Quilting Ideas for 2 Fabric Applique Quilts
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Ideas & Inspirations
Click on each photo for
closer inspection.The
words "Quilt as desired" have brought an end to many a wonderful
quilt. You are stuck, and your quilt top is not getting
finished for lack of quilting ideas. We are here to help.
Below are several close-up photos showing how we have quilted
just a few of our 2 Fabric Applique Quilts. Take a
look, and then go finish your quilt!
It is with some fear and trepidation
that we share these photos. Remember, we are designers and
hand-appliquers, not machine-quilters. We know that nearly anyone
can machine quilt better than us. We share these photos with you,
not so you can inspect our quality of quilting, but to give you
ideas about how to quilt your quilts. There will be no
snickering or finger-pointing. Thank you for being gentle with us.
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Click on photos in this column to see,
and purchase, the patterns. |
We quilt in the ditch around all
the applique. This is a single row of stitching in the
background fabric, right next to the applique. |
Sailboat & Lighthouse |
Wavy horizontal lines give the feeling of clouds, wind and sky. |
Mimic the lines of the appliqued water in the quilting. |
Seahorse |
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The lines of the seaweed were extended into the frame and everything
else was filled up with bubbles - simple circles. |
Two Mums |
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Use lines from the applique pattern to create ghost images.
Mum blossoms have been quilted in this example. |
Frog |
Quilt more leaves and cattails in the background |
Texture the frog's skin with warts - little quilted circles. |
Peacock |
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Repeat the shapes of the peacock feathers in the background, and
overlap into the frame. Notice the shafts of the feathers,
too. |
Ginkgo |
Back view of the quilting for the quilt at left. |
Veins in the ginkgo leaves, plus more ginkgo leaves in the frame. |
The grid lines printed on the dark background fabric were used as
quilting lines, see right. |
Back view of the yellow quilt. |
Grapes |
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Masterfully hand-quilted for us by Noreen Havens. Notice the lattice
and graceful tendrils.
Quilted
with variegated, 28-weight, Aurifil cotton thread. |
Halloween |
Pumpkins quilted to make a full pumpkin patch. |
So many options for this quilt! Add spiders, more bats, and
ghosts coming out of the windows.
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Herd of Turtles |
Back of this quilt, showing how the frame was quilted. |
Here are those wavy, watery lines used again in the background. |
Bear Aloft |
Back of the quilt at right.
Go wild inside the balloons. |
Use the grid on the printed fabric to quilt a grid, then add swirls
in the frame. |
This is the back of the quilt at left. |
Click on this photo for a better view of the whole quilt. |
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Check back, we will be adding more
examples! |
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Bird of Paradise |
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Echo quilting is a good choice almost anytime; especially when you
are stuck, and cannot come up with any other ideas. |
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