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"Drat", says newbie...
All I can say right now is "drat"! I came here looking for
ideas for surface design and dyeing, and now I (person who has always loathed sewing) want to make a quilt! You must be contageous or something.... I am also thinking I want to do something by hand first.... Are crazy quilts the easiest? Any good links for total newbies? Hmmmm. I'd better go look at the FAQ if there is one. I have been looking at eye candy--and at more practical things like about.quilting.... I don't know whether to close with a smile or a frown. Time will tell.... -- Jean B. |
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"Drat", says newbie...
In article , "Jean B."
wrote: All I can say right now is "drat"! I came here looking for ideas for surface design and dyeing, and now I (person who has always loathed sewing) want to make a quilt! You must be contageous or something.... I am also thinking I want to do something by hand first.... Are crazy quilts the easiest? Any good links for total newbies? Hmmmm. I'd better go look at the FAQ if there is one. I have been looking at eye candy--and at more practical things like about.quilting.... I don't know whether to close with a smile or a frown. Time will tell.... Welcome, Jean! G We love being contagious! LOL! As for hand work, you can do any quilt that way (crazy quilts aren't my thing, but they're truly masterpieces). I'm currently in love with Linda Franz's Quilted Diamonds (http://www.lindafranz.com/) and am doing them entirely by hand. She puts out a wonderful DVD explaining the entire process. 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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"Drat", says newbie...
Welcome aboard! There is a lot for all of us to learn and fun to be had.
julia Jean B. wrote: All I can say right now is "drat"! I came here looking for ideas for surface design and dyeing, and now I (person who has always loathed sewing) want to make a quilt! You must be contageous or something.... I am also thinking I want to do something by hand first.... Are crazy quilts the easiest? Any good links for total newbies? Hmmmm. I'd better go look at the FAQ if there is one. I have been looking at eye candy--and at more practical things like about.quilting.... I don't know whether to close with a smile or a frown. Time will tell.... |
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"Drat", says newbie...
Hi Jean. Welcome to the cyber quilt frame. Lots of good information can be
gleaned from the ladies here if you bribe them properly. That means Chocolate or fabric or more chocolate or even more fabric. Sit down and take a load off and pass the chocolate. You do have chocolate right? ;-) Hugs, Mika "Jean B." wrote in message ... All I can say right now is "drat"! I came here looking for ideas for surface design and dyeing, and now I (person who has always loathed sewing) want to make a quilt! You must be contageous or something.... I am also thinking I want to do something by hand first.... Are crazy quilts the easiest? Any good links for total newbies? Hmmmm. I'd better go look at the FAQ if there is one. I have been looking at eye candy--and at more practical things like about.quilting.... I don't know whether to close with a smile or a frown. Time will tell.... -- Jean B. |
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hee hee hee... yup contagious and enablers to boot! lol....
Welcome! dunno if crazy quilts are easiest but they are fun! there are a lot of simple patterns with striking results. Irish chain, Snowball, yellow brick road, etc. ad nauseum grin http://www.kjbeanne.com/rctqfaqs.htm i keep the faqs on my site. They won't tell you as much about making quilts as about the terms we talk about here. if you have days to look for patterns and drool go here http://www.quilterscache.com/ if you have months go here http://www.quiltwoman.com/sp_links.cfm and there are lots of other places such as the websites of the ppl here! have fun! ask lots of questions, show us pics on your website and welcome again! Kellie J Berger www.kjbeanne.com/kellie.htm "Jean B." wrote in message ... All I can say right now is "drat"! I came here looking for ideas for surface design and dyeing, and now I (person who has always loathed sewing) want to make a quilt! You must be contageous or something.... I am also thinking I want to do something by hand first.... Are crazy quilts the easiest? Any good links for total newbies? Hmmmm. I'd better go look at the FAQ if there is one. I have been looking at eye candy--and at more practical things like about.quilting.... I don't know whether to close with a smile or a frown. Time will tell.... -- Jean B. |
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Jean-
Welcome to your new obsession/passion/addiction! This link will get you to *everything* you ever wanted to know about quilting and then some. Plan to spend an afternoon (or longer!) checking out all the info on this website... http://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.ne...inePiecing.htm Good luck, have fun, and hang around here. We'll always answer any question- and debate the merits- any time you need some info! ;-) And WELCOME to r.c.t.q.!!! Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. Jean B. wrote: All I can say right now is "drat"! I came here looking for ideas for surface design and dyeing, and now I (person who has always loathed sewing) want to make a quilt! You must be contageous or something.... I am also thinking I want to do something by hand first.... Are crazy quilts the easiest? Any good links for total newbies? Hmmmm. I'd better go look at the FAQ if there is one. I have been looking at eye candy--and at more practical things like about.quilting.... I don't know whether to close with a smile or a frown. Time will tell.... -- Jean B. |
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Welcome!
