How to quilt this

Afraid I don't have any answers -- but I do have another question.

Does anyone know the name of the line/manufacturer/design of the red border fabric? I need more of that in a blue... but for the life of me can't remember what it is! It's old... I know it won't be easy to find. But if I knew the name -- it might help!

Thanks

Kate,

Hanne in London

I noticed that the quilt pictured has the cross hatch stitching right through the green, folded border. Seems like a shame to stitch it down after going to the trouble of inserting it that way. Could you do some parallel rows of stitching in the border.....scallops, curves, even angles (vvvvvvv), or a series of straight lines?

Hanne-

This is not a project where the quilting is the main star. I'd say quilt in the ditch with enough stitching to secure the layers and then no more. Quilt the central area in the ditch - which will produce a cross-hatch type quilting- and then in the borders along side the little flap thingy. That should be sufficient to hold the layers and let the fun little pockets be the star of the wallhanging.

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO. where it's brrrrr chilly and very windy... I HATE cold weather and winter!!!

Huh, I hadn't blown the picture up until now, but you are right, she quilted right across it.

I think I'll just do the STID on the inner and then do whatever in the border.

I pressed the insert towards the top, which may have been wrong, but I'm not changing it now, and it looks fine to me.

Hanne in London

Absolutely, this is not about fancy quilting!

I think I'll, do something like what you suggest. The pockets are definitely fun. I couldn't find any number buttons, so I've used satin stitch to draw numbers on the flaps - I decided that whatever is in the pocket might obscure the number if I put it on the background. One can always hope for such large surprises :-)

Thanks, Hanne > Hanne-

I think the reason for inserting it that way is to make it simpler, narrow borders are not easy and any variation is much more noticeable. It also saves time to do it this way.

I think with these kind of folded trims you have to press the seam allowance whichever way leaves the trim fabric flat. I think this trim has it's fold outwards, so that would mean inwards. Whichever, it should leave 3 layers on oneside and 5 on the other, which if the 5 are on the inside could place a lot of bulk at the points, but using a walking foot, going slowly and reducing the foot pressure should yield some reasonable results.

Anne

I pressed it so that the trim has the fold facing to the middle - there is a lot of bulk (6 layers, I think) in the inner top where the pocket block meet the stripy triangles. I could not bring myself to try to press this over on itself, so the seam allowance of the trim + border is pressed towards the border.

Hanne in London