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Need some background filler quilting patterns
I've used stippling, pebbles, bubbles, bananas, headbands, vine and
leaves, scrolls, fern and everything else I can find. Does anybody have a website with just background fillers? I'm about to do grids out of desperation and really don't want to go there on this quilt... On a side note, I have managed to buy a new sewing machine that comes already possessed- just like the old one was possessed. This one seems to be possessed by good spirits instead of evil ones, tho. I saw Diane Gaudynski's bananas quilting pattern and could NOT draw it on paper to save my soul. I tried and tried and just couldn't get it. I started to mq one secton of my horse-pital quilt with McTavishing and it ended up being a bananas pattern! I had no idea my new sm could do that! How nice..... LOL Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. |
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Need some background filler quilting patterns
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"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote: I've used stippling, pebbles, bubbles, bananas, headbands, vine and leaves, scrolls, fern and everything else I can find. Does anybody have a website with just background fillers? I'm about to do grids out of desperation and really don't want to go there on this quilt... On a side note, I have managed to buy a new sewing machine that comes already possessed- just like the old one was possessed. This one seems to be possessed by good spirits instead of evil ones, tho. I saw Diane Gaudynski's bananas quilting pattern and could NOT draw it on paper to save my soul. I tried and tried and just couldn't get it. I started to mq one secton of my horse-pital quilt with McTavishing and it ended up being a bananas pattern! I had no idea my new sm could do that! How nice..... LOL Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. Leslie, I don't have the web site you're asking for, but I did want to say that your experience with pencil/paper, as opposed to thread/needle isn't all that unusual. G When I took a class from Kathy Sandbach a few years ago, I had the same problem. I couldn't draw a feather to save my life. She took pity on me and told me to go ahead and start quilting. It worked! I just can't draw. LOL! -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sfoster 1 (at) earthlink (dot) net (remove/change the obvious) http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
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Need some background filler quilting patterns
Sandy-
Thank you! That's good to know.... if that sm has a mind of it's own, then I don't have to worry about patterns. It'll just do what it wants to any way. VBG But now I'm back to the same problem. I wouldn't mind buying a book, but I'm concerned if I spend the money it might not have what I really want. I have Quilting Makes the Quilt. I thought it was a fantastic book when I bought it- the quilting awed me. But now it's kinda ho-hum. That's not the direction I want to go with my mqing. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. On Apr 9, 8:29 pm, Sandy wrote: In article .com, "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote: I've used stippling, pebbles, bubbles, bananas, headbands, vine and leaves, scrolls, fern and everything else I can find. Does anybody have a website with just background fillers? I'm about to do grids out of desperation and really don't want to go there on this quilt... On a side note, I have managed to buy a new sewing machine that comes already possessed- just like the old one was possessed. This one seems to be possessed by good spirits instead of evil ones, tho. I saw Diane Gaudynski's bananas quilting pattern and could NOT draw it on paper to save my soul. I tried and tried and just couldn't get it. I started to mq one secton of my horse-pital quilt with McTavishing and it ended up being a bananas pattern! I had no idea my new sm could do that! How nice..... LOL Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. Leslie, I don't have the web site you're asking for, but I did want to say that your experience with pencil/paper, as opposed to thread/needle isn't all that unusual. G When I took a class from Kathy Sandbach a few years ago, I had the same problem. I couldn't draw a feather to save my life. She took pity on me and told me to go ahead and start quilting. It worked! I just can't draw. LOL! -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sfoster 1 (at) earthlink (dot) net (remove/change the obvious)http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
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Need some background filler quilting patterns
James just bought me Quilting Possibilities Freehand Filler Patterns
by Sue Patten from Amazon. I haven't done more than glanced at it but looks like it might be something you would enjoy and would fit the bill Leslie. Taria Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote: Sandy- Thank you! That's good to know.... if that sm has a mind of it's own, then I don't have to worry about patterns. It'll just do what it wants to any way. VBG But now I'm back to the same problem. I wouldn't mind buying a book, but I'm concerned if I spend the money it might not have what I really want. I have Quilting Makes the Quilt. I thought it was a fantastic book when I bought it- the quilting awed me. But now it's kinda ho-hum. That's not the direction I want to go with my mqing. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. |
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Need some background filler quilting patterns
In article .com,
"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote: Sandy- Thank you! That's good to know.... if that sm has a mind of it's own, then I don't have to worry about patterns. It'll just do what it wants to any way. VBG But now I'm back to the same problem. I wouldn't mind buying a book, but I'm concerned if I spend the money it might not have what I really want. I have Quilting Makes the Quilt. I thought it was a fantastic book when I bought it- the quilting awed me. But now it's kinda ho-hum. That's not the direction I want to go with my mqing. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. Leslie, didn't you say you had one or another of Karen McTavish's books? She has some flame-like background quilting patterns, as well as some she calls "cyclone" and some filler feathers.... Those are in _Mastering the Art of McTavishing_. -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sfoster 1 (at) earthlink (dot) net (remove/change the obvious) http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
