Meander quilting with a loop free#

I used three thread colors in Cover Girl orange, pink and green. I started describing some of what I was looking for, mainly quilting that could be done with a walking foot, and they started throwing back ideas at me. Everything on Cover Girl came out of a conversation with me and two friends. Does anyone else have this happen I have adjusted the tension, changed needles, thread, nothing seems to help. Loops and arches effortlessly appear more complex when double needle free-motion quilting is used to create them. Main - Loops on the bottom when meandering - I have a Janome 6500 and a Brother 1500, both leave a loop in the curves when I meander. Quilting is not a race, and using an even, medium speed will help to prevent thread breakage. In my opinion, the best way to figure out what I desire is to start chatting it up with friends. Whenever you are free-motion quilting, aiming for a smooth, even rhythm will produce a more attractive result. (and this is me talking, other quilters will have their quilts finished by long-armers and enter them into shows and that is okay, just not my style.) I took a good look at her and decided I want to enter her into Quilt Shows. I hadn’t put much thought or research into what the design would be, but I was sure about having Penny quilt them. Initially these quilts were going to be sent off to Alloway Quilting and have an edge to edge quilting motif. Cover Girl, which has the green background, and Sew Good, which has the pink background. So, let’s have a frank discussion about the Intentionally Wonky quilts I just made. In my quilting I certainly don't worry too much about rules and strict definitions, and I'm perfectly happy to go around annoying serious quilters saying things like 'loopy meandering', but I don't want to lead you astray. Apparently I don't get to redefine words arbitrarily as the mood strikes me.That’s the part of the pattern where I get stuck. But it's true, only some of them meet the definition of 'meandering'. All the designs in this post proceed in a meandering fashion, and so they are filed in the same place in my head. Just wanted to clarify this for your followers. Barb brings up a good point. Nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't meet the definition of meandering. Stitching is.regulated in order to have equally-distanced, non-crossing (and non-touching) stitching overall.' Many of the examples you posted today are beautiful filler designs for quilting but are not technically meandering since the lines cross each other. To be precise, '.stippling and meandering are the same thing, but meandering is on a larger scale and stippling is very concentrated stitching. The largest quilt I quilted on it was a 60 x 80 quilt, with switchbacks and loopy meander.

Meander quilting with a loop free#

Oh, and I'd suggest working from the inner edge toward the outer edge, to decrease the potential for puckers.įinally, I would be remiss if I didn't let you know what BarbH had to say about the post on meandering designs. My little 100 sale machine and its 4 x 5 throat space (if I’m being generous in measurements) got me started with free motion quilting, and my can-do stubbornness carried me through several large quilts. I try to swing out in arcs occasionally to leave pockets to come back and fill in, though that is easier to practice in larger spaces than we have on this little quilt. I try to work in a way that is not straight up and down or side to side. I always get myself into trouble by continuing to stitch beyond that moment of “oh no! too fast!”Proceeding with your stitching in a way that doesn’t look repetitive can be a challenge. You should try and have an idea where you’re going next and if you suddenly don’t know where you’re going, stop stitching and reassess the situation. Too fast and you’ll feel like you’re riding a wild horse. Too slow and your curves will look jerky. My advice about meandering is to go at a medium to fast speed.