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First Machine Quilt Experience
AWWWWWWWW, SHUCKS ... (but not EXACTLY digging toe-in-dirt :-) )
As for the "rasslin'", to each her own. Among other things, I've never UNDERSTOOD the directions on "smaller sections", and hell, if I'm still "young" enough and "strong" enough (heh, heh, heh) to do it the HARD way, then I'm likely to keep on with that (may be a kinda "bragging-rights" thang, donchaknow ... and those seldom have anything to do with SENSE :-) ). Hi, Donna! Hugs to Wayne! Got the hay baled, yet??? Grins, Sairey Donna in Idaho wrote: Hey, Sarah! Sure glad to see you posting again! Now, that you, Suzie and Mr. Cannon, and BBL are back it seems like home again! Can't agree with you on the quilt as you go - I'd much rather wrestle with a quilt in smaller sections! For the rest of you, Sarah is a wonderful machine quilter. I know! I've seen some pretty special quilts that she has machine quilted. ) |
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[some gentle snipping]
Carla PS: Am I the oldest one here??? Married the longest??? Is there a prize for this??? LOL And the answers a Probably not Perhaps No Grins, Sairey ("older than dirt", according to the test, but still KYUUUUUUTE! :-) ) |
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Why, thankee-thankee, Diana!
Now, let's see if I can REMEMBER the link (after, of course, another story :-) ). You see, my website is pretty OLD. It was quite literally written in html (is that the acronym? :-) ) by a FIFTEEN-year-old boy, using his parents' ancient MAC. Sean, who'll start his JUNIOR year at AZ State U (on a full-ride music scholarship -- and WHAT a voice that 6'4" young man has! OOOOH!) -- uh ... would that be about SIX years ago? Hasn't been updated much (but hell, I haven't QUILTED much, lately), but thank you Mickie, for a couple of additions, including MeSue's "Brown is Beautiful" (I HATE brown, and I LOATHE "little" (sorry, folks, you'll just have to get used to it ... the term "WUH" exists because of my antipathy toward those ... erm ... "vertical surface covers") ... but this little quilt is special). As I understand it, "Laguna Beach" (my son Gregg's "weddin' quilt" ... he got married in July 2000, BTW) will soon be finished (you BET I "sent it out" to be quilted ... sure as shootin' *I* wasn't gonna get it done), but it also is HUGE. When I have pictures (some here have seen the top), I'll get some help to put them up. And so, that said (at my usual length :-) ) see if this works: http://zianet.com/scurry If that doesn't work, I'll hafta call (with the same red face that I had when I had to walk to the gas station this afternoon and admit that I'd run out of gas, and Bubba-the-Truck was stuck in the MIDDLE of the exit from the hotel where I'd been to a seminar) and ask! Grins, Sairey (all quilters love "show 'n' tell", even if it's OLD stuff! :-) ) Diana Curtis wrote: Sarah, could you post a link to your web site please? There are quilts there our newcomers need to see. Ill never forget the first time I paged through your collection. Im not sure which is more fun, the pictures or the storys that go along with! Thanks, Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Sarah Curry" wrote in message ... You clearly didn't come here FIRST, Carla, but where do you want us to START? (and yes, we WILL argue about this and that (almost everything, come to think of it ... starting with a sheet for the backing ... a 100% cotton sheet, by chance?? :-) ) Grins, Sairey (just stirring the pot, a little ... and yes, I CAN, because I pretty much BTDT, on all of those ('cept that I've never UNDERSTOOD that "heavy" stuff ... of COURSE it is heavy! but I doubt that there's much "older" than miz "older-than-dirt", here (I SWEAR -- that's how that one came out, a coupla years ago, and I wasn't quite SIXTY, then (but am 61 now)!)) C. Mathews wrote: Just couldn't resist telling all you lovely experienced machine quilters about my adventures with my first attempt to machine quilt. I went armed with my split rail pattern to the fabric shop. First of all, I was shocked at the prices..then I was bewildered as to what to buy. After spending an hour, and the salesgirl pulling down bolts of fabric I finally decided on my colors. One light, one medium, and one dark. So far so good! The cutting and piecing went well. I love doing that even though I was intimated by the first time use of the rotary cutter. I had a brand new machine to use and life was good! Then a friend came over with a quilting frame and we sandwiched the Warm & Natural, pieced top, and a sheet for the backing together, and pinned our little hearts out. Sounds good uh?? But wait, there is a dark side to all of this. No one told me that a double bed size quilt would be so heavy. No one told me that I needed a walking foot. No one told me that without one, the backside of the quilt