I still count myself a relative "newbie" - I think I'm coming up on my 4th year since my "quilting for dummies" introduction class (but I'm over-busy and don't work on quilts NEARLY as much as I want). I don't know if crazy quilts would be "easiest", but maybe they're different if you hand-piece. I've pondered some but can see getting myself into weird situations where I have an off-kilter triangle to try to fit in to a block and I"m really not good at turning a corner while stitching. For really easy, and quick gratification, try ANYTHING just involving squares. I just whipped up a couple tops for baby quilts that alternated 4-patch and 1-patch pieces, but if you do that with fun batiks and fiddle with the colour placement you can get neat effects for nothing but straight-line sewing. For a ton of ideas and some reasonably good instructions for block designs, I think someone already suggested Quilterscache. If you're the sort who likes books - well, there are many here who have many more than I, but my first teach recommended the "Quilts from the Quiltmaker's Gift" books - there are two - and I LOVE them. They are full of 39 traditional patterns ranging from drop-dead easy to moderately complex but still repeating geometries. The books include lots of good technique advice, along with a primer on the "math of quilting" and they're full of fun stories of all kinds of real-world quilters. I've also bought the children's book "The Quiltmaker's Gift" over and over again for friends' kids. I am also someone who loves going to a good workshop. Not every teacher is brilliant, and I've been lucky to find a few who are, but every one of them has some personal wisdom that you just won't get by trial and error (or maybe you would, but after ALOT of trial and error). A one-day class in my area will run about $50-$70, and is enough to teach you the basics of EITHER cutting/piecing OR quilting, I find. Good luck with your new affliction... er, ummm, "hobby", yah that's it... Johanna (the one in Waterloo, Canada). Jean B. wrote: All I can say right now is "drat"! I came here looking for ideas for surface design and dyeing, and now I (person who has always loathed sewing) want to make a quilt! You must be contageous or something.... I am also thinking I want to do something by hand first.... Are crazy quilts the easiest? Any good links for total newbies? Hmmmm. I'd better go look at the FAQ if there is one. I have been looking at eye candy--and at more practical things like about.quilting.... I don't know whether to close with a smile or a frown. Time will tell.... -- Jean B. |
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Howdy!
oooowaaahahahahahahaha! Hooked another one! Easiest by hand: cut some fabric squares, all the same size. Sew 2 of them together: you have a pair. Sew 2 more of them together: another pair. Sew the pairs together: you have a 4-patch. See how easy that was? Repeat. g Let the fabric make it fun & interesting for a 4-patch. When you get them all put together, then you move on to another pattern, a 9-patch, playing w/ triangles, curves--really, curves are not difficult. Crazy quilting, tho', could be a bigger challenge for a first quilt. Or not. ;-) Good luck! And Welcome, Jean B!! Ragmop/Sandy-- my favorite 4-patch: http://tinyurl.com/jf58k Latest 4-patch mix: http://tinyurl.com/j7shs On 8/15/06 7:31 PM, in article , "Jean B." wrote: All I can say right now is "drat"! I came here looking for ideas for surface design and dyeing, and now I (person who has always loathed sewing) want to make a quilt! You must be contageous or something.... I am also thinking I want to do something by hand first.... Are crazy quilts the easiest? Any good links for total newbies? Hmmmm. I'd better go look at the FAQ if there is one. I have been looking at eye candy--and at more practical things like about.quilting.... I don't know whether to close with a smile or a frown. Time will tell.... Jean B. |
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"Drat", says newbie...
I too, would like to say welcome, even though I am a newbie myself. I
have not sewn the first square together but am trying to get ready to do so. I can't wait this is something I have always wanted to do and I am going to do it even if it kills me. Well, I don't think it will kill me but I am going to do it. Again, Welcome, Jacqueline On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:31:58 -0400, "Jean B." wrote: All I can say right now is "drat"! I came here looking for ideas for surface design and dyeing, and now I (person who has always loathed sewing) want to make a quilt! You must be contageous or something.... I am also thinking I want to do something by hand first.... Are crazy quilts the easiest? Any good links for total newbies? Hmmmm. I'd better go look at the FAQ if there is one. I have been looking at eye candy--and at more practical things like about.quilting.... I don't know whether to close with a smile or a frown. Time will tell.... Jacqueline http://www.mountain-breeze.com Recipes and other fun things |
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"Drat", says newbie...
Kelly I apprecaite those links, they weren't passed out when I joined
last week but sure am glad to get them tonight. Jacqueline On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:30:18 GMT, "Kellie J. Berger" wrote: hee hee hee... yup contagious and enablers to boot! lol.... Welcome! dunno if crazy quilts are easiest but they are fun! there are a lot of simple patterns with striking results. Irish chain, Snowball, yellow brick road, etc. ad nauseum grin http://www.kjbeanne.com/rctqfaqs.htm i keep the faqs on my site. They won't tell you as much about making quilts as about the terms we talk about here. if you have days to look for patterns and drool go here http://www.quilterscache.com/ if you have months go here http://www.quiltwoman.com/sp_links.cfm and there are lots of other places such as the websites of the ppl here! have fun! ask lots of questions, show us pics on your website and welcome again! Kellie J Berger www.kjbeanne.com/kellie.htm "Jean B." wrote in message ... All I can say right now is "drat"! I came here looking for ideas for surface design and dyeing, and now I (person who has always loathed sewing) want to make a quilt! You must be contageous or something.... I am also thinking I want to do something by hand first.... Are crazy quilts the easiest? Any good links for total newbies? Hmmmm. I'd better go look at the FAQ if there is one. I have been looking at eye candy--and at more practical things like about.quilting.... I don't know whether to close with a smile or a frown. Time will tell.... -- Jean B. Jacqueline http://www.mountain-breeze.com Recipes and other fun things |
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