happy dance: Celtic Knot Quilt

Yep, I have both of her books and have done a few pieces based on her designs. One was sold at a small quilt auction back in '96 or so, at the Glendale [CA] quilt show. Eastern looking fabrics, in shades of purple, contained in an 6-sided border. Called it "Everblooming Celtic Lotus"

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Do you have a pic online we can see?

Wow! That is beautiful and a lot of work! congratulations!

sorry, no. Somewhere I have one developed from a roll of film. I threw crystals and beads on the top when quilting it!

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Wonderful job! I made a Celtic Knot Quilt a couple of years ago, but just made a straight edge and machine quilted! Your quilt is stunning.....

That is a beautiful quilt, Susan.

Thanks Donna. It resides at my Godson's home, a gift for his parents.

Hi Susan, Coming late to this thread, I want to congratulate you on the very lovely Celtic Knot Quilt. I love how you 'indented' the edges to go along with the Garden Maze set. Adding the bit of knot appliqué to the back is also very effective.

Now, questions about the quilting. On the close up view, it looks to me that you did an allover cross hatch quilting on the blocks; it appears that you did not quilt over the black bias motif. So, did you just run your quilting thread inside the sandwich to go under the motif? Also, how did you mark the quilting lines?

Thanks bunches. PAT, doing a lively River Dance in Virginia

Susan k

Yes, I ran them through the sandwich to skip the bias.

I have trouble with accurate grids, so I tend to work middle out and skip every other line.

First, I stick pins with big heads along the edge of the block where the grids lines should end. I'm really careful to get them all spaced out just right. No matter what the *actual* length of the block side is, it gets the same number of pins, evenly spaced. Those pins stay in till their line is quilted. Then I mark single diagonal with chalk; from about the middle of the edge. I'd follow that "square" of quilting around till I met the start, marking each side of the diagonal with chalk as I go. Then I'd skip a line and do it again. That way, if the block wasn't accurate or my diagonal drifted, it wasn't so obvious. When I go back and fill in the alternate lines I make sure I stay in the center between the already quilted lines to each side.

I quilt with a pedestal hoop that can spin around, and I use a thimble on both my long finger and my thumb. The thumb lets you quilt comfortably going away from your body, which is really tough with the traditional finger.

Hope that helps. I'm a self taught quilter, so some of my methods are kinda wonky.

Susan k

Susan: Wow, you have a unique and very clever way to mark your lines. I will file this and try it sometime. I also have a pedestal/spinning hoop.

Thanks for taking the time to explain this. Pat in VA/USA

I have trouble with accurate grids, so I tend to work middle out and skip every other line.

First, I stick pins with big heads along the edge of the block where the grids lines should end. I'm really careful to get them all spaced out just right. No matter what the *actual* length of the block side is, it gets the same number of pins, evenly spaced. Those pins stay in till their line is quilted. Then I mark single diagonal with chalk; from about the middle of the edge. I'd follow that "square" of quilting around till I met the start, marking each side of the diagonal with chalk as I go. Then I'd skip a line and do it again. That way, if the block wasn't accurate or my diagonal drifted, it wasn't so obvious. When I go back and fill in the alternate lines I make sure I stay in the center between the already quilted lines to each side.

I quilt with a pedestal hoop that can spin around, and I use a thimble on both my long finger and my thumb. The thumb lets you quilt comfortably going away from your body, which is really tough with the traditional finger.

Hope that helps. I'm a self taught quilter, so some of my methods are kinda wonky.

Susan k