Monday, September 8, 2025

Do I Have Enough Pins?

 The pinned pile is getting bigger!

I have to admit it is a great feeling to 

have a nice bunch of layered quilts 

waiting for the needle. Now the 

challenge will be to choose quilting patterns

Continuous patterns make the process 

smoother so I will pull out my two

 favorite reference books to help

in the search. 


I like a vine pattern,

 but I have to be careful because 

they tend to take on a coffee bean shape

toward the end of the top!

A clamshell would be nice on the 

two filmstrip edged quilts and the 

back and forth of the form will keep the 

top moving. 



The thousand pyramids will get 

a diagonal pattern to emphasize the 

beautiful triangle piecing. 


The squares might get a diagonal grid 

for the center section and a stitch in the ditch 

square grid for the colorful border.



Spirals reminiscent of a nautilus shell would 

work on the Sea Glass quilt. I didn't 

realize I had so many options in mind!



The hopscotch & twin 8s & 10s re good for 

an all over design.




Yet another pinned string quilt is hanging on the rack.

There a few pieces left of this style quilt so I'll have to

Have a sewing night to finish it up.

This one might get a different style from the other two quilts.

I'm thinking the Great Big Sea or some gentle ocean waves.

I do love continuous line quilting.


The last on the pinned rack, 

is a row by row from a past sewing group.

It will just get some shadow quilting around

each item in the rows  done by the members. 

It should be a great memento.

Finally, here is a picture of the quilt rack right now.

It looks amazing and so tidy!





I can't wait to get into the quilting!

Stay safe and Sew on!

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9 comments:

  1. Just lovely work! #Seniorsalonpitstop

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    1. Thank you , it has been rewarding get some tops layered!

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  2. oh, those kind of pins. I had a whole bunch of those, but can't even tell you where they are now!e

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  3. You really have a lot of quilting to do, Deb! I look forward to seeing your progress on these! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings.

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  4. Deb that is a pretty display and it’ll be even prettier when you get the bindings on and they are ready to be re-homed. Thank you for sharing on To Do Tuesday 😁 Carol

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  5. You have some great ideas for the quilting on each. You'll have a lot of finishes once you get all those finished.

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  6. It's great when you can think of the quilting motif you want to use, because that's often where I get stuck and my momentum slows. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss. https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2025/09/10/wednesday-wait-loss-449

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  7. Ooooh, your quilt rack looks fabulous, so many lovely projects ready to be quilted! It's great that you have already chosen the quilting patterns, and they seem like the perfect choices. I'm not good with clamshell shapes, they often end up crooked ;) Thank you for sharing your quilting prep and linking up.

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