apart around each of the objects to fill the white space around them. I quilted the "gum ball" areas with large "pebbles" -- rather irregular ones, I must admit. Fortunately, the design of the fabric camouflages them somewhat. Julia in MN -- ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- |
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Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?
I do some echo quilting. Especially around appliqué.
Somewhere I read a trick to use for echo quilting to avoid a lot of starts and stops. Do a first round fairly close to the shape, starting in as inconspicuous place as possible. When you get back to that place gradually move out to the spacing you want for the next round, and just keep going. One continuous spiral type stitching. It works well, and with several rows of echo stitching it is difficult to find the "start" point. Frequently, I like to start with a row close in, about an eighth of an inch away, then move to about a quarter inch, sometimes staying there, but mostly getting a bit wider the farther out I go. Sometime this is just moving the needle position some. The widest I use is probably about a half inch spacing. G Pati, in Phx Polly Esther wrote: A machine quilting question. Tell us how you echo. I 've tried (or seen) echoing just as close as you can manage to get with the SM foot. I've tried moving out 1/8" or 1/4" in a sort of shadow effect. I've tried barely following the edge of the vine or appliqué with just a loopy stipple. What technique do you use? Why? Easier, looks better, what? Just wondering. I don't think the preemie babies I stitch for will give a happy hoot but I always, always would like to do better. Polly |
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Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?
I don't free motion when I echo quilt. I loosen the pressure foot
pressure, like you did for the appliqué back a bit, but more. Use the feeddogs and just go around the shape. Not something I would do on a large quilt, but doable. G A smaller quilt isn't really that bad to stuff and fluff under the arm as you go around the shape. If you have multiple shapes, the echoing will eventually merge into one large outline of the whole composite shape.... like ripples in water when you drop 2 or more things into the water a distance apart but almost at the same time. G Pati, in Phx Polly Esther wrote: Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! yuck, gross and phooey. I want an easy answer. Polly "Leslie The Coward & The Furbabies in MO." wrote Dump the free-motion idea and use a walking foot! VBEG Twist, turn, stuff the quilt under the arm, twist, turn, stuff, twist, turn, stuff..... "Polly Esther" That Hungry Caterpillar has far flung influence. I was putting one together when a neighbor who 'wasn't a bit interested in making *blankets* ' dropped in for a visit. She was so enchanted that now she's leading a group at a nearby church to make hug quilts. Meanwhile, back to my wondering . . . what are the tricks to get really close to an appliqué for in the ditch quilting. My attempts want to stall. Polly "Julia in MN" wrote in message ... Polly Esther wrote: A machine quilting question. Tell us how you echo. I 've tried (or seen) echoing just as close as you can manage to get with the SM foot. I've tried moving out 1/8" or 1/4" in a sort of shadow effect. I've tried barely following the edge of the vine or appliqué with just a loopy stipple. What technique do you use? Why? Easier, looks better, what? Just wondering. I don't think the preemie babies I stitch for will give a happy hoot but I always, always would like to do better. Polly I did some echo quilting on the Hungry Caterpillar quilts I made for my granddaughters. http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/HungryCaterpillar.JPG Unfortunately, the photo is just of the top, so it doesn't show any stitching. I stitched "in the ditch" around the leaf, caterpillar, & butterfly -- also along the vein in the leaf and several lines in the butterfly wings. Then I echoed with lines about 1/2" apart around each of the objects to fill the white space around them. I quilted the "gum ball" areas with large "pebbles" -- rather irregular ones, I must admit. Fortunately, the design of the fabric camouflages them somewhat. Julia in MN -- ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- |
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Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?
On a preemie quilt that would be easy!
