Danil54grl
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Thank you. I've only machine stitched my quilts. My hand stitch is not so nice. . .
Mine isn’t great either, but I enjoy it so if it isn’t perfect...oh well!Thank you. I've only machine stitched my quilts. My hand stitch is not so nice. . .
You should post a pic of something . I love seeing other people's projects and designs of quilts. I'm working on the next grand baby quilt due in Oct but had to put it aside for now to work on pork . . . Hoping next week after helping son 1 move I can get back to it.
Love the colors and design together! Gives a log cabin feel especially with the bear claws in the blocks.
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Thanks. Did 2 like that, one for my sister and one for me.Love the colors and design together! Gives a log cabin feel especially with the bear claws in the blocks.
My attempts at machine quilting...well, not so good!It is a lot of work to do and hours spent. . . Even when doing on a machine so I can so appreciate the time and effort spent hand stitching it all. . . Whew it would take me forever. It's time I don't have right now I know with everything else. I do really like your design and may have to borrow that one for future reference. It always amazed me how different blocks look when put together. Just beautiful!!
For a frame, I like a simple PVC frame you can make yourself from plumbing parts, with split pipes (4) to hold your work in place. I bought mine from a sewing store, but really the only difficult part would be splitting the 4 clamping pieces. I am self taught, so I really don’t know enough to give advice as to the best technique for the quilting, but I put the center of my quilt in my frame and work outwards. Sometimes I baste the quilt, but safety pins seem to be just as good or better than basting. Then I quilt “down the ditch” for each piece, going all the way through to the back because I like the pattern that creates. I like the stitching to relate to the top pieces.I have been considering to try my hand at the hand quilting, but I really need to get some kind of frame first. I do know that I would still machine stitch the quilt top first though, but I like the swirl designs that people use when quilting the tops and think hand stitching would look a little more uniformed than doing it on the machine.
I have a pattern that uses reverse templates (if that is the right term, you sew the pieces to a pattern) which is all new to me, scared, but I have to try, wish me luck!I'm self taught too. . . . Kinda guessed as I went along, but I'm getting braver and branching out a little more with each one I've done now. I'm now on number 5. . . don't think I can branch out too much further but hoping my technique does improve. I found a nice short cut to making the flying geese and half blocks which is making the sewing/cutting go a lot faster which is nice.
Very pretty! Our techniques are so different, I work from the center out, then trim and close last...I am always afraid that I will end up with lumps or pulls! Kudos to you, it will be wonderful.View attachment 8877 View attachment 8878 View attachment 8879 This is the newest granddaughter quilt. At this point the front and back had not been sewn together but are now. I just need to do a little hand stitching to close and then machine see around the boarder. It's hard to get a good picture since the colors are subtle and it doesn't seem to want to focus but it is done with pink & blue stars and gray.
Better than watching the boob tube. I have been weaning myself off technology, you know TV and Fb, So I have found myself more content. I have been reading and I am a rug hooker. I have lots of fabric for a quilt and will someday start on one, but I am looking for a good quilt frame at some point. I like to do so many things it is hard to stick with a long term project.My friend who recently passed had a quilting frame that hung from the ceiling. When her mom and I were sitting around the table talking she said that she had wanted me to get it cause she knew it would be used. I'm not holding my breathe. Her family has been thru so much right now with her passing, Harvey and sons home was flooded, they now have the two grandkids at their home. Seems like it just been one heartache after another for them. I already have a request for another one, but it will be for a baby blanket, so much smaller. I have learned to enjoy do them. Kinda relaxing.
I like a pvc pipe frame the best! I bought mine, but I would think you could make it for cheap yourself. Let me know if you want pictures. Simple, and very functionalBetter than watching the boob tube. I have been weaning myself off technology, you know TV and Fb, So I have found myself more content. I have been reading and I am a rug hooker. I have lots of fabric for a quilt and will someday start on one, but I am looking for a good quilt frame at some point. I like to do so many things it is hard to stick with a long term project.
I need to get some more!Sewing needles are a good barter item. I remember reading a story about a woman crossing the Mason Dixon going south, being stopped by soldiers and finding she had hundreds of needles pinned to her hoop.
Yeah, I'm really not a tv watcher and I rarely go on fb. Just when I get a notice that one of the kids added a photo which means it's probably one of the granddaughters. Then I go on to see that 1 posting. I honestly don't have enough time in my day to care about if someone went to McDonald's to go eat lunch. TV I will have on while I am cleaning or sewing. . . I have to be doing something though. Can't just sit to watch.Better than watching the boob tube. I have been weaning myself off technology, you know TV and Fb, So I have found myself more content. I have been reading and I am a rug hooker. I have lots of fabric for a quilt and will someday start on one, but I am looking for a good quilt frame at some point. I like to do so many things it is hard to stick with a long term project.
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