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Using Unusual Materials
Hi - Has anyone ever tried to use spun straw in their quilting work?
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Using Unusual Materials
No, but it would make a pretty embellisment! Is it washable? possibly not...
A dear friend used to own a straw braid factory, and has shown me through his museum several times, so I know whereof you speak :-) Trivia for today: the French word for "sequin" = "paillette". "Paille" = straw, and the original sequins were stamped out of flattened straw and used to decorate straw bonnets in the 18th century. Roberta in D "Min" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ups.com... Hi - Has anyone ever tried to use spun straw in their quilting work? Min |
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Hand quilting question
I have just embarked on a self-teach hand quilting course ... please help.
How soon do you expect your needles to bend?? I am achieving about 15" (at a stunning 4 stitches per inch) before the needle becomes deformed! I have a small sandwich in a hoop (not too tight, I don't think) and am going in (sort of) straight lines rocking the needle with my upper middle finger (sometimes). At this rate, I shall be bankrupt before even completing the samler! Cheers for now Tutu Cape Town, South Africa |
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"Tutu Haynes-Smart" wrote: I have just embarked on a self-teach hand quilting course ... please help. How soon do you expect your needles to bend?? I am achieving about 15" (at a stunning 4 stitches per inch) before the needle becomes deformed! I have a small sandwich in a hoop (not too tight, I don't think) and am going in (sort of) straight lines rocking the needle with my upper middle finger (sometimes). At this rate, I shall be bankrupt before even completing the samler! Cheers for now Tutu Cape Town, South Africa Tutu, "not too tight" could still be too tight. G I generally have my quilt sandwich pretty "saggy" in the hoop -- loose enough that it looks as though my QI Dexter has sat on it. You should be able to make a hill with your underneath fingers without any strain; that will help get your stitches even and will help prevent your needle from bending as quickly. HTH. -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education |
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Along with making sure it's not too tight, are you trying to quilt through
seams? That will bend my needles if I try to do the rocking stitch through them. If I'm not trying to quilt through more than the three layers (top, backing, batt), though, I can quilt for a long time without them bending. What brand needle are you using and what size? -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "Sandy Foster" wrote in message ... In article , "Tutu Haynes-Smart" wrote: I have just embarked on a self-teach hand quilting course ... please help. How soon do you expect your needles to bend?? I am achieving about 15" (at a stunning 4 stitches per inch) before the needle becomes deformed! I have a small sandwich in a hoop (not too tight, I don't think) and am going in (sort of) straight lines rocking the needle with my upper middle finger (sometimes). At this rate, I shall be bankrupt before even completing the samler! Cheers for now Tutu Cape Town, South Africa Tutu, "not too tight" could still be too tight. G I generally have my quilt sandwich pretty "saggy" in the hoop -- loose enough that it looks as though my QI Dexter has sat on it. You should be able to make a hill with your underneath fingers without any strain; that will help get your stitches even and will help prevent your needle from bending as quickly. HTH. -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education |
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Sandy said"
Tutu, "not too tight" could still be too tight. G I generally have my quilt sandwich pretty "saggy" in the hoop -- loose enough that it looks as though my QI Dexter has sat on it. You should be able to make a hill with your underneath fingers without any strain; that will help get your stitches even and will help prevent your needle from bending as quickly. It is pretty saggy - hills I can do. Even stitches, especially that dang first one, are currently impossible. I shall try "more" saggy tomorrow (by which time my underneath finger will have stopped bleeding). Louise added Along with making sure it's not too tight, are you trying to quilt through seams? NO seams - it is wholecloth - two layers of muslin with cotton batt in the middle. Oh dear!! What brand needle are you using and what size? Currently I am working my way through a packet of John James(?) size 11 - before that it was some Piecemakers and other unidentified needles. We don't have a great variety here ... so I have a fairly rag-bag selection of (mostly) gifts! Anyone want to come to Cape Town and teach me:-) Cheers for now Tutu "Louise" wrote in message news:yDEig.25726$1i1.7988@attbi_s72... That will bend my needles if I try to do the rocking stitch through them. If I'm not trying to quilt through more than the three layers (top, backing, batt), though, I can quilt for a long time without them bending. |
