I’m working toward getting two Christmas quilts done before Christmas. I keep telling myself that I can do it. I’ve got 14 days, right?!? That is a whole two weeks!
I’ve got my daughter’s quilt loaded on the long arm.
I was tempted to knock out the quilting last night, but I counseled myself to go to bed. I’ve always regretted quilting while tired.
Plus, I’m still not 100% decided on the quilting design to use. These stars have me wondering: do I go with an all over design or do something tailored to fit the stars?
Maybe all over swirls?
Decisions. Decisions.
How do you decide on a quilting design?
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Your swirls are lovely, they would work. You could swirl all over or swirl in the background and just echo the stars a bit or put stars in the stars? I usually decide on the quilting at some point in the piecing process and if I have not decided by then I am often stumped for a while. It looks like a beautiful quilt and two weeks is a very long time.
Plenty of time! The swirls do look good. But seeing the snowflake in the center of the block has me wondering if you have a snowflake pattern you could do…Good luck!
I was also going to suggest snowflakes. That is what is on my Christmas quilt and I love the design. Good luck! And yes plenty of time!
I forgot you had a long arm, loads of time! The best idea I ever saw was to use a sheet of perspex and a dry wipe marker to try out what a design will look like over the top
I think all over swirls would look amazing, or what if you left the stars unquilted and just echoed inside them?
If it were me I would only do an all over in the back ground to make those lovely stars really pop
I usually send my quilts out but choose something that either reflects the fabric designs or goes with the style of quilt. It is hard to decide.
Swirls sounds great for this. I like it when the swirls are in the white part only, makes the star pop in 3D. Personally, I have no darning foot so always quilt straight or shallow curves- very boring I know.
Perhaps, echo the outline of the star and then do the swirls around it. Love the fussy cut centers!
The swirls would look gorgeous on the outside of the stars. A snowflake in the center square with triangles echoing the inside of the points would look nice. I'm sure whatever you do will be fabulous!
That is the toughest decision there is for me! I never quite know what to quilt.
The swirls are so pretty – I think I'm going to use those for a Christmas quilt I'm about to load. It's hard to decide – sometimes I just want the dang thing quilted, which means I'll do an allover design just to get it done. Other times, I know I'm going to be happier with something more specific. Guess it just depends on who/what the quilt is for! Good luck!
I say swirls in the background and some of Angela Walters dot-to-dot quilting in the stars. That would look fabulous.
Love that fabric in the star motif! I'm a 1/4" type of quilter, would do swirls in the white if I had the skills! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Love the fabrics you have used for your stars and the quilted swirls would look fabulous!
Those stars are lovely. I also have a hard time deciding on designs when FMQ. I think the swirls are really great–can't wait to see what it finished!
Hmm decisions, decisions! I'd probably quilt something in the white backgrounds, and leave the stars I quilted so they pop out of the quilt.
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