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Posted by Edna Pearl on September 19, 2009, 3:35 pm
I thought I'd try my hand at making my own templates out of some plastic I
had lying around and an exacto knife. To quote the immortal words of
another quilter here in another context: "I'd rather rope goats." And the
result is awful.
It looks to me like the easiest way to mark fabric is to mark it before I
quilt it, using a light box (or, in my case, a glass table-top) to trace the
design on the fabric. (Unless, of course, I'm using store-bought templates,
which seem to work pretty well.)
What say you? (I apologize for re-covering ground that has doubtless been
covered a zillion times before, here.)
EP
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Posted by susan on September 19, 2009, 4:27 pm
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> I thought I'd try my hand at making my own templates out of some plastic =
I
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> had lying around and an exacto knife. =A0To quote the immortal words of
> another quilter here in another context: "I'd rather rope goats." =A0And =
the
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> result is awful.
> It looks to me like the easiest way to mark fabric is to mark it before I
> quilt it, using a light box (or, in my case, a glass table-top) to trace =
the
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> design on the fabric. =A0(Unless, of course, I'm using store-bought templ=
ates,
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> which seem to work pretty well.)
> What say you? =A0(I apologize for re-covering ground that has doubtless b=
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> covered a zillion times before, here.)
> EP
I like tracing with a light box, but I don't have the patience to mark
an entire quilt before I baste it. That, and I'm so bad at removing
marks that would last long enough for the entire quilt.
I tend to mark things little by little free hand. Chalk for machine
quilting, sometimes those red pencils or silver pencils you can buy
for quilts.
I have made some templates; just a few. They work okay, but I use
scissors to cut them; not a knife. I don't make a "stencil"; it's a
more solid shape.
Susan K
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Posted by J* on September 19, 2009, 5:02 pm
if we knew what designs you were aiming for might help with useful replys.
there is press and seal with a chalk pouncer.
cardboard, cut edges to the shape you want, then mark along that edge with
something that will wash out. do double check how to wash it out before you
use one whatever.
there are various coloured pencils for that job....blue, silver,
white...from various makers/designers,
some must be cold water rinsed out before any soap or heat is used...hot
water, iron, dryer.
just using paper with design cut out like you did for snowflakes as a kid
will work too.
it all depends on what design you fancy.
could be all ya need do is spend some time doodling the design to imprint it
on your brain, then start freemotion quilting it.
so what designs did ya have in mind?
"Edna Pearl" wrote ...
I thought I'd try my hand at making my own templates out of some plastic I
had lying around and an exacto knife. To quote the immortal words of
another quilter here in another context: "I'd rather rope goats." And the
result is awful.
It looks to me like the easiest way to mark fabric is to mark it before I
quilt it, using a light box (or, in my case, a glass table-top) to trace the
design on the fabric. (Unless, of course, I'm using store-bought templates,
which seem to work pretty well.)
What say you? (I apologize for re-covering ground that has doubtless been
covered a zillion times before, here.)
EP
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Posted by Edna Pearl on September 19, 2009, 5:14 pm
I'm not sure I know enough about quilting patterns and which ones I will
want to use to give you a meaningful answer, J*. Today, I was working on
two Amish motifs, a circular, feathered flower and a double figure eight. I
also have in mind to do some cables and, um, swirly circles for borders.
:-) And some block centers that I simply can't describe, other than to say
they are line drawings. Some of these I propose to do by hand, some with
SM.
I'm glad to hear two of you have already recommended a bit of freehand -- I
was thinking "why not?" but I have never read anyone who recommended it
until now.
EP
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> if we knew what designs you were aiming for might help with useful replys.
> there is press and seal with a chalk pouncer.
> cardboard, cut edges to the shape you want, then mark along that edge with
> something that will wash out. do double check how to wash it out before
> you
> use one whatever.
> there are various coloured pencils for that job....blue, silver,
> white...from various makers/designers,
> some must be cold water rinsed out before any soap or heat is used...hot
> water, iron, dryer.
> just using paper with design cut out like you did for snowflakes as a kid
> will work too.
> it all depends on what design you fancy.
> could be all ya need do is spend some time doodling the design to imprint
> it
> on your brain, then start freemotion quilting it.
> so what designs did ya have in mind?
> "Edna Pearl" wrote ...
> I thought I'd try my hand at making my own templates out of some plastic I
> had lying around and an exacto knife. To quote the immortal words of
> another quilter here in another context: "I'd rather rope goats." And the
> result is awful.
> It looks to me like the easiest way to mark fabric is to mark it before I
> quilt it, using a light box (or, in my case, a glass table-top) to trace
> the
> design on the fabric. (Unless, of course, I'm using store-bought
> templates,
> which seem to work pretty well.)
> What say you? (I apologize for re-covering ground that has doubtless been
> covered a zillion times before, here.)
> EP
>
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Posted by Patti on September 19, 2009, 5:31 pm
The more patterns you look at, EP, the more you become familiar with,
the better off you will be. Follow up sites given here; get books from
the library - you can't buy all you think you might need at first! look
at the quilting on all quilts you see - whether you like the quilt or
not. This will all help to get designs in your mind.
Find which few you like best and practice them It is fairly useless
trying to practice everything you see. Practice a few you like, get
them perfected (well, as near as!); then move on to learn a few more,
and so on.
It is also a great help to make up a little library of your own Free
motion quilting designs, so that you can refer to them - for when you
have practised so many you can't easily remember them all. That *will
happen. Six inch squares even, loosely sewn together with make a little
book - or even do a few on an A4 sized piece of fabric.
I never thought I would find quilting fun (I love designing and
piecing), but now I can honestly say that I do; both FM and with the
walking foot.
.
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>I'm not sure I know enough about quilting patterns and which ones I will
>want to use to give you a meaningful answer, J*. Today, I was working on
>two Amish motifs, a circular, feathered flower and a double figure eight. I
>also have in mind to do some cables and, um, swirly circles for borders.
>:-) And some block centers that I simply can't describe, other than to say
>they are line drawings. Some of these I propose to do by hand, some with
>SM.
>I'm glad to hear two of you have already recommended a bit of freehand -- I
>was thinking "why not?" but I have never read anyone who recommended it
>until now.
>EP
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill
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