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Old August 21st 11, 03:27 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Trish Brown
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Default Needing some tips about Dear Jane

Alexandra Hunter wrote:
--Note this reply is completely OT--

Dear Trish

I have recently revived my fledgling interest in quilting through an abortive BOM (too hard to do on my own!) and a couple of expensive lessons at a local shop which have left me with basic piecing skills but no idea of how to attach a quilt top to its border or backing, so tonight I decided to have a look in rctq because rctn was such a great way to learn lots about cross stitch when I first got interested in that, back in the mid 90s.

What a pleasure to find a post by you almost as soon as I started scrolling through recent rctq topics! It was like walking into a room expecting to see only strangers, and hearing a familiar voice. You probably don't remember me, but I used to post as l_goddess_l or mooncat1973 on rctn around 1995-2005. I still think of you and your Boring Stories now and again.

Warmest regards
Alex (formerly of WA, earlier of Newcastle, and now of Canberra)



I remember you, Alex! Thanks for your kind comments - I haven't done any
'proper' stitching in quite a while because the quilting bug bit and -
well - here I am.

My advice (aside from asking for group wisdom here, of course) is to get
stuck into YouTube. There's all sorts of helpful videos there to show
you how to piece, baste and quilt. I'm still a raw beginner meself,
having only a few quilts under my belt. I've embarked on my Jane A.
Stickle quilt and have been having *so* much fun with it. Gee, I hope I
can stay the distance: it's so absorbing and so *darned* complicated. LOL!

Chuck a google image search of 'Dear Jane' to see many scrumptious
versions of this remarkable quilt. I've done three of the border
triangles in 1930s prints - only 222 blox to go! =:-O

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Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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