Pics of my first finished quilt and the nautical quilt top

I think I figured out this online picture thing, and since it was requested,
I've taken a few pics of the two quilts I've been working on and posted them
at the address below. I'm really not that good with photographs, and the
only place I had enough room to lay out the nautical top was on the living
room floor, so the angles are kind of funny. It's a good thing the cat hair
doesn't show up on the Ocean Waves one, though! It's hard to see, but the
cream print squares are echo quilted a bit, and all of the diagonals were
quilted in the ditch. The border has a sort of oval and diamond pattern
I've seen on quilting templates, but I couldn't find one out in the boonies
where I live, so I made my own and used it.

I'm rather surprised at how much simpler the Mariner's Compass was to sew
than I thought it would be. I've heard so many people say it is extremely
difficult to set all of those points, and while mine were off a bit, the
freezer paper method made it go a lot easier than I expected. I'm probably
not going to gussy this one up much, as my husband is pretty anxious to get
it, and I think it looks nice enough as it is. I hate the cloud fabric,
though; it just seems to throw off any sense of perspective for that panel,
but I couldn't find a decent batik or hand-dyed fabric that would do the sky
justice there. The one for the night sky is gorgeous, though; it's got
sparkles in it like stars, and gradients of dark blue that look almost like
clouds. The moon and sun were both cut from batiks, and the moon really
looks pretty realistic, if I do say so myself. Of course, the appliqueing
was NOT something I'd like to repeat anytime soon. I'll take a Mariner's
Compass over appliqueing any day of the week.

I've rattled on long enough, though, so take a gander at the two if you'd
like, and let me know what you think! They're both what someone referred to
as "cot sized", around 50 x 80 inches or so.


http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tas...PVYEUuF&.dir=/
95df&.src=ph

Anastasia

Teacher gal wrote:

[snip]
I've rattled on long enough, though, so take a gander at the two if you'd
like, and let me know what you think! They're both what someone referred to
as "cot sized", around 50 x 80 inches or so.


http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tas...PVYEUuF&.dir=/
95df&.src=ph

Anastasia

WOW, they are both very nice!

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WOW!!!

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Hi...for some reason I can't see the pictures. I just see the page, with
Tasialue's quilts, but no pictures.

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Donna in WV

That happened to me, too, Donna?
I expect there's something we 'should be doing'; but I have no clue as
to what!!
The suspense is killing me g
..
In article .net,
Donna Liller writes
Hi...for some reason I can't see the pictures. I just see the page, with
Tasialue's quilts, but no pictures.


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Best Regards
pat on the hill

hmmm........ I see the album there, but no pictures. Help?

Karen, Queen of Squishies
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
* We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar
Wilde *
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www.SimplyMusic.net
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I really like that nautical one!! Is that a commercial pattern or did
you invent it? I want to make one for my middle nephew, I think.

-georg

You may need to copy and paste the last numbers from the Url into your
browser after you click and get to the link... or use
http://tinyurl.com/6uvnu
That will take you to the thumbnails page.
Diana

"Donna Liller" wrote in message
link.net...
Hi...for some reason I can't see the pictures. I just see the page, with
Tasialue's quilts, but no pictures.

--
Donna in WV

Beautiful work, lovely quilts! We should all have made such grand quilts our
first time out! Congrats!
Diana

"Teacher gal" wrote in message
...
I think I figured out this online picture thing, and since it was
requested,
I've taken a few pics of the two quilts I've been working on and posted
them
at the address below. I'm really not that good with photographs, and the
only place I had enough room to lay out the nautical top was on the living
room floor, so the angles are kind of funny. It's a good thing the cat
hair
doesn't show up on the Ocean Waves one, though! It's hard to see, but the
cream print squares are echo quilted a bit, and all of the diagonals were
quilted in the ditch. The border has a sort of oval and diamond pattern
I've seen on quilting templates, but I couldn't find one out in the
boonies
where I live, so I made my own and used it.

I'm rather surprised at how much simpler the Mariner's Compass was to sew
than I thought it would be. I've heard so many people say it is extremely
difficult to set all of those points, and while mine were off a bit, the
freezer paper method made it go a lot easier than I expected. I'm
probably
not going to gussy this one up much, as my husband is pretty anxious to
get
it, and I think it looks nice enough as it is. I hate the cloud fabric,
though; it just seems to throw off any sense of perspective for that
panel,
but I couldn't find a decent batik or hand-dyed fabric that would do the
sky
justice there. The one for the night sky is gorgeous, though; it's got
sparkles in it like stars, and gradients of dark blue that look almost
like
clouds. The moon and sun were both cut from batiks, and the moon really
looks pretty realistic, if I do say so myself. Of course, the appliqueing
was NOT something I'd like to repeat anytime soon. I'll take a Mariner's
Compass over appliqueing any day of the week.

I've rattled on long enough, though, so take a gander at the two if you'd
like, and let me know what you think! They're both what someone referred
to
as "cot sized", around 50 x 80 inches or so.



http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tas...PVYEUuF&.dir=/
95df&.src=ph

Anastasia

http://tinyurl.com/6uvnu try this url instead.
Diana

"Queen of Squishies" hicall80 @ mchsi.com wrote in message
news:hFlVc.22404$Fg5.3112@attbi_s53...
hmmm........ I see the album there, but no pictures. Help?

Karen, Queen of Squishies
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
* We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -
Oscar
Wilde *
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
www.SimplyMusic.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~