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trying to stir up some interest here. What are you working on? I am just
finishing a modern style quilt top that was requested as a wedding quilt. It is not my style and has been some work getting through it. Now on to the quilting part. The quilting they want seems to be square loop meandering from what I can find online. Anyone ever do that one? Any suggestions? Some day I am going to get the window curtains/shades done for the not so new house we are in. Taria |
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I'm finishing the quilting on a quilt for my grandson's 8th birthday. I'm
using the BQ2 pattern in U of Oregon prints. (Glad his party is next Saturday cuz it's not done for his birthday today.) When I finish this, I will finish 2 Valentine table toppers--one for me and one for younger daughter. Mary "Taria" wrote in message ... trying to stir up some interest here. What are you working on? I am just finishing a modern style quilt top that was requested as a wedding quilt. It is not my style and has been some work getting through it. Now on to the quilting part. The quilting they want seems to be square loop meandering from what I can find online. Anyone ever do that one? Any suggestions? Some day I am going to get the window curtains/shades done for the not so new house we are in. Taria |
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Sitting in lovely Ojai, CA multitasking laundry and stitching an embrroidery by Kathy Schmitz, "Be Mine". The center 8 x 10" embroidery is surrounded with piecing to create a 13 x 15" mini. There is one design for each month. Hopefully I will finish several months while here this winter. For a sewing project I've brought my Dear Jane quilt. Again I hope to make serious headway on the small blocks. The first week we have been here was mostly taken with settling-in and visiting relatives about 45 miles away. Now that we are starting our second week I think there will be more sewing time. The locals would like some rain but we are enjoying the near perfect weather. I try not to gloat too much when talking with family back in Illinois suffering through snow and sub zero weather.
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On 1/13/2014 10:27 AM, Taria wrote:
trying to stir up some interest here. What are you working on? I am just finishing a modern style quilt top that was requested as a wedding quilt. It is not my style and has been some work getting through it. Now on to the quilting part. The quilting they want seems to be square loop meandering from what I can find online. Anyone ever do that one? Any suggestions? Some day I am going to get the window curtains/shades done for the not so new house we are in. Taria Last week I finally finished a small Hawaiian applique piece that has been a UFO for a couple years. I had the applique all done and had quilted all around the applique. However, I had put on a straight border and I could not figure out how to quilt the border. Last week I finally decided that it didn't need the border, because Hawaiian quilts typically do not have straight borders. I took the border off and used the border strips for binding. The quilt is done and I am happy with it. Now I started another Hawaiian applique piece; this one is a larger wall hanging from this pattern: http://www.equilter.com/product/1440...%C3%A9-pattern. I'm enjoying the needle-turn applique, but can't work more than an hour or so or my hands hurt. I really would like a bit more magnification, so I have ordered a clip on magnifier that will clip on to my glasses. I hope that helps. Instead of cutting the pattern from the applique fabric, I cut it from freezer paper, ironed it on to the fabric and traced around it. Then I removed the paper, pinned and basted the applique fabric to the background fabric, basting about 3/8" inside the cutting line. I am cutting the excess fabric away as I go. I was afraid that my applique fabric would fray too much from handling if I cut it all in advance. I think it was easier to baste it in place before cutting, too. I have a couple "Warm Wishes" baby quilts that I finished piecing since Christmas. Now I have to get them quilted so they can go off to the new babies that are supposed to have them. I hadn't done much quilting in the last year or so. Instead I've done more knitting and reading. It seems good to be back at quilting. Julia in MN |
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About to finish a shoe bag for small grandson to keep his wellies in at
nursery. I appliqued a lion on it as this is the animal used to identify his belongings (pre-school). It took me almost as long as a quilt!! Now its back to the Project Linus quilts I have promised myself will be finished by the end of the month! Then it will be on to an applique heart cushion for breast cancer to go in the Women's Institute competition in the County Show. Have decided the pattern and gathered the fabrics already. Then it will be back to ufo's.My last year's resolution was to do some finishing. I finished 1! Quilts for a certain small person seemed to take priority. Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk http://picasaweb.google.com/SallySeaside On 13/01/2014 16:27, Taria wrote: trying to stir up some interest here. What are you working on? I am just finishing a modern style quilt top that was requested as a wedding quilt. It is not my style and has been some work getting through it. Now on to the quilting part. The quilting they want seems to be square loop meandering from what I can find online. Anyone ever do that one? Any suggestions? Some day I am going to get the window curtains/shades done for the not so new house we are in. Taria |
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I've just finished making the top and piecing the backing for Bonnie
Hunter's mystery quilt, Celtic Solstice. I'm also participating in Carol Doak's Scrap Scramble mystery, and in the RCTQ mystery quilt that Kate is doing for us. I have 3 other tops that I need to quilt! ^.....^ (=' * '=) Carole D -(,,)---(,,)- Personal Website (Quilts and More) Shutterfly Website (Travel and Stitchery Photos) |
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I am working on two projects---Bonnie Hunter's latest mystery, Celtic
