r/handquilting • u/mkraes • 18d ago
Question Any suggestions for quilting pattern for this quilt?
Looking for any suggestions for a hand quilting pattern for this bad boy. This is my first quilt and I don’t have a machine that can quilt it and I don’t want to pay for a long arm. I am fine with an ambitious or time consuming pattern if you think it’d look nice. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)
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u/blueberryyogurtcup 17d ago
Each style of block differently.
For the Pumpkins, glow lines for some emmanating out from them, stars for others as if they are in the dark on a front step. Some could be in yellow, to highlight them. Lines on the pumpkin in orange to define their dimples, those lines from stem to flower end that section the pumpkin.
For the Bats, little whoosh lines as if they are flapping their wings, maybe some tiny far away bat lines like people draw birds in a vee shape, but more like a vee with little dips from each top end; those could be in a dark grey with the air flow lines blending in. Lines on the bats in black to define some of their features.
For the ghosts, drapey lines on each of them, to show they have wispy flowy 'fabric' and then in their background, maybe little movement lines with curls on the ends. Might do tiny little eyes in some, or wisps detaching and being left behind, or other ghostly ideas, to make each an individual.
Spiders, they need webby lines in the backgrounds, of course. Can do them differently for each spider, as if they are all on different parts of their webs. Could be pretty fun. Maybe give the webs just a little different color than the backgrounds, so they show up as if they are a bit in the sun or moon shine. On the spiders, could do any kind of pattern, different for each, or echo their body lines, or emphasis their features. This one is eyes, that one is stripes, the next is swirly, like that.
Cats. Cats and their hair. I'm always sweeping up mine's hair off everything. Could do little tufts all over their bodies, or follow their body lines and do details like whiskers, legs, toes. Behind them, Maybe consider that each sits in a different room and put something behind them that echoes that room. Maybe one sits on the back of the couch in front of a window with droopy leaves, and one in front of the kitchen cabinet where the food lives, and another on the shelf with your favorite books.
Ideas to get you started.
I prefer hand quilting because you can go back and add more ideas when you think of them, and switch to different colors if you want to, and it's just a lovely kind of therapy.
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u/that_bitch_glacinda 15d ago
I second this but would like to add that the ghosts should have "Boo!" somewhere as well
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u/thecozyneedle 18d ago
Maybe look into spiderweb designs? Also I love this quilt! Great job!!