Just don't try it on a king. I have long since learned that curves are good, curves are grand, curves should always move foward and not in circles when the quilt is massive. Round and round things on big quilts are easiest by hand. Unless you have a long arm I s'pose. NightMist On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:38:19 -0500, "Polly Esther" wrote: Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! yuck, gross and phooey. I want an easy answer. Polly "Leslie The Coward & The Furbabies in MO." wrote Dump the free-motion idea and use a walking foot! VBEG Twist, turn, stuff the quilt under the arm, twist, turn, stuff, twist, turn, stuff..... "Polly Esther" That Hungry Caterpillar has far flung influence. I was putting one together when a neighbor who 'wasn't a bit interested in making *blankets* ' dropped in for a visit. She was so enchanted that now she's leading a group at a nearby church to make hug quilts. Meanwhile, back to my wondering . . . what are the tricks to get really close to an appliqué for in the ditch quilting. My attempts want to stall. Polly "Julia in MN" wrote in message ... Polly Esther wrote: A machine quilting question. Tell us how you echo. I 've tried (or seen) echoing just as close as you can manage to get with the SM foot. I've tried moving out 1/8" or 1/4" in a sort of shadow effect. I've tried barely following the edge of the vine or appliqué with just a loopy stipple. What technique do you use? Why? Easier, looks better, what? Just wondering. I don't think the preemie babies I stitch for will give a happy hoot but I always, always would like to do better. Polly I did some echo quilting on the Hungry Caterpillar quilts I made for my granddaughters. http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/HungryCaterpillar.JPG Unfortunately, the photo is just of the top, so it doesn't show any stitching. I stitched "in the ditch" around the leaf, caterpillar, & butterfly -- also along the vein in the leaf and several lines in the butterfly wings. Then I echoed with lines about 1/2" apart around each of the objects to fill the white space around them. I quilted the "gum ball" areas with large "pebbles" -- rather irregular ones, I must admit. Fortunately, the design of the fabric camouflages them somewhat. Julia in MN -- ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?
NightMist, dear, is that a LONGarm or a long ARM? LOL
Leslie- feeling ornery & The Furbabies in MO.- where 'we' just shampoo'ed the carpet and I have a blister on my hand to prove it! I ran the machine and The HairyButts ran in circles..... "NightMist" wrote in message ... On a preemie quilt that would be easy! Just don't try it on a king. I have long since learned that curves are good, curves are grand, curves should always move foward and not in circles when the quilt is massive. Round and round things on big quilts are easiest by hand. Unless you have a long arm I s'pose. NightMist On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:38:19 -0500, "Polly Esther" wrote: Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! yuck, gross and phooey. I want an easy answer. Polly "Leslie The Coward & The Furbabies in MO." wrote Dump the free-motion idea and use a walking foot! VBEG Twist, turn, stuff the quilt under the arm, twist, turn, stuff, twist, turn, stuff..... "Polly Esther" That Hungry Caterpillar has far flung influence. I was putting one together when a neighbor who 'wasn't a bit interested in making *blankets* ' dropped in for a visit. She was so enchanted that now she's leading a group at a nearby church to make hug quilts. Meanwhile, back to my wondering . . . what are the tricks to get really close to an appliqué for in the ditch quilting. My attempts want to stall. Polly "Julia in MN" wrote in message ... Polly Esther wrote: A machine quilting question. Tell us how you echo. I 've tried (or seen) echoing just as close as you can manage to get with the SM foot. I've tried moving out 1/8" or 1/4" in a sort of shadow effect. I've tried barely following the edge of the vine or appliqué with just a loopy stipple. What technique do you use? Why? Easier, looks better, what? Just wondering. I don't think the preemie babies I stitch for will give a happy hoot but I always, always would like to do better. Polly I did some echo quilting on the Hungry Caterpillar quilts I made for my granddaughters. http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/HungryCaterpillar.JPG Unfortunately, the photo is just of the top, so it doesn't show any stitching. I stitched "in the ditch" around the leaf, caterpillar, & butterfly -- also along the vein in the leaf and several lines in the butterfly wings. Then I echoed with lines about 1/2" apart around each of the objects to fill the white space around them. I quilted the "gum ball" areas with large "pebbles" -- rather irregular ones, I must admit. Fortunately, the design of the fabric camouflages them somewhat. Julia in MN -- ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Do you ECHO Echo echoooooooo ?
I saw that too, Leslie, and considered telling our NightMist that my arms
are rather short. She just might come bop us on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper. Polly "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote NightMist, dear, is that a LONGarm or a long ARM? LOL Leslie- feeling ornery & The Furbabies in MO.- where 'we' just shampoo'ed the carpet and I have a blister on my hand to prove it! I ran the machine and The HairyButts ran in circles..... "NightMist" wrote On a preemie quilt that would be easy! Just don't try it on a king. I have long since learned that curves are good, curves are grand, curves should always move foward and not in circles when the quilt is massive. Round and round things on big quilts are easiest by hand. Unless you have a long arm I s'pose. |
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