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Need some background filler quilting patterns
Taria- I just ordered that book from WalMart. Their shipping is only 95 cents and their book price was one of the lowest I found. Thanks for the recommendation- that relieved some concerns I had about ordering a book sight unseen. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. On Apr 9, 8:54 pm, Taria wrote: James just bought me Quilting Possibilities Freehand Filler Patterns by Sue Patten from Amazon. I haven't done more than glanced at it but looks like it might be something you would enjoy and would fit the bill Leslie. Taria Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote: Sandy- Thank you! That's good to know.... if that sm has a mind of it's own, then I don't have to worry about patterns. It'll just do what it wants to any way. VBG But now I'm back to the same problem. I wouldn't mind buying a book, but I'm concerned if I spend the money it might not have what I really want. I have Quilting Makes the Quilt. I thought it was a fantastic book when I bought it- the quilting awed me. But now it's kinda ho-hum. That's not the direction I want to go with my mqing. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Need some background filler quilting patterns
Yep, Sandy, I have The Art of McTavishing. I did pretty well with the flames in a practice piece, but I have lost the knack! I just tried them again on my scraps and I can't do it. Maybe if I wait a few days my sm will learn them??? LOL Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. On Apr 9, 10:38 pm, Sandy wrote: In article .com, "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote: Sandy- Thank you! That's good to know.... if that sm has a mind of it's own, then I don't have to worry about patterns. It'll just do what it wants to any way. VBG But now I'm back to the same problem. I wouldn't mind buying a book, but I'm concerned if I spend the money it might not have what I really want. I have Quilting Makes the Quilt. I thought it was a fantastic book when I bought it- the quilting awed me. But now it's kinda ho-hum. That's not the direction I want to go with my mqing. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. Leslie, didn't you say you had one or another of Karen McTavish's books? She has some flame-like background quilting patterns, as well as some she calls "cyclone" and some filler feathers.... Those are in _Mastering the Art of McTavishing_. -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sfoster 1 (at) earthlink (dot) net (remove/change the obvious)http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
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Need some background filler quilting patterns
Leave the book out beside it overnight! Give it a chance g
.. In message .com, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes Yep, Sandy, I have The Art of McTavishing. I did pretty well with the flames in a practice piece, but I have lost the knack! I just tried them again on my scraps and I can't do it. Maybe if I wait a few days my sm will learn them??? LOL Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Need some background filler quilting patterns
Thanks, Pat, excellent suggestion! My tiny little sewing room is such
a mess I don't know if the sm would even notice the book laying there... maybe I'll just clear a space right beside the needle. Or would the other end of the sm be more effective??? LOL Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. On Apr 10, 12:41 am, Patti wrote: Leave the book out beside it overnight! Give it a chance g . In message .com, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes Yep, Sandy, I have The Art of McTavishing. I did pretty well with the flames in a practice piece, but I have lost the knack! I just tried them again on my scraps and I can't do it. Maybe if I wait a few days my sm will learn them??? LOL Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Need some background filler quilting patterns
Had to laugh, I'm really good at bananas too! and can't draw. But can FM
pretty well, some of the time, since it uses the whole arm and not just wrist and finger movements. Try doing whatever it is in an unaccustomed direction, like doing flames sideways. Sometimes it helps. Roberta in D "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." schrieb im Newsbeitrag oups.com... Yep, Sandy, I have The Art of McTavishing. I did pretty well with the flames in a practice piece, but I have lost the knack! I just tried them again on my scraps and I can't do it. Maybe if I wait a few days my sm will learn them??? LOL Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. On Apr 9, 10:38 pm, Sandy wrote: In article .com, "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote: Sandy- Thank you! That's good to know.... if that sm has a mind of it's own, then I don't have to worry about patterns. It'll just do what it wants to any way. VBG But now I'm back to the same problem. I wouldn't mind buying a book, but I'm concerned if I spend the money it might not have what I really want. I have Quilting Makes the Quilt. I thought it was a fantastic book when I bought it- the quilting awed me. But now it's kinda ho-hum. That's not the direction I want to go with my mqing. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. Leslie, didn't you say you had one or another of Karen McTavish's books? She has some flame-like background quilting patterns, as well as some she calls "cyclone" and some filler feathers.... Those are in _Mastering the Art of McTavishing_. -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sfoster 1 (at) earthlink (dot) net (remove/change the obvious)http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
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