Finally Finished!
The NASCAR quilt is finished (I guess I really should call it the Earnhardt
quilt, but I've called it NASCAR for so long, it'd be hard to change now). I put the binding on last week -- finished Monday night, but then we went on a short trip and I just got around to taking the pictures tonight. That's one present down -- now to do the rest of my shopping! -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa |
Louise, while the joy and pain of your Earnhardt quilt are fresh in your
mind, could you bear to give me your "I wish I'ds" and "I wish I hadn't" whatevers? For sure, my DH would really enjoy one while he's resting his eyes (not the same thing as napping in his recliner). Before I begin, do you have any suggestions? Polly "Louise" wrote in message news:UkOsd.448291$wV.155778@attbi_s54... The NASCAR quilt is finished (I guess I really should call it the Earnhardt quilt, but I've called it NASCAR for so long, it'd be hard to change now). I put the binding on last week -- finished Monday night, but then we went on a short trip and I just got around to taking the pictures tonight. That's one present down -- now to do the rest of my shopping! -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa |
I wish I hadn't found a tear in the white material in one of my star blocks!
But thanks to everyone's help here, I ended up cutting numbers from my remaining fabric and appliquéing them in a couple of places to look like they might actually belong! If I were to do it over again, I might have used four different "traditional" quilt blocks rather than just two repeated at the top and bottom. Or, I might have used smaller blocks (I think mine are 12" and 15"). And I wish I'd have used a different backing. Mine was a tone-on-tone black, and since I used white quilting thread, it really is obvious that my stitches on the back aren't as even and nice as what's on the front! I really can't think of anything else I wish I'd have done different, but there were two things I really enjoyed about this one. First, the math. The large panels were not perfect squares and were kind of unusual sizes (something like 19.43" x 18.92"), and it was fun to figure out what sizes of blocks, alternating fabrics, etc., I needed to make this all come together. Second, I loved working with the variety of fabrics even though it was a limited color palette. The only fabric that was used consistently throughout was the white. I used something like 10 different red fabrics and 18 to 20 blacks and grays. It would have worked to use only one of each, but I think it would have been really boring! I'll think about it some more overnight, and if I think of any helpful hints or other "I wish"s, I'll let you know. -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... Louise, while the joy and pain of your Earnhardt quilt are fresh in your mind, could you bear to give me your "I wish I'ds" and "I wish I hadn't" whatevers? For sure, my DH would really enjoy one while he's resting his eyes (not the same thing as napping in his recliner). Before I begin, do you have any suggestions? Polly "Louise" wrote in message news:UkOsd.448291$wV.155778@attbi_s54... The NASCAR quilt is finished (I guess I really should call it the Earnhardt quilt, but I've called it NASCAR for so long, it'd be hard to change now). I put the binding on last week -- finished Monday night, but then we went on a short trip and I just got around to taking the pictures tonight. That's one present down -- now to do the rest of my shopping! -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa |
Thank you, Louise. I've loved your Earnhardt quilt from the first moment I
saw it, and just must make one. Please do give me your "after I sleep on it" thoughts. Big hugs and thank you's. Polly "Louise" wrote in message news:g_Psd.208824$R05.207193@attbi_s53... I wish I hadn't found a tear in the white material in one of my star blocks! But thanks to everyone's help here, I ended up cutting numbers from my remaining fabric and appliquéing them in a couple of places to look like they might actually belong! If I were to do it over again, I might have used four different "traditional" quilt blocks rather than just two repeated at the top and bottom. Or, I might have used smaller blocks (I think mine are 12" and 15"). And I wish I'd have used a different backing. Mine was a tone-on-tone black, and since I used white quilting thread, it really is obvious that my stitches on the back aren't as even and nice as what's on the front! I really can't think of anything else I wish I'd have done different, but there were two things I really enjoyed about this one. First, the math. The large panels were not perfect squares and were kind of unusual sizes (something like 19.43" x 18.92"), and it was fun to figure out what sizes of blocks, alternating fabrics, etc., I needed to make this all come together. Second, I loved working with the variety of fabrics even though it was a limited color palette. The only fabric that was used consistently throughout was the white. I used something like 10 different red fabrics and 18 to 20 blacks and grays. It would have worked to use only one of each, but I think it would have been really boring! I'll think about it some more overnight, and if I think of any helpful hints or other "I wish"s, I'll let you know. -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... Louise, while the joy and pain of your Earnhardt quilt are fresh in your mind, could you bear to give me your "I wish I'ds" and "I wish I hadn't" whatevers? For sure, my DH would really enjoy one while he's resting his eyes (not the same thing as napping in his recliner). Before I begin, do you have any suggestions? Polly "Louise" wrote in message news:UkOsd.448291$wV.155778@attbi_s54... The NASCAR quilt is finished (I guess I really should call it the Earnhardt quilt, but I've called it NASCAR for so long, it'd be hard to change now). I put the binding on last week -- finished Monday night, but then we went on a short trip and I just got around to taking the pictures tonight. That's one present down -- now to do the rest of my shopping! -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa |
Dancing in the moonlight for ya, Louise!
Karen, Queen of Squishies -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ * We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ www.SimplyMusic.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
In article UkOsd.448291$wV.155778@attbi_s54,
"Louise" wrote: The NASCAR quilt is finished (I guess I really should call it the Earnhardt quilt, but I've called it NASCAR for so long, it'd be hard to change now). I put the binding on last week -- finished Monday night, but then we went on a short trip and I just got around to taking the pictures tonight. That's one present down -- now to do the rest of my shopping! Louise, it's great! I have no doubt at all that any Earnhardt fan would love this one! :) -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
I'll find out for sure in a couple of weeks! I've definitely decided that if
he doesn't like it, I'll be happy to keep it! -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "Sandy Foster" wrote in message ... In article UkOsd.448291$wV.155778@attbi_s54, "Louise" wrote: The NASCAR quilt is finished (I guess I really should call it the Earnhardt quilt, but I've called it NASCAR for so long, it'd be hard to change now). I put the binding on last week -- finished Monday night, but then we went on a short trip and I just got around to taking the pictures tonight. That's one present down -- now to do the rest of my shopping! Louise, it's great! I have no doubt at all that any Earnhardt fan would love this one! :) -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
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