Toddler Quilt

Mika wrote:

I have a tiny friend in Vermont that I'm going to make a quilt for and need
some suggestions. His name is Jordan, he is 3 y/o and is not well. He was
born with a kidney problem that resulted in him having both kidneys removed.
Because of this he has to have dialysis daily and has been hospitalized
numerous times. At the moment he is waiting on a kidney transplant, his dad
is donating a kidney. The last time I talked to his dad a couple of weeks
ago, Jordan was in the hospital due to seizures and high blood pressure.
Mike told me that the transplant could take place at any time in the near
future. Jordan also has a 2 y/o sister at home. I'm going to make matching
quilts for them so when Jordan goes to the hospital he can take his with him
but Tasha can have one like it to feel close to him. The thing I want to do
to make them different from each other is to put their names on the quilts.
This is where I need help.

I want to cut letters out of fabric and sew the letters onto blocks. But I
do NOT appliqué. What would you all do to make letter blocks? I don't have
an embroidery machine (yet) otherwise I would just embroidery the letters on
blocks and go from there. I've seen some really neat decorative fonts for
embroidery machines. Geez I can sooo not wait until I get my embroidery
machine but I digress. So all you wonderful Goddess's of Quilts, please help
me out here and give me some suggestions. I'm at a loss. I need something
EASY to sew with EASY directions.

I just finished up my root canal today so I'm a bit on stress overload right
now. That's why I need EASY.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms


In the past I have used Bondaweb to fuse letters to backing fabric and
then stitched them down using a mini blanket stitch on my machine. It
tends to make the letters a little stiff... You might like to stick
them in place with basting spray instead. Then it would evaporate/wash out.

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Kate XXXXXX
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Wonder Under (or the fusible of your choice). Fuse it to the back of the
letter fabric. Cut out letters. Peel off the backing (sometimes it works
better to peel before you cut out). Fuse the letters to the quilt. Then you
can zigzag over the raw edges.

If you have a little practice with free motion work, you can "write" with
your darning foot using a medium-wide zigzag. Set the machine to the
buttonhole tension setting. Practice a bit first to get a smooth result.
Just write in your best handwriting with pencil on the fabric. Stitch over
the lines. Move the fabric in a more or less straight line from left to
right , just as if you were writing, allowing it to move up and down or loop
as required. The zigzag will be thick on the vertical bits and thin on the
horizontal bits, rather like a calligraphy pen. It's fun!
Roberta in D

"Mika" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I have a tiny friend in Vermont that I'm going to make a quilt for and need
some suggestions. His name is Jordan, he is 3 y/o and is not well. He was
born with a kidney problem that resulted in him having both kidneys
removed. Because of this he has to have dialysis daily and has been
hospitalized numerous times. At the moment he is waiting on a kidney
transplant, his dad is donating a kidney. The last time I talked to his dad
a couple of weeks ago, Jordan was in the hospital due to seizures and high
blood pressure. Mike told me that the transplant could take place at any
time in the near future. Jordan also has a 2 y/o sister at home. I'm going
to make matching quilts for them so when Jordan goes to the hospital he can
take his with him but Tasha can have one like it to feel close to him. The
thing I want to do to make them different from each other is to put their
names on the quilts. This is where I need help.

I want to cut letters out of fabric and sew the letters onto blocks. But I
do NOT appliqué. What would you all do to make letter blocks? I don't have
an embroidery machine (yet) otherwise I would just embroidery the letters
on blocks and go from there. I've seen some really neat decorative fonts
for embroidery machines. Geez I can sooo not wait until I get my
embroidery machine but I digress. So all you wonderful Goddess's of
Quilts, please help me out here and give me some suggestions. I'm at a
loss. I need something EASY to sew with EASY directions.

I just finished up my root canal today so I'm a bit on stress overload
right now. That's why I need EASY.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

That's an idea. Thanks Georg.

--
Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms


"georg" wrote in message
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Mika wrote:

I want to cut letters out of fabric and sew the letters onto blocks. But
I do NOT appliqué. What would you all do to make letter blocks?

I would take graph paper and draw the letters and Piece them. The
occassional triangle is likely needed. But a grid of 5 wide and 7 high can
do most letters.

-georg

Well, I didn't think about the starch thing either. Thanks for the idea.
--
Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

"Moira Riddell" wrote in message
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Mika, just starch the fabric you want to cut out the letters for, use a
tempory spray adhesive on the wrong side, and then use a zig zag stitch
wide enough to cover the edges and hey presto, that is all there is too
it, other than the placing of the letters. The starch will give you
control of the stitching, and can be washed off with no problems....

Moira

"Mika" wrote in message
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I have a tiny friend in Vermont that I'm going to make a quilt for and
need some suggestions. His name is Jordan, he is 3 y/o and is not well. He
was born with a kidney problem that resulted in him having both kidneys
removed. Because of this he has to have dialysis daily and has been
hospitalized numerous times. At the moment he is waiting on a kidney
transplant, his dad is donating a kidney. The last time I talked to his
dad a couple of weeks ago, Jordan was in the hospital due to seizures and
high blood pressure. Mike told me that the transplant could take place at
any time in the near future. Jordan also has a 2 y/o sister at home. I'm
going to make matching quilts for them so when Jordan goes to the hospital
he can take his with him but Tasha can have one like it to feel close to
him. The thing I want to do to make them different from each other is to
put their names on the quilts. This is where I need help.

