Feel free to re-blog, pin or share with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt.I'm ripping out meander stitching on my first quilt (twin size). PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only. What about YOU? Do YOU love the look of meandering? Do YOU find it relaxing to stipple? Do YOU find it difficult to stitch? Do YOU think it enhances quilts? Have YOU ever “ruined” a quilt? Stay tuned tomorrow for easy alternatives I hope that I have convinced you to move beyond meandering. The quilt motif has nothing to do with the feel of the quilt–let’s save that for Open Line Friday! You know my answer–but what do YOU think? Would meandering have enhanced this quilt? The quilting on this is as easy (or easier) than meandering–and it enhances the quilt below. Next, imagine my Modern Log Cabin quilt with Stippling or Meandering… Allover stippling would have ruined this quilt by flattening the entire design. The wavy lines give the poppy dimension and enhance the appliquéd flower. The quilting on this is very simple. Any beginner could quilt this. Imagine The Poppy Quilt with s tippling or meandering all over it? The right motif can enhance the patchwork or appliqué below, and all over stippling rarely does the trick. Quilting should enhance the piecework or appliqué. Many of them are quite easy to learn with a little doodling. There are over 100 Step by Step tutorials provided FREE here. I am also against stitching allover Stippling or Meandering as a default motif-instead of learning a variety of stitches. Many beginner quilters have been frustrated by this “Beginner Motif”. I wrote about it –Why so Many of us Can’t Stipple or Meander HERE. There are no stopping points and no concrete steps to follow. Stippling is not necessarily an easy motif to learn. Many people (like me) find stippling very difficult. (My sister loves her quilt with all the personal notes added. What I am referring to is a visual preference and is completely subjective!īut as long as we are stitching… why not make our quilts beautiful and add personal touches to them. By that definition, meandering and stippling are perfectly functional and acceptable. The primary function of machine quilting is to combine the three quilt layers into one. To be honest, ruined is a very strong word. I am not the quilt police or an art critic… My only goal is to help YOU on YOUR way. YOU have chosen a motif you like and you are developing your quilt esthetic–and that is my goal as a quilt teacher. YOU are turning quilt tops into quilts and I applaud you! Some like how it looks, others like the soft textured feeling it can give a quilt and a few find it relaxing to stitch. I know many of you like stippling–a handful of people wrote in defense of stippling. Unless you are a bird or a fish, I can’t imagine worms are your favorite design?! Stippling is described as a wormlike design–REALLY? By mid-October, YOU should be a FEARLESS machine quilter–LOL (there’s no such thing as a fearless quilter–we just learn to move beyond.) For the next six weeks we will tackle the factors that lead to our overall FEAR of machine quilting. Last week, I outlined Six Ways to Ruin Your Quilt with Quilting.
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