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Progress on BOM quilt top
I've managed to layer and pin the quilt top/backing/batting sandwich.
I've stitched in the ditch (or as close as these hands and eyes can manage) and now I'm doing freeform free-motion feathers in the sashing strips. I'm marking the spine line with chalk, but that's the only marking required, so they go pretty quickly! (No longarm, no midarm, no stitch regulator....sigh.) I've finished five strips and only have about a bazillion more to do. By the time I finish those I may have decided what to do inside the cornerstones, the blocks themselves, and for the border!!! http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46414451niijtx Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle |
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Carole, you do GREAT on those feathers! (I need to do some serious thinking
about learning to do those.) That quilt is sooooo lovely- the colors/fabrics, the designs, the piecing and appliqué and now the quilting! Great job! Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. "Carole-Retired and Loving It" wrote in message news I've managed to layer and pin the quilt top/backing/batting sandwich. I've stitched in the ditch (or as close as these hands and eyes can manage) and now I'm doing freeform free-motion feathers in the sashing strips. I'm marking the spine line with chalk, but that's the only marking required, so they go pretty quickly! (No longarm, no midarm, no stitch regulator....sigh.) I've finished five strips and only have about a bazillion more to do. By the time I finish those I may have decided what to do inside the cornerstones, the blocks themselves, and for the border!!! http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46414451niijtx Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle |
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Oh boy, that's looking great! Easiest way to do feathers IMO :-)
Roberta in D "Carole-Retired and Loving It" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news I've managed to layer and pin the quilt top/backing/batting sandwich. I've stitched in the ditch (or as close as these hands and eyes can manage) and now I'm doing freeform free-motion feathers in the sashing strips. I'm marking the spine line with chalk, but that's the only marking required, so they go pretty quickly! (No longarm, no midarm, no stitch regulator....sigh.) I've finished five strips and only have about a bazillion more to do. By the time I finish those I may have decided what to do inside the cornerstones, the blocks themselves, and for the border!!! http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46414451niijtx Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle |
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Thanks, Leslie. I've watched a few videos on how to do feathers, and
I've practiced a lot! It finally started making sense to me. Patsy Thompson has a video about doing feathers and I found it very easy to follow. She does her demonstrating on a domestic machine. I've just ordered another of her videos about doing vines and leaves. The quilt is coming together better than I expected, given that it is basically a sampler! On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:56:02 -0500, "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote: Carole, you do GREAT on those feathers! (I need to do some serious thinking about learning to do those.) That quilt is sooooo lovely- the colors/fabrics, the designs, the piecing and appliqué and now the quilting! |
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Thanks, Roberta. When I FIRST started trying to do feathers, it was
very frustrating and they weren't smooth or well-shaped. The more I practiced, and the more I re-watched the videos, the better they got. I think it's easier to do free-form where they don't have to all look the same than to try to do very consistent plumes. On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:35:00 +0200, "Roberta Zollner" wrote: Oh boy, that's looking great! Easiest way to do feathers IMO :-) Roberta in D Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle |
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That quilting is absolutely wonderful Carole. Who needs a Long Arm! lol.So
looking forward to the finished quilt. Are the safety pins curved ? I see you have lots in there. Thats maybe where I go wrong! -- Estelle UK Gallagher one one at btinternet.com You are never too old to become the person you should have been! My photos are here! http://community.webshots.com/user/EstelleUK11 "Carole-Retired and Loving It" wrote in message news I've managed to layer and pin the quilt top/backing/batting sandwich. I've stitched in the ditch (or as close as these hands and eyes can manage) and now I'm doing freeform free-motion feathers in the sashing strips. I'm marking the spine line with chalk, but that's the only marking required, so they go pretty quickly! (No longarm, no midarm, no stitch regulator....sigh.) I've finished five strips and only have about a bazillion more to do. By the time I finish those I may have decided what to do inside the cornerstones, the blocks themselves, and for the border!!! http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46414451niijtx Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle |
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Thank you! Most of the pins are curved and small, although I ran out
of those so there are a few straight and a few larger pins. (I've bought more small curved ones since then.) I find that the more I pin, the fewer puckers I get on the back side. I don't have a good place to spray baste without worrying about the fumes and I tend to be sensitive to things like that. I pin baste on my large white folding table, stretching everything on the table top as tautly as I can, and letting the rest hang over the edges. After that part is pinned very securely, I pull it to an unpinned part and repeat the "stretching tautly" part before pinning. It's easier on my back than getting down on the floor. On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:48:47 +0100, "Estelle Gallagher" wrote: That quilting is absolutely wonderful Carole. Who needs a Long Arm! lol.So looking forward to the finished quilt. Are the safety pins curved ? I see you have lots in there. Thats maybe where I go wrong! Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle |
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Thankyou for the tips Carole. The floor does seem a long way down ,and then
how to get up!! "Carole-Retired and Loving It" wrote in message ... Thank you! Most of the pins are curved and small, although I ran out of those so there are a few straight and a few larger pins. (I've bought more small curved ones since then.) I find that the more I pin, the fewer puckers I get on the back side. I don't have a good place to spray baste without worrying about the fumes and I tend to be sensitive to things like that. I pin baste on my large white folding table, stretching everything on the table top as tautly as I can, and letting the rest hang over the edges. After that part is pinned very securely, I pull it to an unpinned part and repeat the "stretching tautly" part before pinning. It's easier on my back than getting down on the floor. On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:48:47 +0100, "Estelle Gallagher" wrote: That quilting is absolutely wonderful Carole. Who needs a Long Arm! lol.So looking forward to the finished quilt. Are the safety pins curved ? I see you have lots in there. Thats maybe where I go wrong! Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle |
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On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:58:19 -0400, Carole-Retired and Loving It
wrote: Thanks, Roberta. When I FIRST started trying to do feathers, it was very frustrating and they weren't smooth or well-shaped. The more I practiced, and the more I re-watched the videos, the better they got. I think it's easier to do free-form where they don't have to all look the same than to try to do very consistent plumes. Just beautiful, Carole. Maybe I'll get one of those videos! -Irene |
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The DVDs are kind of pricey - $29.95, but there is so much helpful
information on them that I decided that it was worth buying a couple of them. She has video clips from each DVD, ranging from about 3 minutes to 10 minutes on her website, so that you can get a pretty good idea of what you are buying. She also has free downloads of the designs from each DVD and once you've got the techniques, you can pretty much figure out how to do the designs from the other DVDs. She's also nice and helpful. I e-mailed her through "The Quilt Show" since she is a member. I sent her a link to a picture that showed what I already knew how to do and asked for her advice as to which DVD I might find the most helpful. She answered back promptly and she was the one who suggested I might not need the DVD at all, just the free downloads of her patterns. No affiliation here but the site is http://www.patsythompsondesigns.com and then you click on the Instruction DVD section (or something similar to that.) On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:29:15 -0400, IMS wrote: Just beautiful, Carole. Maybe I'll get one of those videos! -Irene |
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