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"Tutu Haynes-Smart" wrote: Currently I am working my way through a packet of John James(?) size 11 - before that it was some Piecemakers and other unidentified needles. We don't have a great variety here ... so I have a fairly rag-bag selection of (mostly) gifts! Size 11 may be too small to begin with. Why don't you try some size 9 or 10 instead, if you have access to them. John James is generally a good brand, though. Anyone want to come to Cape Town and teach me:-) I can't, unfortunately. How about you come here, and I'll teach you here? Oh, one other thing. What kind of batting are you using? In all honesty, a poly batt is easier than cotton for learning to hand quilt. Sometimes the cotton ones will sort of grab the needle, making it a bit more difficult for a beginner. I hear that wool is wonderful, too. -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education |
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I use Clover 'Gold Eye Quilting Needles between (No12)', and they are
only just under 1" long. Could this be the problem? These just aren't long enough to bend, and they really make the stitching easier. I've just looked quilting needles in my Quiltmaking Tips and Techniques Book, and Sharyn Craig says she uses Piecemakers 12 betweens because they don't bend easily, have big eyes so you can thread them easily (which the Clovers don't!) and are very short which is helpful in making tiny stitches'. -- Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk) http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:19:03 +0200, "Tutu Haynes-Smart" wrote: I have just embarked on a self-teach hand quilting course ... please help. How soon do you expect your needles to bend?? I am achieving about 15" (at a stunning 4 stitches per inch) before the needle becomes deformed! I have a small sandwich in a hoop (not too tight, I don't think) and am going in (sort of) straight lines rocking the needle with my upper middle finger (sometimes). At this rate, I shall be bankrupt before even completing the samler! Cheers for now Tutu Cape Town, South Africa |
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Howdy!
Only to keep the camel busy while I work. [I just hate it when I have to keep moving him away while he tries to inspect the quilt. Camels are so persistent!] How 'bout you, Min? Ragmop/Sandy On 6/10/06 1:59 AM, in article , "Min" wrote: Hi - Has anyone ever tried to use spun straw in their quilting work? Min |
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Howdy!
Me, too, what the other Sandy said. g Try a bigger needle; for years I worked w/ a Between #9, it just felt comfortable. Finally moved to a #10, stayed w/ those for years before picking up a #11 last year. It's great. But the #12s I've been given, several brands, are just too flimsy, they bend and break and eat up the thread (sometimes the eye isn't polished very well and the jagged edges cut thru' the thread). As Sandy also says, poly batt is easier to use when learning to handquilt, and we won't jump on your for trying it. g But right now you're in the middle of this project so you stick w/ what you have. You know me & the Hobbs Heirloom... g . So what if you're only getting 4 stitches to the inch? I never count. I don't care about the number of stitches; I prefer that the end result look smooth, flat, consistent. Would love to come and demonstrate my handquilting, share your cooler weather, sleep under your lovely quilts. But for now, email me your addy, Tutu, and I'll send you a little sampler pkg of needles, thread, batting. Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy--happy to aid & abet hand quilting ;-D On 6/10/06 3:36 PM, in article , "Sandy Foster" wrote: In article , "Tutu Haynes-Smart" wrote: Currently I am working my way through a packet of John James(?) size 11 - before that it was some Piecemakers and other unidentified needles. We don't have a great variety here ... so I have a fairly rag-bag selection of (mostly) gifts! Size 11 may be too small to begin with. Why don't you try some size 9 or 10 instead, if you have access to them. John James is generally a good brand, though. Anyone want to come to Cape Town and teach me:-) I can't, unfortunately. How about you come here, and I'll teach you here? Oh, one other thing. What kind of batting are you using? In all honesty, a poly batt is easier than cotton for learning to hand quilt. Sometimes the cotton ones will sort of grab the needle, making it a bit more difficult for a beginner. I hear that wool is wonderful, too. |
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