I want to cut letters out of fabric and sew the letters onto blocks. But
I do NOT appliqué. What would you all do to make letter blocks? I don't
have an embroidery machine (yet) otherwise I would just embroidery the
letters on blocks and go from there. I've seen some really neat
decorative fonts for embroidery machines. Geez I can sooo not wait until
I get my embroidery machine but I digress. So all you wonderful Goddess's
of Quilts, please help me out here and give me some suggestions. I'm at a
loss. I need something EASY to sew with EASY directions.

I just finished up my root canal today so I'm a bit on stress overload
right now. That's why I need EASY.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

Oh wow!!! That is such a kind offer Linda. Yes I can wait a few days. I
haven't started on the quilts yet as they are still in the planning stages.
But if you really don't mind I would greatly appreciate it you would
embroider them.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

"nana2b" wrote in message
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Hi Mika, If you can wait a few more days, I would be happy to embroider
their names on the block and send them to you. Tuesday my Bernie 200E
died in the middle of a design. I do have the Deco 650 as a backup if you
want them ASAP. Let me know if I can help you out!

How about paper pieced letters, Mika? Carol Doak has some great ones
(resizable to whatever dimensions you want) in her newest book: 300
Paper-Pieced Quilt Blocks.

Hey Sandy. Someone else mentioned this book. I don't have a clue how to
paper piece so I'm just going to have to get the book sometime. I've heard
my mom talk about using newspapers to piece quilts years ago. But I have
never tried it. It's on my to-do list though.



I just finished up my root canal today so I'm a bit on stress overload
right
now. That's why I need EASY.

I hope that went well for you!

It actually did go well. This was the first time in my entire life that I
have let a dentist near my teeth without the Novocain first. He finished it
without deadening my gums and it was virtually painless. I am absolutely
terrified of dentists. But it's over now and this dentist is good. So I
think I'll keep him for awhile.

Mika

I had thought about the paint because I have a ton of fabric paints. My
concern with it is that over time with being washed and dried the paint
cracks and peels off. I wouldn't want to have the rough edges of the paint
scratching them or have them peel it off and put it in their mouth or
something. But it's a great idea.
--
Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

"Violet "F'loonslayer" Volfie" wrote in message
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"Mika" wrote in message
...
[..] The thing I want to do
to make them different from each other is to put their names on the
quilts.
This is where I need help.

I want to cut letters out of fabric and sew the letters onto blocks. But
I
do NOT appliqué. What would you all do to make letter blocks?
[..]

How about the technique they use to put applique on sweatshirts? Use the
iron-on adhesive paper on the fabric, cut out the letters, iron them to
the
quilt and then outline the letters in washable puffy paint? That will
give
a nice texture to the quilt that the kids might enjoy, too. And it's
durable because someone gave me a sweatshirt with that sort of applique on
it and I washed and wore it forever.

Giselle

Wow!! Quilterscache is one of my most favorite quilt pattern sites but
somehow I missed that pattern. Thanks for the link Irene.

--
Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

"IMS" wrote in message
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Here are some on-line paper pieced alphabet blocks. Maybe this will ease
some stress

http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/AlphabetPatterns.html

-Irene

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:43:57 -0500, "Mika"
wrote:

I have a tiny friend in Vermont that I'm going to make a quilt for and need
some suggestions. His name is Jordan, he is 3 y/o and is not well. He was
born with a kidney problem that resulted in him having both kidneys
removed.
Because of this he has to have dialysis daily and has been hospitalized
numerous times. At the moment he is waiting on a kidney transplant, his dad
is donating a kidney. The last time I talked to his dad a couple of weeks
ago, Jordan was in the hospital due to seizures and high blood pressure.
Mike told me that the transplant could take place at any time in the near
future. Jordan also has a 2 y/o sister at home. I'm going to make matching
quilts for them so when Jordan goes to the hospital he can take his with
him
but Tasha can have one like it to feel close to him. The thing I want to do
to make them different from each other is to put their names on the quilts.
This is where I need help.

I want to cut letters out of fabric and sew the letters onto blocks. But I
do NOT appliqué. What would you all do to make letter blocks? I don't have
an embroidery machine (yet) otherwise I would just embroidery the letters
on
blocks and go from there. I've seen some really neat decorative fonts for
embroidery machines. Geez I can sooo not wait until I get my embroidery
machine but I digress. So all you wonderful Goddess's of Quilts, please
help
me out here and give me some suggestions. I'm at a loss. I need something
EASY to sew with EASY directions.

I just finished up my root canal today so I'm a bit on stress overload
right
now. That's why I need EASY.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms




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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
--Mae West
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I wouldn't mind at all. My machine should be back to me early this week. I
am in the RCTQ directory, so you can write me off list if you need to.


Linda in Plano TX

If Linda can't do it, please contact me, Mika. I would be more than happy
to help. My machine is sitting right here & we've got a 6-12" snowfall
predicted for tonight & tomorrow.

Merrystitch
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