Another tallit happy dance!

Just finished a gift for a friend who will be graduating and ordained as a
rabbi on Sunday. I'm thrilled with the colors. I'm also thrilled with the
fabric of the shawl. And I learned so much on this one--the hard way,
naturally! I learned that you DO NOT make strips of silk dupioni cut with
the grain--all the thin straight strips had to be removed (and frog
stitching on silk is no fun) and redone. Not only was there silk fuzz
tangled everywhere, but the strips had unraveled enough to be unsewable. Of
course, I discovered this when time was of the essenceg. Another thing I
discovered was to pay attention when I'm straightening the ends of a folded
length. I nicked the original shawl fabric. (I'll use it on a tallit for me
when I can design an applique to cover the problem). And the third thing I
learned is that sometimes the low-tech way turns out faster and nicer--after
much frustration with the rolled hem foot (which looked perfect on the many
samples I did first!) I ended up just folding and sewing.

I'm waiting for her to come over on her way to the rehearsal--she hasn't
seen it yet!

It's Tallit for Judy in the webshots, first pic.

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b

what a gorgeous gift!

It looks like a real work of love. Congratulations.

Morag in Detroit

Lovely!

By the way, your scotties are adorable!

hfw wrote:

Just finished a gift for a friend who will be graduating and ordained as a
rabbi on Sunday. I'm thrilled with the colors. I'm also thrilled with the
fabric of the shawl. And I learned so much on this one--the hard way,
naturally! I learned that you DO NOT make strips of silk dupioni cut with
the grain--all the thin straight strips had to be removed (and frog
stitching on silk is no fun) and redone. Not only was there silk fuzz
tangled everywhere, but the strips had unraveled enough to be unsewable. Of
course, I discovered this when time was of the essenceg. Another thing I
discovered was to pay attention when I'm straightening the ends of a folded
length. I nicked the original shawl fabric. (I'll use it on a tallit for me
when I can design an applique to cover the problem). And the third thing I
learned is that sometimes the low-tech way turns out faster and nicer--after
much frustration with the rolled hem foot (which looked perfect on the many
samples I did first!) I ended up just folding and sewing.

I'm waiting for her to come over on her way to the rehearsal--she hasn't
seen it yet!

It's Tallit for Judy in the webshots, first pic.

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b



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the black rose, wench with a wrench
proud to be owned by a yorkie
http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts

Your best work so far! Just heavenly!

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Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E
http://community.webshots.com/user/frame242

Thanks! I'm just realizing that the photo doesn't show the piecing as
curved, like the MR tallit. I'll have to wait to see it this weekend to see
if it looks so much less curved than the other. (I think the student who won
the MR tallit at the benefit auction will be wearing it to graduation, too.
That would mean that 25% of the graduating class will be wearing my
tallitot!)

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b



"nana2b" wrote in message
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Your best work so far! Just heavenly!

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Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E
http://community.webshots.com/user/frame242

In article ,
"hfw" wrote:

Just finished a gift for a friend who will be graduating and ordained as a
rabbi on Sunday. I'm thrilled with the colors. I'm also thrilled with the
fabric of the shawl. And I learned so much on this one--the hard way,
naturally! I learned that you DO NOT make strips of silk dupioni cut with
the grain--all the thin straight strips had to be removed (and frog
stitching on silk is no fun) and redone. Not only was there silk fuzz
tangled everywhere, but the strips had unraveled enough to be unsewable. Of
course, I discovered this when time was of the essenceg. Another thing I
discovered was to pay attention when I'm straightening the ends of a folded
length. I nicked the original shawl fabric. (I'll use it on a tallit for me
when I can design an applique to cover the problem). And the third thing I
learned is that sometimes the low-tech way turns out faster and nicer--after
much frustration with the rolled hem foot (which looked perfect on the many
samples I did first!) I ended up just folding and sewing.

I'm waiting for her to come over on her way to the rehearsal--she hasn't
seen it yet!

It's Tallit for Judy in the webshots, first pic.

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b


It's *lovely*, Heidi! Was she surprised?
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

Thank you!

Well, I'd told her I was making one for her for graduation. As you know,
I've made several in recent months. When I asked her what colors she'd like
(at the time I started planning this, she had only one tallit, with soft
pinks and purples and blues), she said she was wearing a red dress for
graduation, and showed me a red notebook. While it was in process, I'd
mentioned that it was rather celebratory looking--like you definitely
wouldn't wear it for one of the more somber holidays. She'd said that that
was okay, because she could wear it for the service she was doing Saturday
night before her graduation party. This morning, she was totally floored. I
think she'd imagined something rather wild all over. Everyone should have
the experience of having a gift received the way she received it--it was so
wonderful I was ready to make her another one on the spot!

My next one is for the 89-year-old woman I'm preparing for her bat mitzvah
near the end of June!

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b


"Sandy Foster" wrote in message
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It's *lovely*, Heidi! Was she surprised?
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

It's beautiful Heidi. My word you are good at these! Must be all the
practice you are getting.
I am just about to use some silk tomorrow. When I used this same piece
before, it seemed to unravel just sitting on the table. I didn't even
have to touch it. So, thank you for reminding me of its little foibles!
Those colours look so lovely on the white.
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In article , hfw
writes
Just finished a gift for a friend who will be graduating and ordained as a
rabbi on Sunday. I'm thrilled with the colors. I'm also thrilled with the
fabric of the shawl. And I learned so much on this one--the hard way,
naturally! I learned that you DO NOT make strips of silk dupioni cut with
the grain--all the thin straight strips had to be removed (and frog
stitching on silk is no fun) and redone. Not only was there silk fuzz
tangled everywhere, but the strips had unraveled enough to be unsewable. Of
course, I discovered this when time was of the essenceg. Another thing I
discovered was to pay attention when I'm straightening the ends of a folded
length. I nicked the original shawl fabric. (I'll use it on a tallit for me
when I can design an applique to cover the problem). And the third thing I
learned is that sometimes the low-tech way turns out faster and nicer--after
much frustration with the rolled hem foot (which looked perfect on the many
samples I did first!) I ended up just folding and sewing.

I'm waiting for her to come over on her way to the rehearsal--she hasn't
seen it yet!

It's Tallit for Judy in the webshots, first pic.

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b



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Best Regards
pat on the hill

it is beautiful...............did you have a "real" pattern, or did you
design your own pattern for the basic tallis?
Sharon in Montreal

No pattern. It's really just a hemmed rectangle with appliqued stuff, and
buttonholes in the four corners.
The most recent "appliques" are from quilt piecing ideas that have grabbed
me.

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b


"Sharon Gates" wrote in message
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it is beautiful...............did you have a "real" pattern, or did you
design your own pattern for the basic tallis?
Sharon in Montreal