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Posted by Carole-Retired and Loving It on July 24, 2006, 8:32 pm
Not too long ago I got a cat wall hanging pattern from Donna from this
group, who was clearing out some of her excess patterns. (THANKS
AGAIN!) It's a cat sitting sort of wrapped around a sewing machine.
I've been working on it this week. The cat/machine part is all
appliqued, and then there is a frame and a border of pinwheel blocks.
I've got the appliqued panel finished and am working on the pinwheel
blocks. The instructions say "quilt as desired." I have absolutely
no idea how to quilt the appliqued part. The panel is 22 1/2" X 22
1/2" and so the cat and the sewing machine are quite large and they
definitely need quilting on them, but I don't have a clue as to what
to do. The background is a patterned dark teal, the cat is light
gray, and the machine is a speckled tan.
Do I quilt an overall design over the whole thing using one color or a
nylon thread, or should I do different stitching on each piece, like
"fur lines" on the cat, a grid on the machine, and a random stipple on
the background? I honestly don't know what to do!
HELP!!! :)
Carole in Northwest GA - Retired and loving it!
Homepage - http://home.alltel.net/caroledoyle/
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Posted by Patti on July 25, 2006, 3:02 am
I would definitely use different patterns on the three distinct
sections, Carole. Cat fur lines are not too difficult - I have had a go
at that! Background stipple is fine, as it will make the appliqué
section stand out. I'm not sure about the machine?
It will look lovely, I'm sure.
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>Not too long ago I got a cat wall hanging pattern from Donna from this
>group, who was clearing out some of her excess patterns. (THANKS
>AGAIN!) It's a cat sitting sort of wrapped around a sewing machine.
>I've been working on it this week. The cat/machine part is all
>appliqued, and then there is a frame and a border of pinwheel blocks.
>I've got the appliqued panel finished and am working on the pinwheel
>blocks. The instructions say "quilt as desired." I have absolutely
>no idea how to quilt the appliqued part. The panel is 22 1/2" X 22
>1/2" and so the cat and the sewing machine are quite large and they
>definitely need quilting on them, but I don't have a clue as to what
>to do. The background is a patterned dark teal, the cat is light
>gray, and the machine is a speckled tan.
>Do I quilt an overall design over the whole thing using one color or a
>nylon thread, or should I do different stitching on each piece, like
>"fur lines" on the cat, a grid on the machine, and a random stipple on
>the background? I honestly don't know what to do!
>HELP!!! :)
>Carole in Northwest GA - Retired and loving it!
>Homepage - http://home.alltel.net/caroledoyle/
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by Debra on July 25, 2006, 3:05 am
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:32:04 -0400, Carole-Retired and Loving It
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>Not too long ago I got a cat wall hanging pattern from Donna from this
>group, who was clearing out some of her excess patterns. (THANKS
>AGAIN!) It's a cat sitting sort of wrapped around a sewing machine.
>I've been working on it this week. The cat/machine part is all
>appliqued, and then there is a frame and a border of pinwheel blocks.
>I've got the appliqued panel finished and am working on the pinwheel
>blocks. The instructions say "quilt as desired." I have absolutely
>no idea how to quilt the appliqued part. The panel is 22 1/2" X 22
>1/2" and so the cat and the sewing machine are quite large and they
>definitely need quilting on them, but I don't have a clue as to what
>to do. The background is a patterned dark teal, the cat is light
>gray, and the machine is a speckled tan.
>Do I quilt an overall design over the whole thing using one color or a
>nylon thread, or should I do different stitching on each piece, like
>"fur lines" on the cat, a grid on the machine, and a random stipple on
>the background? I honestly don't know what to do!
>HELP!!! :)
>Carole in Northwest GA - Retired and loving it!
>Homepage - http://home.alltel.net/caroledoyle/
I wish I had a picture of the quilt in question. The cat quilting
depends so much on the type of cat applique. You might want to add
more definition to the cat's shape, or just do fur lines.
For the machine could you quilt a scrolling pattern like the old
fashioned black machines used to have? You could even use gold
colored thread to make it look like the same kind of decorative
scrollwork.
The background could be quilted with a small diamond grid, or you
could pick something from the print pattern to use as a quilting motif
and repeat it, or simply stipple it.
Debra in VA
See my quilts at
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere
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Posted by Carole-Retired and Loving It on July 25, 2006, 8:55 am
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>I wish I had a picture of the quilt in question. The cat quilting
>depends so much on the type of cat applique. You might want to add
>more definition to the cat's shape, or just do fur lines.
Here is a WebShots link to the wall hanging in process. The cat gets
buttons for eyes and embroidered features. The machine gets buttons
on the right as knobs and dials. Most of the pinwheels won't be pink
like these, but will be the background fabric in place of the pin. The
pink will be randomly placed just to add a punch.
http://community.webshots.com/album/552543942NjQqnO
I might be able to do a scrolling design on the machine, although the
shape of the machine is more modern than old. I'll have to ponder
that.
The background fabric does lend it self to following the pattern
design with a stipple-like effect. I think it's the cat itself that
is bothering me the most.
Carole in Northwest GA - Retired and loving it!
Homepage - http://home.alltel.net/caroledoyle/
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Posted by Cats on July 25, 2006, 9:22 am
I love it!! I love it!! I love it!! Every cat QI owner
should have one.
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Cheryl & the Cats
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Now in hibernation with a wake-up call for Spring!
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
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"Carole-Retired and Loving It"
: On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:05:26 GMT, Debra
: wrote:
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: >I wish I had a picture of the quilt in question. The cat
quilting
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: >depends so much on the type of cat applique. You might
want to add
show/hide quoted text
: >more definition to the cat's shape, or just do fur lines.
:
: Here is a WebShots link to the wall hanging in process.
The cat gets
: buttons for eyes and embroidered features. The machine
gets buttons
: on the right as knobs and dials. Most of the pinwheels
won't be pink
: like these, but will be the background fabric in place of
the pin. The
: pink will be randomly placed just to add a punch.
:
: http://community.webshots.com/album/552543942NjQqnO
:
: I might be able to do a scrolling design on the machine,
although the
: shape of the machine is more modern than old. I'll have
to ponder
: that.
:
: The background fabric does lend it self to following the
pattern
: design with a stipple-like effect. I think it's the cat
itself that
: is bothering me the most.
:
:
: Carole in Northwest GA - Retired and loving it!
: Homepage - http://home.alltel.net/caroledoyle/
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>group, who was clearing out some of her excess patterns. (THANKS
>AGAIN!) It's a cat sitting sort of wrapped around a sewing machine.
>I've been working on it this week. The cat/machine part is all
>appliqued, and then there is a frame and a border of pinwheel blocks.
>I've got the appliqued panel finished and am working on the pinwheel
>blocks. The instructions say "quilt as desired." I have absolutely
>no idea how to quilt the appliqued part. The panel is 22 1/2" X 22
>1/2" and so the cat and the sewing machine are quite large and they
>definitely need quilting on them, but I don't have a clue as to what
>to do. The background is a patterned dark teal, the cat is light
>gray, and the machine is a speckled tan.
>Do I quilt an overall design over the whole thing using one color or a
>nylon thread, or should I do different stitching on each piece, like
>"fur lines" on the cat, a grid on the machine, and a random stipple on
>the background? I honestly don't know what to do!
>HELP!!! :)
>Carole in Northwest GA - Retired and loving it!
>Homepage - http://home.alltel.net/caroledoyle/