Solstice, for my son's wedding on the Ides of March and a healing quilt for a young friend with a rough diagnosis. It is made of bright and black blocks from an exchange some years back The sashing includes stars, in Marti Mitchell fashion. On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:27:13 -0800, "Taria" wrote: trying to stir up some interest here. What are you working on? I am just finishing a modern style quilt top that was requested as a wedding quilt. It is not my style and has been some work getting through it. Now on to the quilting part. The quilting they want seems to be square loop meandering from what I can find online. Anyone ever do that one? Any suggestions? Some day I am going to get the window curtains/shades done for the not so new house we are in. Taria |
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At last! I have something I can answer to this question g
I am making good headway on the quilt I designed for my local quilt group. It has 44 blocks (help g), in four differennt sizes: 4" square, 8" square, 4" x 8" rectangle, 8" x 12" rectangle. The intriguing thing is the way they all fit together. I am doing mine in black and white; using black on white as light, and white on black as dark. I've had to introduce some pale grey into the mix, as some of the blocks needed a third element. I was terribly slow and rusty when I started - it's such ages since I did any serious work; but now I'm loving it again. I was so afraid I would have lost the spark. I have several pieces of work lined up in the cupboard: fabric chosen and even some of the patterns worked out. I have loads of other things I should be doing, but I can do them when the light isn't so good. As long as the washing up doesn't grow mould, I'm not too worried. I haven't invited anyone over this week g and there won't be any gardening for a while: everywhere is waterlogged, even if it weren't chilly (not winter cold yet?) Whatever is square loop meandering quilting? Sounds interesting. Is it free motion in some way? or are the lines all a certain length? I shall have to find a way to quilt this black and white quilt, and as most of the shapes are based on right angles, this could be an answer - I'm not too good at mixing curves with straight-line patterns, though I might have to do that? .. In article , says... trying to stir up some interest here. What are you working on? I am just finishing a modern style quilt top that was requested as a wedding quilt. It is not my style and has been some work getting through it. Now on to the quilting part. The quilting they want seems to be square loop meandering from what I can find online. Anyone ever do that one? Any suggestions? Some day I am going to get the window curtains/shades done for the not so new house we are in. Taria Pat on the green |
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That applique pattern is really pretty. I love the patterns with the
applique borders. marcella On 2014-01-13 22:37:46 +0000, Julia in MN said: Last week I finally finished a small Hawaiian applique piece that has been a UFO for a couple years. I had the applique all done and had quilted all around the applique. However, I had put on a straight border and I could not figure out how to quilt the border. Last week I finally decided that it didn't need the border, because Hawaiian quilts typically do not have straight borders. I took the border off and used the border strips for binding. The quilt is done and I am happy with it. Now I started another Hawaiian applique piece; this one is a larger wall hanging from this pattern: http://www.equilter.com/product/1440...%C3%A9-pattern. I'm enjoying the needle-turn applique, but can't work more than an hour or so or my hands hurt. I really would like a bit more magnification, so I have ordered a clip on magnifier that will clip on to my glasses. I hope that helps. Instead of cutting the pattern from the applique fabric, I cut it from freezer paper, ironed it on to the fabric and traced around it. Then I removed the paper, pinned and basted the applique fabric to the background fabric, basting about 3/8" inside the cutting line. I am cutting the excess fabric away as I go. I was afraid that my applique fabric would fray too much from handling if I cut it all in advance. I think it was easier to baste it in place before cutting, too. I have a couple "Warm Wishes" baby quilts that I finished piecing since Christmas. Now I have to get them quilted so they can go off to the new babies that are supposed to have them. I hadn't done much quilting in the last year or so. Instead I've done more knitting and reading. It seems good to be back at quilting. Julia in MN |
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On 2014-01-13 17:06:56 +0000, Mary said:
I'm finishing the quilting on a quilt for my grandson's 8th birthday. I'm using the BQ2 pattern in U of Oregon prints. (Glad his party is next Saturday cuz it's not done for his birthday today.) When I finish this, I will finish 2 Valentine table toppers--one for me and one for younger daughter. Mary "Taria" wrote in message ... trying to stir up some interest here. What are you working on? I am just finishing a modern style quilt top that was requested as a wedding quilt. It is not my style and has been some work getting through it. Now on to the quilting part. The quilting they want seems to be square loop meandering from what I can find online. Anyone ever do that one? Any suggestions? Some day I am going to get the window curtains/shades done for the not so new house we are in. Taria What is square loop meandering? I can't even picture it. I haven't been doing any quilting at all. I've finally finished up the stack of mending/alterations that I'd said I'd do for a friend. I am hoping to get back in the sewing room today. I have a quilt for my new grand nephew all cut out and ready to sew. It's this Pow Wow pattern - http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2012/04/pow-wow.html I've got some embroidery of the week patterns to catch up on. I really, want to start this clamshell quilt too with some of my larger scraps - http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/quilt...-quilt-8/61605 Now to get in that sewing room and pick a project! marcella |
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