It doesn't look like it is a good time for me to use my friends quilting machine to quilt the Gone to Texas quilt, so I have started doing the quilting on my own machine. I decided to quilt in the "Baptist Fan" design. I wasn't sure how to do it, but I found a long arm quilter on Youtube doing it, so that helped. She had some circle templates. I made some half circle templates out of cardboard.
I started marking the archs with a chalk marker, but that didn't show up very well. Then I remembered I had a hera marker, so I used that.
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| Here is the hera marker and the first template. |
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| I am marking the first line. |
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| I'm marking the second line. |
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| I mark 4 lines with the templates. |
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| Here you can see the indent left by the hera marker. |
After sewing the first 4 lines of the fan, I just "eyeball" the last line. I mark one fan at a time, quilt it, then mark another one. This is how it looks so far. I have done about 1/3 of the quilt and I hope I'll be able to finish it on my machine
Happy quilting!
That is a wonderful idea, Ruth--thanks for sharing it with us. :)
ReplyDeleteNecessity is the mother of invention, huh? That looks great. Your templates are something I would do. Using the Hera marker is great...no lines to worry about removing later!
ReplyDeleteYou go, girl!
That looks pretty. I like to hand quilt the fan design but have not machine quilted it. How do you handle all the stopping and starting or do you travel back over some stitching?
ReplyDeleteWell done and great pictures! I will have to try that.
ReplyDeleteLiri
Love the fan quilting - it looks great. Great way to use the hera marking tool
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures..looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn
The fans are looking fantastic and will be perfect for that quilt!!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of that hera marker...where would you find one? I think the quilt looks wonderful;) That template thing looks uber handy;)
ReplyDeleteHappy Quilting!!
Very nice job, Ruth. I am impressed. At the risk of sounding ill-informed, I have to admit that I don't know what a Hera marker is.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have the same questions Karen raised--do you do a lot of stop and start, or travel back over to create your fans? I am actually considering trying this pattern on a small quilt and I've had that question.
Again--your work is impressive!
Baptist Fan is my favorite quilting pattern, I never thought you could use it for machine quilting. Anxious to see the whole quilt.
ReplyDeleteI really like that idea for marking the lines. I tried doing that freehand once and failed miserably!
ReplyDeleteI am a new quilter. Just in the toddler stage. I have never heard of the hera marker and I have the same questions as Karen and Janet.
ReplyDeleteI love the work you do and I so happy I found your blog.
There's more proof of your creativity! It looks great, both the method and the quilting! I love that Baptist fan pattern too, and have used my hera in a few small projects. ---"Love"
ReplyDeleteThat looks great! I will have to remember that. Do you start in a corner with the first fan and work out from there? I can't wait to see your finished quilt, it looks so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThat looks great! I never thought to use a hera marker for quilting, but it seems to be working quite well. Those eyeballed fans look great, too. I never would have guessed ANY of them weren't done on a longarm with a template or program if you hadn't said so.
ReplyDeleteThe fans look so great. I like how you marked them. I will have to try that soon. The quilt is looking awesome.
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great too.
Love the baptist fan pattern.
Thank you for sharing - I think that pattern and technique might be something I can handle.
ReplyDeleteLillian @ lillianscupboard.wordpress.com
Great idea on the templates and the hera marker! I'll copy you on that one. I've looked and looked for the pattern for "Gone to Texas" and can't find it? It also looks like one block done in multiple color pattern. Is this correct? If so, I think I can draw it out. Love your colors, and have been enjoying your blog.
ReplyDeleteRuth - your quilting is looking GOOD! Keep it up and keep showing the rest of us, please. 8-))
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