will pucker. No one told me that a pinned quilt is like pushing a bed of nails through your machine. No one told me that it is easier to sew North to South than East to West on a quilt. So I went merrily on my way, sewing and when I turned the quilt over..I was disappointed to see all the puckers. SOOOOO! I spent 2 days picking out all the stitches and mumbling to myself. This was enough to almost make me swear off quilt making. You notice I said, "almost". I am already plotting my next quilt...but I think this time I would like to try quilting in sections. I just don't seem to have the knack of those large quilts yet, and I find them too heavy for this old lady to push around. I read with interest all your posts and have picked up many friendly URL's and suggestions. I think what I need is some suggestions if there is an easier way to do this. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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As you said, to each his own!! I got my method of quilt as you go as a
cross between Georgia Bonesteel and the Fanning machine quilting books. They're not 'that' hard to understand! ) Donna (Yep, the first cutting is baled. The second cutting is being cut as we speak. This time we're selling the hay to him outright instead of paying him to cut, bale, stack, etc., etc!!!) -- Donna in Idaho! Project Linus Boise/SW Idaho Coordinator Website: http://donnakwilts.tripod.com/ The ultimate inspiration is the deadline! "Sarah Curry" wrote in message ... AWWWWWWWW, SHUCKS ... (but not EXACTLY digging toe-in-dirt :-) ) As for the "rasslin'", to each her own. Among other things, I've never UNDERSTOOD the directions on "smaller sections", and hell, if I'm still "young" enough and "strong" enough (heh, heh, heh) to do it the HARD way, then I'm likely to keep on with that (may be a kinda "bragging-rights" thang, donchaknow ... and those seldom have anything to do with SENSE :-) ). Hi, Donna! Hugs to Wayne! Got the hay baled, yet??? Grins, Sairey Donna in Idaho wrote: Hey, Sarah! Sure glad to see you posting again! Now, that you, Suzie and Mr. Cannon, and BBL are back it seems like home again! Can't agree with you on the quilt as you go - I'd much rather wrestle with a quilt in smaller sections! For the rest of you, Sarah is a wonderful machine quilter. I know! I've seen some pretty special quilts that she has machine quilted. ) |
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Hey, Miz Sairey,
DD came home with a book for DH titled Are you READY for this......... ___Older Than Dirt___ He has the pin and does wear it on his HB--but now he has the book : ) Wore the t-shirt out long ago Hugs Butterfly Sarah Curry wrote: [some gentle snipping] Carla PS: Am I the oldest one here??? Married the longest??? Is there a prize for this??? LOL And the answers a Probably not Perhaps No Grins, Sairey ("older than dirt", according to the test, but still KYUUUUUUTE! :-) ) |
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Well that link didn't work, (well, it worked, but didn't take me to the
right place) but my bookmarked one does: http://www.zianet.com/scurry/quilts.html -- Wendy (happy to oblige, ma'am) http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "Sarah Curry" wrote in message ... Why, thankee-thankee, Diana! Now, let's see if I can REMEMBER the link (after, of course, another story :-) ). You see, my website is pretty OLD. It was quite literally written in html (is that the acronym? :-) ) by a FIFTEEN-year-old boy, using his parents' ancient MAC. Sean, who'll start his JUNIOR year at AZ State U (on a full-ride music scholarship -- and WHAT a voice that 6'4" young man has! OOOOH!) -- uh ... would that be about SIX years ago? Hasn't been updated much (but hell, I haven't QUILTED much, lately), but thank you Mickie, for a couple of additions, including MeSue's "Brown is Beautiful" (I HATE brown, and I LOATHE "little" (sorry, folks, you'll just have to get used to it ... the term "WUH" exists because of my antipathy toward those ... erm ... "vertical surface covers") ... but this little quilt is special). As I understand it, "Laguna Beach" (my son Gregg's "weddin' quilt" ... he got married in July 2000, BTW) will soon be finished (you BET I "sent it out" to be quilted ... sure as shootin' *I* wasn't gonna get it done), but it also is HUGE. When I have pictures (some here have seen the top), I'll get some help to put them up. And so, that said (at my usual length :-) ) see if this works: http://zianet.com/scurry If that doesn't work, I'll hafta call (with the same red face that I had when I had to walk to the gas station this afternoon and admit that I'd run out of gas, and Bubba-the-Truck was stuck in the MIDDLE of the exit from the hotel where I'd been to a seminar) and ask! Grins, Sairey (all quilters love "show 'n' tell", even if it's OLD stuff! :-) ) Diana Curtis wrote: Sarah, could you post a link to your