Decisions and Research

I have never (that I can think of) had to quilt a completely appliquéd quilt. This required me to delve into our wonderful world of technology again to find out the ins and outs and dos and don'ts of how to quilt an appliquéd quilt. Do I just breeze over the appliqués with DW? Do I go around everything only? What happens when I mix and match stitching lines and techniques?

Here's our subject:

No Guilt Quilt

I found out there are no hard and fast rules. I want to emphasize some of the pieces' textures and add to what seems like kind of a flat look about this quilt. I don't think this is going to be one to throw on the frame and get it done in one day. I plan on doing some thread changes and mixture of quilting techniques in each section to give it some dimension and added visual appeal.

But, because of my impending family reunion and visits from my dad, my son and daughter-in-law, a baby shower, and a shopping trip for said family reunion that takes half the day (we feed 80 people for two breakfasts and that's a lot of shopping), I probably won't be able to work on this quilt much over the next week. Arg! I have so many ideas and now this is going to be floating around in my head for the next week.

Maybe while the kids are here, I'll get a little quilting time in. They like to watch me play with DW and time may permit me to get into my studio during their visit.

Oh, I have the binding sewn onto the front of Amish Stars. I decided to hand bind that particular quilt because of its nearly heirloom qualities, so at least I'll have some hand work to work on while everybody is here visiting over the next week.