Monday, April 23, 2012

Echo Quilting By Hand

Seldom, if ever, do I purchase a complete "quilt kit" where all the fabric is offered with the pattern and instructions. However, this design by Lori Smith appealed to me, one of her Fit to Frame series. The fabrics in the package were charming, especially the background printed with subtle handwriting, which, although you can read some of the words, they don't really make sentences. It made a nice small project, handy for traveling. Oh, and there are birds, of course!

On a road trip to Florida, I decided to hand quilt this little project. I've always wanted to try echo quilting, so I used a snippet of 1/4-inch tape on my thumbnail to 'guesstimate' distances -- a trick shared by Virginia Siciliano. It was a lot of fun! I would do this style of hand quilting again.


However, in the end, as I prepared to trim the edges for binding, it suddenly occurred to me that all that precious little handwriting in the background fabric disappeared! Oh, I suppose I could take all that quilting out and start over -- NOT.

Lesson learned.... and now, lesson shared.

8 comments:

  1. Lovely work..........you must do it again. I echo quilt often on my quilts and just eyeball
    the echos, especially on primitive pieces. I love what you did.

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    1. Susie, thank you. About how far away do you stitch each line when you eyeball the echos?

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  2. Barbara - it is beautiful ! I love Lori Smith too ! My first wool applique was Lori Smith Folk Art Melody -- now I'm hooked.

    Thanks for sharing -- makes me want to call her up and order !

    Karen

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  3. Looks great. I too love echo quilting when I hand quilt. It so effective and no marking!

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    1. Heather, thanks! How far apart do you space your echo quilting?

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  4. Beautiful project. Lori is wonderful - she's a MN girl I so admire her quilting journey.
    Love your fabric choices and the echo quilting is beautiful!!
    Thank you for sharing!

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  5. Don't take it out. It is still very pretty even though you can not see the fabric so much.

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  6. You did a beautiful job on this little quilt! Please share it again after you get the binding on. It's stunning!

    Caron at http://celebratehandquilting.blogspot.com

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