web site please? There are quilts there our newcomers need to see. Ill never forget the first time I paged through your collection. Im not sure which is more fun, the pictures or the storys that go along with! Thanks, Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Sarah Curry" wrote in message ... You clearly didn't come here FIRST, Carla, but where do you want us to START? (and yes, we WILL argue about this and that (almost everything, come to think of it ... starting with a sheet for the backing ... a 100% cotton sheet, by chance?? :-) ) Grins, Sairey (just stirring the pot, a little ... and yes, I CAN, because I pretty much BTDT, on all of those ('cept that I've never UNDERSTOOD that "heavy" stuff ... of COURSE it is heavy! but I doubt that there's much "older" than miz "older-than-dirt", here (I SWEAR -- that's how that one came out, a coupla years ago, and I wasn't quite SIXTY, then (but am 61 now)!)) C. Mathews wrote: Just couldn't resist telling all you lovely experienced machine quilters about my adventures with my first attempt to machine quilt. I went armed with my split rail pattern to the fabric shop. First of all, I was shocked at the prices..then I was bewildered as to what to buy. After spending an hour, and the salesgirl pulling down bolts of fabric I finally decided on my colors. One light, one medium, and one dark. So far so good! The cutting and piecing went well. I love doing that even though I was intimated by the first time use of the rotary cutter. I had a brand new machine to use and life was good! Then a friend came over with a quilting frame and we sandwiched the Warm & Natural, pieced top, and a sheet for the backing together, and pinned our little hearts out. Sounds good uh?? But wait, there is a dark side to all of this. No one told me that a double bed size quilt would be so heavy. No one told me that I needed a walking foot. No one told me that without one, the backside of the quilt will pucker. No one told me that a pinned quilt is like pushing a bed of nails through your machine. No one told me that it is easier to sew North to South than East to West on a quilt. So I went merrily on my way, sewing and when I turned the quilt over..I was disappointed to see all the puckers. SOOOOO! I spent 2 days picking out all the stitches and mumbling to myself. This was enough to almost make me swear off quilt making. You notice I said, "almost". I am already plotting my next quilt...but I think this time I would like to try quilting in sections. I just don't seem to have the knack of those large quilts yet, and I find them too heavy for this old lady to push around. I read with interest all your posts and have picked up many friendly URL's and suggestions. I think what I need is some suggestions if there is an easier way to do this. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Wow, you are a prolific quilter!
I really enjoyed seeing all those quilts On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 20:38:11 -0600, Sarah Curry wrote: Why, thankee-thankee, Diana! Now, let's see if I can REMEMBER the link (after, of course, another story :-) ). You see, my website is pretty OLD. It was quite literally written in html (is that the acronym? :-) ) by a FIFTEEN-year-old boy, using his parents' ancient MAC. Sean, who'll start his JUNIOR year at AZ State U (on a full-ride music scholarship -- and WHAT a voice that 6'4" young man has! OOOOH!) -- uh ... would that be about SIX years ago? Hasn't been updated much (but hell, I haven't QUILTED much, lately), but thank you Mickie, for a couple of additions, including MeSue's "Brown is Beautiful" (I HATE brown, and I LOATHE "little" (sorry, folks, you'll just have to get used to it ... the term "WUH" exists because of my antipathy toward those ... erm ... "vertical surface covers") ... but this little quilt is special). As I understand it, "Laguna Beach" (my son Gregg's "weddin' quilt" ... he got married in July 2000, BTW) will soon be finished (you BET I "sent it out" to be quilted ... sure as shootin' *I* wasn't gonna get it done), but it also is HUGE. When I have pictures (some here have seen the top), I'll get some help to put them up. And so, that said (at my usual length :-) ) see if this works: http://zianet.com/scurry If that doesn't work, I'll hafta call (with the same red face that I had when I had to walk to the gas station this afternoon and admit that I'd run out of gas, and Bubba-the-Truck was stuck in the MIDDLE of the exit from the hotel where I'd been to a seminar) and ask! Grins, Sairey (all quilters love "show 'n' tell", even if it's OLD stuff! :-) ) Diana Curtis wrote: Sarah, could you post a link to your web site please? There are quilts there our newcomers need to see. Ill never forget the first time I paged through your collection. Im not sure which is more fun, the pictures or the storys that go along with! Thanks, Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Sarah Curry" wrote in message ... You clearly didn't come here FIRST, Carla, but where do you want us to START? (and yes, we WILL argue about this and that (almost everything, come to think of it ... starting with a sheet for the backing ... a 100% cotton sheet, by chance?? :-) ) Grins, Sairey (just stirring the pot, a little ... and yes, I CAN, because I pretty much BTDT, on all of those ('cept that I've never UNDERSTOOD that "heavy" stuff ... of COURSE it is heavy! but I doubt that there's much "older" than miz "older-than-dirt", here (I SWEAR -- that's how that one came out, a coupla years ago, and I wasn't quite SIXTY, then (but am 61 now)!)) C. Mathews wrote: Just couldn't resist telling all you lovely experienced machine quilters about my adventures with my first attempt to machine quilt. I went armed with my split rail pattern to the fabric shop. First of all, I was shocked at the prices..then I was bewildered as to what to buy. After spending an hour, and the salesgirl pulling down bolts of fabric I finally decided on my colors. One light, one medium, and one dark. So far so good! The cutting and piecing went well. I love doing that even though I was intimated by the first time use of the rotary cutter. I had a brand new machine to use and life was good! Then a friend came over with a quilting frame and we sandwiched the Warm & Natural, pieced top, and a sheet for the backing together, and pinned our little hearts out. Sounds good uh?? But wait, there is a dark side to all of this. No one told me that a double bed size quilt would be so heavy. No one told me that I needed a walking foot. No one told me that without one, the backside of the quilt will pucker. No one told me that a pinned quilt is like pushing a bed of nails through your machine. No one told me that it is easier to sew North to South than East to West on a quilt. So I went merrily on my way, sewing and when I turned the quilt over..I was disappointed to see all the puckers. SOOOOO! I spent 2 days picking out all the stitches and mumbling to myself. This was enough to almost make me swear off quilt making. You notice I said, "almost". I am already plotting my next quilt...but I think this time I would like to try quilting in sections. I just don't seem to have the knack of those large quilts yet, and I find them too heavy for this old lady to push around. I read with interest all your posts and have picked up many friendly URL's and suggestions. I think what I need is some suggestions if there is an easier way to do this. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Carla,
you might be reading the posts, but you are not paying much attention! Bad girl! ) Otherwise you would have known that you need a walking foot, that a queen sized quilt is no way for a begginer to start, and that you practice on other stuff before you attack your quilt!!!! C. Mathews wrote: Just couldn't resist telling all you lovely experienced machine quilters about my adventures with my first attempt to machine quilt. I went armed with my split rail pattern to the fabric shop. First of all, I was shocked at the prices..then I was bewildered as to what to buy. After spending an hour, and the salesgirl pulling down bolts of fabric I finally decided on my colors. One light, one medium, and one dark. So far so good! The cutting and piecing went well. I love doing that even though I was intimated by the first time use of the rotary cutter. I had a brand new machine to use and life was good! Then a friend came over with a quilting frame and we sandwiched the Warm & Natural, pieced top, and a sheet for the backing together, and pinned our little hearts out. Sounds good uh?? But wait, there is a dark side to all of this. No one told me that a double bed size quilt would be so heavy. No one told me that I needed a walking foot. No one told me that without one, the backside of the quilt will pucker. No one told me that a pinned quilt is like pushing a bed of nails through your machine. No one told me that it is easier to sew North to South than East to West on a quilt. So I went merrily on my way, sewing and when I turned the quilt over..I was disappointed to see all the puckers. SOOOOO! I spent 2 days picking out all the stitches and mumbling to myself. This was enough to almost make me swear off quilt making. You notice I said, "almost". I am already plotting my next quilt...but I think this time I would like to try quilting in sections. I just don't seem to have the knack of those large quilts yet, and I find them too heavy for this old lady to push around. I read with interest all your posts and have picked up many friendly URL's and suggestions. I think what I need is some suggestions if there is an easier way to do this. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- -- Dr. Quilter Ambassador of Extraordinary Aliens |
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